Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairman of the Mobilisation of Youths, Women and People Living with Disabilities Committee, Yahaya Bello, has revealed that the ruling party is mobilising more governors on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to join the APC.
The Kogi State governor stated this yesterday in Abuja after the meeting of Strategy and Contact Committee held at the national secretariat of the party.
On the rumoured defection of some PDP governors to the party, Bello said as the chairman of Mobilisation of Youths, Women and People Living with Disabilities Committee, he is also mobilising other members of political parties, including the governors.
Oversight Hearing On David Almondâs Death Set For May 4
David Almond. By Chris Lisinski | SHNS
The Legislature will convene an oversight hearing on May 4 to examine the death of a Fall River teenager and missteps at the Department of Children and Families leading up to the tragedy, lawmakers announced Thursday.
After calling last week for an oversight hearing, the Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities on Thursday afternoon set an official date and listed nearly a dozen agencies and offices that will be invited to testify.
The committee intends to examine the Office of the Child Advocate s investigation and lengthy report into the death of 14-year-old David Almond last fall. In its report published on March 31, OCA found that DCF had missed several warning signs before returning Almond, who had autism, and his brother to a home from which the child protection agency had removed them three years earlier.
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Cuomo s coronavirus policies for disabled group homes face scrutiny
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Dr. Dennis P. McKenna, president and CEO of Albany Medical Center, answers questions during a vaccination clinic at the Center for Disability Services on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, in Albany, N.Y. Albany County and Albany Medical Center, with the approval of the New York State Health Department, allocated 450 dosages of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to be administered to people who live in groups homes for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities, as well as the workers who care for them. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times Union
ALBANY At the urging of his Republican colleagues, state Sen. James Skoufis who chairs the chamber s investigations committee said he is interested in examining Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo s COVID-19 policies at group home facilities for people with developmental disabilities, which have mirrored those of nursing homes.
COVID-19 by the numbers New Mexico health officials yesterday reported 236 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the statewide total so far to 187,720. The health department has designated 161,650 of those as recovered. Bernalillo County had 77 cases, followed by Doña Ana County with 36 and San Juan County with 18. Santa Fe County had 15 new cases. The state also announced six additional deaths; there have now been 3,846 fatalities. As of yesterday, 130 people were hospitalized with COVID-19, 31 on ventilators.
Hospital leaders and state officials marked yesterday s grim one-year anniversary of New Mexico s first COVID-19 cases with reflections on the pandemic s impact on every aspect of life, and moments of silence for the 3,845 New Mexicans who have died from the disease. The pandemic, all agreed, displayed New Mexico s widespread vulnerabilities from poverty to poor health to a lack of hospital beds. Many of the maneuvers COVID-19 engendered, such as collaboration among institutions