(Albany) Times Union ALBANY She calls him the “worst governor in America.” His right-hand man calls her “the worst member of Congress in America.” It didn’t used to be this way. The vitriol between Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, and their staffers, began escalating after the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol, with Cuomo and his staff criticizing Stefanik for her support of then-President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The incendiary rhetoric surged again last week as the details were leaked of a closed-door meeting in which the secretary to the governor, Melissa DeRosa, admitted stonewalling the release of data on Cuomo’s nursing home policies in the face of a U.S. Justice Department investigation. Many believe those policy decisions increased fatalities in the facilities. Stefanik seized on DeRosa’s startling revelation and, along with many other lawmakers, demanded a federal investigation of the governor’s administra
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Most people walking Main Street Lake Placid were wearing face coverings when this photo was taken the evening of Tuesday, July 28, 2020. Still, there are some who do not despite state mandates amid the coronavirus pandemic and signs like this one created by the Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism.
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LAKE PLACID Staff at the Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism are planning their tourism marketing strategy for the Lake Placid/High Peaks Region around two major issues this year: the coronavirus pandemic and the Main Street reconstruction project. During a virtual informational meeting on Feb. 1, ROOST CEO Jim McKenna, Chief Operating Officer Mary Jane Lawrence, Marketing Director Michelle Clement and Lake Placid Regional Marketing Director Bethany Valenze detailed the 2021 marketing plan for the Lake Placid/High Peaks Region. ROOST is the destination marketing and management organization for Hamilton and Essex counties, plus
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FILE - In this May 27, 2020, file photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)Jacquelyn Martin/APShow MoreShow Less
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Rep. Elise Stefanik, a Republican from New York, speaks during the Republican National Convention on Aug. 26, 2020. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Daniel Acker.Daniel Acker/Washington Post News ServiceShow MoreShow Less
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ALBANY She calls him the “worst governor in America.” His right-hand man calls her “the worst member of Congress in America.” It didn’t used to be this way.
Upstate New York has seen a migration of sorts caused by the pandemic, with evidence of people moving north out of the New York City area , in search of