Horrible, horrible accident as Knox girl, 12, is buried by plow
Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple says girl was pulled from snow and taken to hospital
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Albany Sheriff Craig Apple says a 12-year-old girl playing in the snow was buried by a plow. She was pulled from the snow and taken to the hospital Thursday morning . (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)Lori Van Buren/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
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Scenes from downtown Albany after the Capital Region woke up Thursday morning to at least a foot of snow as the first major winter storm of the season. A Knox girl was accidently buried in a snow bank Thursday morning. Her condition was not immediately available.Eduardo Medina / Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
Decision by Albany County to cap delivery fees receives mixed reception | The Daily Gazette
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CAPITAL REGION Call it the death of a thousand fees.
Amid mounting backlash, Albany County has capped food delivery apps for charging more than 15 percent for delivery fees.
Albany County Executive Dan McCoy hopes the emergency order he signed on Monday will cut down on often-exorbitant fees, “ensuring our local businesses and residents aren’t being nickel-and-dimed while delivery workers are left holding the bag with a mediocre tip.”
Fees on apps like Grubhub, DoorDash and Uber Eats can reach as high as 33 percent, prompting growing frustration amid the industry – particularly at a time when restaurants are more reliant on the services as ever amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Albany County caps fees for food-delivery apps at 15 percent
From my colleague Bethany Bump:
Albany County Executive Dan McCoy signed an emergency order Monday morning (12/14) capping the fee that third-party delivery apps can charge to deliver food in the county at 15 percent.
McCoy said the move is intended to tamp down on price gouging that restaurants say they are experiencing at the hands of apps like Grubhub and DoorDash. Some fees have reached as high as 30 percent, he said.
“What do they really have invested in the community?” he said of the third-party apps. “They’re not paying for property taxes. They’re not paying for the side of the buildings or worker’s compensation or for workers to help them put food on the table and pay their rent, pay their mortgage.”
Coronavirus live updates: First doses of vaccine administered to Albany Med nurses
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1of14Buy PhotoLindsay Kolysko, nurse educator in emergency room, right, scans information after administering one of the first doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Cynthia Tanksley, patient associate specialist in emergency room, at Albany Medical Center on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020 in Albany, N.Y. The hospital staff started vaccinating their health care workers on the first day the vaccine was administered in the United States. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)Lori Van Buren/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
2of14Buy PhotoAnthony DiSpirito, director of pharmacy, fills a needle with one of the first doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to be administered to health care workers at Albany Medical Center on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020 in Albany, N.Y. The hospital staff started vaccinating their health care workers on the first day the vaccine was admini
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