Unvaccinated people can attend Red Wings games, but a state mandate requires them to be seated in separate, socially-distanced seating. Cue the backlash.
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Assembly’s choice of impeachment firm faces criticism
The law firm hired to help look into multiple allegations of sexual harassment against Cuomo has some associations that could call its objectivity into question, critics say.
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Cuomo: Latest federal relief plan by Dems is down payment on what’s owed
The governor says that the proposed relief package doesn’t come near to the need, and would have to be a short-term bill until March.
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Cuomo orders new restrictions on bars, restaurants, gyms, in-home gatherings
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is imposing new state restrictions on bars, restaurants, and home gatherings, effective on Friday.
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Gyms get the green light to reopen, but not cinemas
Governor Andrew Cuomo said that gyms in New York can reopen as early as August 24, but must operate at one-third of their regular capacity.
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Bowling alleys in NY to reopen Monday; gyms not far behind
Bowling alleys have been closed since mid-March due to the COVID-19 pandemic-related shutdown. Cuomo said the venues can be back in business Monday, with restrictions.
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Cuomo signs bills and ups the stakes for police reform
Governor Andrew Cuomo signed several police reform measures into law Friday, and says he’ll withhold state funding from local police departments if they do not submit proof that they have worked with their communities to reconfigure their forces.
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Cuomo says failing schools need to be closed
Governor Andrew Cuomo, speaking recently in a Buffalo suburb, said that “there has to be a death penalty for failing schools, so to speak,” according to an article in the Buffalo News. He was referring to closing low performing schools. The comment, which echoes what State Education Commissioner John King said earlier this month, triggered […]
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Cuomo’s big gamble to create new jobs
We’re a long way from getting a casino in Rochester, but the idea keeps raising its head –currently by the governor himself. So I keep poking around, collecting studies on the impact of casinos on their communities. And my conclusion, based on what I keep finding, is that any municipality thinking about embracing a casino […]
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RCSD Superintendent Vargas prepares final budget
This has been the quietest budget season in recent memory for the Rochester school district. There’s been no talk about cutting teachers, but there are some worries. Superintendent Bolgen Vargas is banking on Governor Cuomo’s “pension smoothing” proposal to help reduce the district’s $52 million budget gap for the 2013 to 2014 school year. He’s […]
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NEWS BLOG: It’s Cuomo’s call on environmental fund increase
The state’s Environmental Protection Fund will get a boost if Governor Andrew Cuomo signs legislation passed by the Assembly and Senate at the end of this year’s session. Legislators passed bills that will require the state to redirect some unclaimed bottle deposits into the EPF. Under the legislation, $10 million worth of bottle deposits will […]
