COVID-19
Most Courts Are Rejecting All Risk Insurance Policy
Claims Related to COVID-19 The overwhelming majority of courts have concluded that
neither COVID-19 nor the governmental orders associated with it
cause or constitute property loss or damage for purposes of
insurance coverage. So concluded the district court in
Out West Restaurant Gp., Inc. v. Affiliated FM Ins. Co.,
No. 20-cv-06786, 2021 WL 1056627 (N.D. Cal. March 19, 2021). The
court continued, These decisions have reasoned that the virus
fails to cause physical alteration of property because temporary
loss of use of property (if any) during a pandemic and while
government orders are in effect does not qualify as physical loss
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Legislation has been introduced to double the state’s Farm Workforce Retention Credit from $600 to $1,200 next year with a total price tag to state taxpayers of $50 million a year.
A.3886 was introduced by Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo, D-Binghamton, with several co-sponsors. The credit would increase from $600 in 2020 to $800 in 2021 before increasing to $1,200 in 2022. The legislation also makes the tax credit permanent. Companion legislation, S.3502, has been sponsored by Sen. Michelle Hinchey, D-Kingston.
Farms across New York are contending with a 23.5% in total production costs since 2007 due to increased labor costs. According to 2017 USDA ERS data, farm labor expense in New York was about 13.2% of the value of agricultural receipts, compared to the national average of 9.5%. A recent Farm Credit East report estimates that labor costs will increase by $299 million.
Luis Miranda (Courtesy of HBO)
New York Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator of the smash hit musical Hamilton, is practically a household name. And as a theater enthusiast who has long admired his work, I ve had a peripheral knowledge of his father, Luis. It s hard to watch any interview with Lin without detecting his father s influence on him and, very often, Luis is seen in the background cheering on his son.
Now, the release of a new HBO documentary, Siempre, Luis, puts the father center stage.
Long before his son was in the spotlight, Luis Miranda made a name for himself as a fixture in New York s state politics, first cutting his teeth in the 1980s working for Mayor Ed Koch. He has since gone on to advise Sen. Chuck Schumer, Hillary Clinton and a host of other political luminaries.