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Early in the Covid-19 pandemic, they won widespread praise. But the political fortunes of governors Andrew Cuomo of New York and Gavin Newsom of California have sharply reversed.
SHARE: Even though Republican lawmakers only hold one-third of the seats in the state Legislature, they’re hoping to oust Gov. Andrew Cuomo over withholding information regarding nursing home deaths. On Thursday, the New York Post reported that Cuomo’s top aide Melissa DeRosa admitted to state legislators that the state had delayed revealing the total death count of nursing home residents from COVID-19. During a video conference with Democratic lawmakers, DeRosa confessed that “basically, we froze” over the summer after the state Senate called for a full tally of nursing home deaths, ...
Scientists and health experts know that in certain Rockland County communities, vaccine resistance runs strong. The measles epidemic that infected 1,300 people across 31 states in 2019 had a significant outbreak in Rockland, where 80% of people who contracted the disease lacked any measles vaccination whatsoever, according to county Health Department records. Together with rabbis, infectious disease experts and health clinics, the department launched an emergency campaign that delivered 30,000 doses of the measles vaccine, led workshops about its safety and successfully eradicated the outb...
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After Legitimizing Trump's Election Lies, NY's Congressional Objectors Face Skittish Donors arrow Rioters trying to overturn the 2020 election surrounded and stormed the U.S. Capitol last week. Bryan Dozier/Shutterstock Hours after violent insurrectionists were finally cleared from the Capitol on January 6th, 147 Republican members of Congress voted to object to the electoral college victory of President-elect Joe Biden, undeterred in their allegiance to President Donald Trump, who had incited the riots. For the four New York representatives who voted against certifyin...