ALBANY (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Thursday she's asking for $1.6 billion in federal funding to settle unpaid rent owed by tenants amid the COVID-19 pandemic. New York has sent to landlords $1.3 billion of $2.4 billion in federal rent relief aid, according to the latest data from ...

U.S. Rep. Tom Reed doesn’t want to predict if he believes the courts will overturn the mask mandate in New York state, but he does say he’s not a fan of it. On Monday, State Supreme Court Judge Thomas Rademaker ruled the mask mandate was illegal. The next day, Appellate Division Justice ...

An appeals judge restored New York’s mask mandate Tuesday, a day after a judge in a lower court ruled that Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration lacked the constitutional authority to order people to wear face coverings during the COVID-19 pandemic. After hearing brief arguments, Appellate ...

Chautauqua County recorded five new virus-related deaths last week in information released by the health department Wednesday. The new deaths raised the total locally to 295. From Jan. 16 to Jan. 22, the county also reported 1,653 new cases of COVID-19. To date there have been 24,531 ...

Health care workers in about half the states face a Thursday deadline to get their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine under a Biden administration mandate that will be rolled out across the rest of the country in the coming weeks. While the requirement is welcomed by some, others fear it ...

Chautauqua County health leaders see “personal responsibility” as the next step to defeating COVID-19. During last week’s meeting of the county Board of Health, Breeanne Agett with the county Health Department noted that the influx of personal home test kits is forcing the county to ...