Students in kindergarten through 12thgrade and college will not return to their schools in New York for the rest of the 2019-20 school year and will instead continue with distance learning to help …
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By Scott Brinton and Bridget Downes
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5/1/20
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As we suffer through pandemic-mandated home confinement, the media becomes more and more important to us each day. We follow it for information, for comfort, for life-saving advice and for ways to keep us from having nervous breakdowns.
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5/1/20
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We have offered high praise to our first responders and medical workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. We must also acknowledge a hero of a different sort: Gov. Andrew Cuomo . . .
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4/23/20
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An estimated 16.7 percent of residents on Long Island, in Nassau and Suffolk counties, have been infected by the coronavirus. That translates to 1 in 6 people.
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By Scott Brinton
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4/23/20
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New Covid-19 hospitalizations dropped 35 percent from the weekend, down from more than 2,000 to 1,300 on Tuesday, Governor Cuomo said from a news conference in Buffalo.
"That is down, and that is …
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By Scott Brinton
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4/21/20
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo appeared alongside Northwell Health President and CEO Michael Dowling Sunday to deliver “good news” — the statewide Covid-19 death rate continues to decline …
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By Scott Brinton
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4/19/20
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New York, Connecticut and New Jersey are allowing marinas, boatyards and marine manufacturers to open for personal use, provided they adhere to social distancing protocols and sanitize their …
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4/19/20
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On Saturday, Governor Cuomo issued a directive allowing marriages to be performed via videoconference to help reduce the infection rate amid the coronavirus crisis.
Among other conditions, the …
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4/19/20
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The number of deaths because of the coronavirus dropped a little more than 14 percent across New York state overnight from Friday into Saturday, from 630 to 540, Governor Cuomo said Saturday …
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By Scott Brinton
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4/18/20
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio probably overstepped his authority when he decided late last Friday that he would keep the city’s 1,800 public schools closed through June . . .
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4/16/20
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