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Letitia James speaks to the Watertown Daily Times editorial board.
(Enterprise photo â Sydney Schaefer, Watertown Daily Times)
ALBANY New York’s total COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes are about 42% more than what the state Department of Health previously published, according to a report from the state attorney general’s office released Thursday morning. The DOH confirmed the higher numbers that afternoon, releasing for the first time the number of presumed long-term care coronavirus fatalities.
According to state Health Department Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker, department data audited to date shows 12,743 total skilled nursing facility resident fatalities, including 9,786 confirmed deaths from COVID-19 complications 5,957 fatalities within nursing facilities and 3,829 in hospitals and 2,957 presumed virus nursing home fatalities from March 1, 2020 to Jan. 19, 2021.
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For a decade, the Cuomo Administration has narrowly applied state environmental law to a pair of Finger Lakes industrial projects in ways that favor their out-of-state owners at the expense of those most likely to be harmed. The state DEC has not required environmental impact statements from the Greenidge power plant on Seneca Lake or the Cargill Salt Mine on Cayuga Lake despite public concerns about environmental risk.
OSWEGO â Assembly Minority Leader William Barclay announced that he will host a blood drive to benefit the American Red Cross from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 15 at the Roy C. McCrobie Building, located at 41 Lake St., Oswego.
âThe need for blood donations is always heightened during the winter months, but with so many blood drives cancelled this year, the call for donors of all types is even greater,â Leader Barclay said. âMy office hosts a blood drive each May, but with this critical need we wanted to add another event this year to increase awareness and participation.â
Listen: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo delivers his 2021 State of the State address.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo delivered a 2021 State of the State address January 11, 2021 in Albany. Below is a transcript of the Democrat s prepared remarks.
Good morning all.
Please welcome Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul who is here today, and Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, Attorney General Tish James, Senate Leader Andrea Stewart Cousins, Speaker Carl Heastie, Senate Minority Leader Robert Ortt, and Assembly Minority Leader William Barclay, joining us electronically this year.
Happy New Year to all. I believe it is a near universal relief that 2020 has come to an end. I say amen.
ALBANY — New York leaders denounced violent protests and an insurrection mob on Washington’s Capitol Hill by President Donald Trump supporters Wednesday where one woman died after being shot inside