ATLANTA (AP) — Early in the pandemic, Ryan Wilson was careful to take precautions — wearing a mask, not really socializing, doing more of his shopping online. The 38-year-old father and seafood butcher from Casselberry, Florida, says he relaxed a bit after getting vaccinated last year. ...
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 the state Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance. The state's spent about $300 million on administration, outreach and legal assistance. The state doesn't release data on how many individual landlords that has helped, though the state's website says New York's issued over 108,000 payments ...
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 confirmed cases and 24,044 recoveries. As of Saturday, there were 33 people who tested positive for the virus in the hospital, up from the 31 reported the week ending Jan. 15. New confirmed cases have remained steady this month. There were 1,653 reported the week ending Jan. 22; 1,743 reported ...
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 ...
