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The Wrap Up – February 15, 2021

Variants Continue Today, Governor Cuomo announced that there was currently a patient at a New York City hospital that had been confirmed to have the South African variant of COVID-19. This patient did not originate in the State but was transferred from a Connecticut medical facility directly to the New York Hospital. Vaccine Eligibility and Protocol The Governor announced that more than 2 million New Yorkers have received the first dose of their vaccine and more than 1 million New [...]

tmills2021-03-02T11:55:16-05:00March 2nd, 2021|COVID-19, New York City, New York State, State of the State, Wrap Up|

The Wrap Up – February 9, 2021

Vaccine Changes for New York State Today, Governor Cuomo announced the federal government will increase the state’s vaccine allocation by an additional 5%, which is expected to last three weeks. In addition, the federal government will direct additional vaccines to sites that currently act as federally qualified community health centers. This allocation will continue to be counted separately from the States existing federal allocations. With a continued push for the centralized collection and administration of the States vaccine allocation, the [...]

tmills2021-02-15T11:54:41-05:00February 15th, 2021|COVID-19, New York State, Wrap Up|

The Wrap Up – February 5, 2021

Expanded Eligibility for COVID-19 Vaccines Begins on February 15 Governor Andrew Cuomo today announced the list of comorbidities and underlying conditions that New York State will use to determine eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccine. Adult New Yorkers of any age who have one of the comorbidities on the list will be eligible for the vaccine beginning February 15th. The full list of comorbidities and underlying conditions, based on CDC-guidance, is available below. The list is subject to change as additional [...]

tmills2021-02-15T11:50:53-05:00February 15th, 2021|COVID-19, New York State, Wrap Up|

The Wrap Up – January 29, 2021

Marriage Receptions With the continued drop in the state passivity rate, today Governor Cuomo announced that beginning March 15 marriage receptions can return under new parameters. The newly planned restrictions are as follows: In addition to these restrictions, the State is in development of an app that will be used for proof of testing and to accompany this initiative. The Governor also indicated that the State is developing guidance for other general events where tests would be administered followed [...]

tmills2021-02-15T11:47:05-05:00February 15th, 2021|New York State, COVID-19, State of the State, Wrap Up|

The Wrap Up – January 27, 2021

Orange Zones Disappear Governor Andrew Cuomo announced today that with the continued lowering of the statewide positivity rate as well as the decreasing rate of hospitalizations, all Orange zone restrictions around the State have been lifted and only five communities remain within a Yellow zone, including certain parts of Washington Heights, Queens, Newburgh and two areas of the Bronx. With this new change in the micro-cluster zones, Dr. Howard Zucker, Commissioner of the New York State Department of Health, clarified [...]

tmills2021-02-15T11:41:17-05:00February 15th, 2021|New York State, COVID-19, Wrap Up|

The Wrap Up – January 22, 2021

Vaccine Update This afternoon, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that the State would run out of COVID-19 vaccines today. At the State’s current vaccine administration rate of 80,000 shots given per day, the remaining 28,246 that it has on hand will be gone by midday. The State expects to be able to begin administering its next round of the federally provided vaccine distribution of 250,400 additional doses next week. The Governor continues to look to the Biden administration for an increased supply [...]

tmills2021-01-25T11:33:30-05:00January 25th, 2021|Budget, COVID-19, New York City, New York State, Wrap Up|

The Wrap Up – January 20, 2021

President Biden Inaugurated Congratulations to newly inaugurated President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and new Vice President Kamala D. Harris, who becomes the first woman, the first Black American and the first person of South Asian descent to hold the vice presidency. We wish them both well, for everyone’s sake. Executive Budget Legislation Shortly before midnight last night, the Division of the Budget released this year’s Executive Budget legislation. We are reviewing hundreds of pages of Budget language and will continue [...]

tmills2021-01-25T11:32:42-05:00January 25th, 2021|Budget, COVID-19, New York State, Wrap Up|

The Wrap Up – January 19, 2021

Executive Budget Announced Today, Governor Andrew Cuomo presented his fiscal year 2022 Executive Budget proposal, one that is heavily reliant on additional federal aid coming through. The proposal is outlined in the Executive Budge Briefing Book, and we expect budget language to be published at some point this evening. The Governor’s proposal is wrapped around two potential paths forward for the State, both of which are tied to the federal government and the level of state and local aid provided [...]

tmills2021-01-25T11:31:49-05:00January 25th, 2021|Budget, COVID-19, New York State, State of the State, Wrap Up|

The Wrap Up – January 18, 2021

Vaccine Distribution Update Today, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that over the past two days the State has deployed eight community vaccination kits to churches and cultural institutions in New York City, Long Island and Westchester County to assist in the State's equitable vaccine distribution efforts focused on communities of color and low-income communities. These sites include: Manhattan: Abyssinian Baptist Church Brooklyn: Christian Cultural Center Bronx: Community Protestant Church Queens: Queens Baptist Church Nassau County: Grace Cathedral International Suffolk County: Prayer Tabernacle [...]

tmills2021-01-19T15:13:04-05:00January 19th, 2021|COVID-19, New York State, Wrap Up|

The Wrap Up – January 15, 2021

State of the State Briefing Book Released This afternoon, Governor Cuomo formally released his full policy agenda with the 2021 State of the State briefing book. We have been and will continue reaching out to each of you individually with issues of concern, and you can view the press release announcement below as well as the briefing book itself HERE. Vaccine Distribution Status Today, Governor Cuomo indicated that the State’s positivity rate, which had slowly flattened form the holiday increase, [...]

tmills2021-01-19T15:11:48-05:00January 19th, 2021|Budget, COVID-19, New York State, State of the State, Wrap Up|

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