Albany County sees three more coronavirus deaths
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A health care worker gathers paperwork from a driver at the drive-through COVID-19 testing site at the Whitney Young Administrative Building on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021 in Watervliet, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)Lori Van Buren/Albany Times Union
ALBANY The county has 273 new residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 overnight and lost three more residents to the virus.
Albany County Executive Dan McCoy announced in a press release Thursday that the residents lost to COVID-19 are two men and a woman, all of whom were in their 80s. There are now a total of 262 residents who are known to have died from COVID-19 in Albany County.
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Officials are celebrating the selection of the Port of Albany as the first offshore wind tower manufacturing site in the United States. Can we, rewind the clocks, fast forward them and make today New Year s Day, please? I think the reason you see us all assembled is we re all pretty desperate for good news, and it couldn t get any better than this!
Democratic State Assemblywoman Pat Fahy is lauding hundreds of new green energy jobs coming to the Port of Albany, where the nation s first offshore wind tower manufacturing facility is set to be constructed. The goal is to manufacture 150 offshore wind towers annually. In his State of the State address, Governor Andrew Cuomo said the facility will lead to 500 construction jobs and 300 long-term jobs for highly skilled workers.
Schenectady County caps food delivery service fees | The Daily Gazette
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SCHENECTADY COUNTY The Schenectady County Legislature on Tuesday passed a law capping fees charged by third-party food delivery services, which have been accused of charging excessive amounts during the pandemic.
The legislation limits how much web-based food delivery services companies like GrubHub, DoorDash and UberEats can charge a restaurant, generally capping their fee at 15 percent of the cost of the food order.
Albany County Executive Dan McCoy took executive action to cap fees last month, and new Saratoga County Board of Supervisors Chairman Todd Kusnierz said he wants that county to take similar action, with the goal of supporting both residents and struggling restaurants.
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