Under the measure, the state health and labor departments will design minimum standards for workplace health and safety during all infectious disease outbreaks.
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Cuomo has reservations about his own proposal to tax the rich
The governor expressed concern that the tax, which would be the highest income tax in the nation, would cause the super rich to flee the state.
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Cuomo worried about increasing COVID-19 cases and Thanksgiving’s impact
Gov. Andrew Cuomo warned of a possible rise in coronavirus cases after Thanksgiving at his Wednesday briefing in Rochester.
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Cuomo asks Trump for help on potential COVID-19 vaccine
Governor Cuomo has written a letter on behalf of all the states’ governors asking President Trump to form a clear plan on how to administer a COVID-19 vaccine.
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Cuomo threatens to withhold funding to schools, local governments that don’t enforce shutdown orders
Governor Cuomo is threatening to withhold state funding from schools in COVID-19 hot spot areas that are remaining open despite the closure orders.
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Cuomo says the state will enforce COVID-19 guidance in ‘hot spot’ areas
New York state will be getting more aggressive about businesses violating COVID-19 guidelines in the hot spots where the virus has recently flared up.
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Cuomo acts to contain COVID-19 clusters
Governor Andrew Cuomo says he’s acting “aggressively” to control clusters of COVID-19 outbreaks in 20 zip codes in New York City and the lower Hudson Valley.
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Cuomo takes steps to control COVID-19 clusters
The governor says just ten zip codes are responsible for the increase in infection rates, and in some of those areas, the rate of infection is as high as 30%.
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Voter registration up in Monroe County, higher turnout expected
Board of elections officials said there are 25,000 new voter registrations in Monroe County so far this year.
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Cuomo says state will independently review COVID-19 vaccine
Governor Cuomo says the state will set up a review committee to check that any coronavirus vaccine approved by the federal FDA is indeed safe to be injected into people.
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Several states added to COVID travel advisory
Arizona, Minnesota, Nevada, Rhode Island, and Wyoming have been added to New York State’s COVID-19 travel advisory.
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Cuomo tweaks new rules for absentee voting
Governor Cuomo has signed executive orders that he said will help ensure safe and secure voting in November’s elections.
