State, Federal Leaders Remember 17 Lives Lost at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School By Deanna Gugel Florida
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STATEWIDE Governor Ron DeSantis has ordered that the United States and state flags in Florida fly at half-staff from sunrise to sunset Sunday in memory of the 17 lives lost in an attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland on February 14, 2018.
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Flags in Florida at half-staff in tribute to 17 shooting victims in Parkland
A gunman opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High on February 14, 2018
President Joe Biden issues remembrance, says U.S. should do better to stop gun violence
Senator Rachel May Explains Leaked Nursing Home Death Call PUBLISHED 7:13 PM ET Feb. 12, 2021 PUBLISHED 7:13 PM EST Feb. 12, 2021
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New York State Senator Rachel May, chair of the Senate Committee on Aging, was a part of the Zoom call earlier this week between state senators and Secretary to the Governor, Melisa DeRosa.
May is quoted in the transcript of the call saying “the issue for me, the biggest of all, is feeling like I needed to defend or at least not attack an administration that was appearing to be covering something up.”
Governor Andrew Cuomo s office on Friday morning released a partial transcript of a meeting held earlier this week between state lawmakers and aides to the governor discussing the deaths of nursing home residents during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the meeting, top Cuomo aide Melissa DeRosa told lawmakers the administration delayed releasing answers to questions posed by legislators th