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Governor Cuomo Announces Updated COVID-19 Micro-Cluster Focus Zones
New Orange Warning Zones on Staten Island and in Monroe and Onondaga Counties New Yellow Precautionary Zones in Upper Manhattan and Nassau and Suffolk Counties Zone Changes Go into Effect Wednesday for Businesses, Thursday for Schools South Beach Psychiatric Center Will Be Utilized for COVID-19 Hospitalization Overflow on Staten Island Positive Testing Rate in All Focus Zone Areas is 4.48 Percent; New York State Positivity Outside All Focus Zone... -
Governor Cuomo Announces Updated COVID-19 Micro-Cluster Focus Zones
Brooklyn, Orange and Broome Zones Improve Part of Erie County Yellow Zone Changes to Orange Zone, Yellow Zone Expanded in Erie; New Yellow Zone in Niagara County New Yellow Zone in the Bronx; Expanded Yellow Zone in Queens Changes to Zones Go into Effect Friday for Businesses, Monday for Schools Positive Testing Rate in All Focus Zone Areas is 4.73 Percent; New York State Positivity Outside All Focus Zone... -
Governor Cuomo Announces Restaurants, Bars & Other SLA-Licensed Entities Must Close In-Person Service from 10PM to 5PM Daily
Delivery and Curbside Pick-Up without Alcohol May Continue After 10 PM Indoor and Outdoor Gatherings at Private Residences Will Be Limited to 10 People Gyms Also Required to Close Daily at 10 PM Statewide New Rules Effective Friday at 10 PM Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced new COVID-19 restrictions on bars, restaurants, gyms and residential gatherings in New York State. Effective Friday at 10 p.m., bars, restaurants and... -
Governor Cuomo Announces Updated COVID-19 Micro-Cluster Focus Zones
Based on Progress Controlling COVID Spread, Zones Change in Brooklyn, Queens – Far Rockaway, and Rockland and Orange County Zones Do Not Change in Queens – Kew Gardens/Forest Hills and Broome, Steuben, Chemung Counties New Yellow Precautionary Zone in Port Chester, Westchester County SUNY to Test All On-Campus Students Before Holidays; Private Colleges Asked to Consider Similar Plans Positive Testing Rate in All Focus Zone Areas is 3.16 Percent;... -
Governor Cuomo Announces New Guidelines Allowing Out-of-State Travelers to “Test Out” of Mandatory 14-Day Quarantine
Travelers Must Get Tested Within Three Days Prior to Landing in New York, Quarantine for at Least Three Days Upon Arrival, and Get a Test on Day Four of Arrival If Travelers Receive a Negative Test On Day Four of Quarantine They May Exit Quarantine When They Receive Negative Result States that are Contiguous with New York Continue to Be Exempted from Quarantine Protocol — Essential Workers Also Continue to be Exempted Travelers Who Were Only Out... -
Governor Cuomo Announces New Record High Number of COVID-19 Tests Reported
168,353 Test Results Reported to New York State Yesterday Positive Testing Rate in All Focus Zone Areas is 3.24 Percent; New York State Positivity Outside All Focus Zone Areas is 1.25 Percent Statewide Positivity Rate is 1.48 Percent 19 COVID-19 Deaths in New York State Yesterday Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that 168,353 COVID-19 test results were reported to New York State yesterday—a new record high. “COVID-19 has... -
DFS and DOH Announce Members of Health Care Simplication Workgroup to Reduce Health Care Administrative Costs
The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) and the New York State Department of Health (DOH) today announced 25 members of New York’s Health Care Administrative Simplification Workgroup. As a result of a recent change in New York law, the DFS Superintendent, in conjunction with the Commissioner of Health, is required to convene a health care administrative simplification workgroup to study and evaluate methods to reduce health care administrative costs and complexities through standardization, simplification, and technology. “DFS supports the workgroup’s ability to collaborate with... -
Governor Cuomo Details COVID-19 Micro-Cluster Metrics
Queens Red and Orange Zones Move to “Yellow” Based on Progress Made Over Past 14 Days Rockland, Orange and Broome County Zones will Remain the Same Until They Meet Metrics to Reduce Restrictions New Focus Area Zones for Steuben and Chemung Counties Full Details on Metrics Available Here Statewide Positivity Rate is 1.62 Percent Positive Testing Rate in Hot Spot Areas is 6.61 Percent; New York State Positivity Without Red Zone Focus Areas Included is 1.42 Percent ... -
Governor Cuomo Signs Executive Order Extending Moratorium On COVID-Related Commercial Evictions Through January 1
Builds on New York State’s Efforts to Protect Residential and Commercial Tenants from Eviction amid COVID-19 Pandemic Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today signed an Executive Order extending the state’s moratorium on COVID-related commercial evictions and foreclosures through January 1. This measure extends protections already in place for commercial tenants and mortgagors in recognition of the financial toll the pandemic has taken on business owners, including retail establishments and restaurants. The extension of this protection gives commercial tenants and mortgagors additional... -
Governor Cuomo Announces Travel Advisory Requiring 14-Day Quarantine
Arizona, Maryland Added to NY’s COVID-19 Travel Advisory; No Areas Are Removed Non-Essential Interstate Travel Between Connecticut, New Jersey and Pennsylvania Discouraged Statewide Positivity Rate is 1.3 Percent Positive Testing Rate in Hot Spot Areas is 2.91 Percent; New York State Positivity Without Red Zone Focus Areas Included is 1.25 Percent 12 COVID-19 Deaths in New York State Yesterday Expanded Community Testing Continues This Week in Southern Tier, Western New York Counties Along PA Border Governor Andrew...
