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Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the selection of five laboratories to bolster state efforts in identifying COVID-19 variants. The New York State Department of Health is partnering with these laboratories to expand the genetic sequencing of specimens positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The selected laboratories have sequencing expertise and experience, as well as capacity ...

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced $16 million to fund workforce training and job placement programs in 20 cities most impacted by gun violence across New York State. This effort is another portion of the Governor’s first-in-the-nation gun violence disaster emergency and comprehensive strategy to build a safer New York. The initiative treats gun violence as a public health crisis and includes ...

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that Regeneron, a leading biotechnology company that invents and manufactures life-transforming medicines for people with serious diseases, intends to invest approximately $1.8 billion over six years to expand its research, preclinical manufacturing and support facilities at the company's Westchester County campus in Tarrytown and create 1,000 new full-time ...

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced three gigawatts of solar have been installed across the state, enough to power more than half a million homes, underscoring New York’s leadership in growing one of the strongest solar markets in the nation. Since the launch of the NY-Sun initiative in 2011, solar has grown 2,100 percent statewide and declined in cost by 69 percent while fostering approximately 12,000 jobs across the state ...

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today declared the first-in-the-nation gun violence disaster emergency as part of a new, comprehensive strategy to build a safer New York. This new strategy treats gun violence as a public health crisis, using short-term solutions to manage the immediate gun violence crisis and reduce the shooting rate, as well as long-term solutions that focus on community-based intervention and prevention ...

ALBANY, N.Y. – Capital Region leaders in promoting diversity, equity and inclusion were honored Friday in an event proudly sponsored by Ostroff Associates, and hosted by the Albany Business Review. The “Leaders in Diversity Equity & Inclusion” event was held virtually and attended by a host of Capital Region luminaries, including four individuals and four companies lauded for commitment to DE&I ...

ALBANY, N.Y. – Ostroff Associates founder, president and CEO Rick Ostroff was re-elected as board chairman of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) Upstate New York/Vermont Chapter in an election of a new board and slate of officers Thursday night. Rick Ostroff will lead LLS for a second term after the organization overcame a pandemic year full of challenges, thus far exceeding revenue goals for 2020-2021 ...

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that New York will end the state disaster emergency declared on March 7, 2020 to fight COVID-19. Given New York’s dramatic progress against COVID-19, with the success in vaccination rates, and declining hospitalization and positivity statewide the state of emergency will expire after Thursday, June 24. Federal CDC guidance will remain in effect, which includes masks ...

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that COVID-19 restrictions are lifted immediately as 70 percent of New Yorkers aged 18 or older have received the first dose of their COVID-19 vaccination series. The State’s health guidance and New York Forward industry specific guidelines—including social gathering limits, capacity restrictions, social distancing, cleaning and disinfection, health screening, and contact information ...