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Vaccine mandated for some N.Y. state employees, others can opt for testing | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS Shares0 ALBANY — With COVID infections on the upswing in much of New York, all state employees will be mandated to vaccinate by Labor Day or start being tested weekly. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the order Wednesday and urged local governments to mandate vaccination for their employees, as well. He also said employees at state-owned hospitals who interact with non-employees will not have the option of testing — all of them must get the vaccine. Many public employees are unionized, and C...

UPDATED 4:29 PM ET Jul. 28, 2021 PUBLISHED 11:10 AM ET Jul. 28, 2021 PUBLISHED 11:10 AM EDT Jul. 28, 2021 SHARE New York state will require state workers to be vaccinated by Labor Day or be tested weekly for COVID-19, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday. At the same time, Cuomo encouraged local governments to take similar steps in New York, as well as school districts in areas where there are high COVID-19 positivity rates. Patient-facing health care workers at public run hospitals will also be required to b...

State lawmakers have announced a deal to overhaul New York’s parole system to limit when parolees could be re-jailed. The move comes days after THE CITY revealed the April deaths of two men sent back to jail for low-level arrests.

Proposed laws would allow parole hearings for older inmates after 15 years; would focus parole decisions on rehabilitation, not original crime

PEF: Where’s our hazard pay? By Susan Arbetter New York State PUBLISHED 4:05 PM ET May. 18, 2021 PUBLISHED 4:05 PM EDT May. 18, 2021 SHARE Back in the spring of 2020 when COVID-19 was hammering New York, the state needed nurses and other essential employees to be immediately dispatched to hard hit areas of the state.  Members of the union PEF, the Public Employees Federation, stepped up. Nurses from around the state converged on hospita...