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Meanwhile, roughly 6,100 county residents received their first vaccine dose in the first three weeks of the month, putting it below the pace for roughly 9,600 from May and roughly 20,200 in April. Statewide restrictions on masks and social distancing were lifted with few exceptions last month, when the state reached a plateau of 70% of all residents ages 18-and-over receiving at least one vaccine dose. However, Dutchess’ percentage of adult residents who have received at least one dose remained below that plateau at 69.3% as of Thursday, and its population in general having received at leas...

Replies(42) State and local officials are looking for ways to entice younger people to get vaccinated. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, left, and Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro toured a county-run vaccination site recently in Poughkeepsie. (Office of Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney) NEW YORK — After months of people scrambling to find places to get the coronavirus vaccine — available appointments would no sooner be announced than they would be snapped up — more and more clinics, pharmacies and points of dispensing are offering to give the vaccine to anyone who walks in. On Tuesday, Rep. Se...

Less than a month after vaccination appointments were opened up to all adults ages 16-and-up, Marc Molinaro said, “supply has met demand.”

New York governments braced for financial disaster when the coronavirus hit – but a year later they’re set for a massive injection of federal stimulus money. The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan came with $12.6 billion in relief for New York state government and another $10.8 billion that will go directly to counties and local municipalities. It is an unprecedented windfall for municipalities to try to close budget gaps and find ways to revive their local economies amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Local officials will have broad discretion on how to spend the money, which can be used to cove...

The embattled Democratic governor is rapidly losing support from state and federal lawmakers within his own party. He has refused calls to resign.