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GOVERNOR CUOMO ANNOUNCES ELECTIVE OUTPATIENT TREATMENT CAN RESUME IN COUNTIES AND HOSPITALS WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT RISK OF COVID-19 SURGE STARTING NEXT WEEK

Announces State Will Take a Regional Approach to Reopening            Governor Will Meet With President Trump at the White House Today to Discuss Testing Confirms 4,178 Additional Coronavirus Cases in New York State – Bringing Statewide Total to 251,690; New Cases in 41 Counties Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced elective outpatient treatments can resume in counties and hospitals without...

NYS Department of Labor Launches New Streamlined Application for New Yorkers to Apply for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance without Having to First Apply for Unemployment Insurance

Cumbersome federal policy that slowed New York from distributing benefits lifted In conjunction with this morning’s rollout of improved application, over 3,100 DOL representatives solely dedicated to answering unemployment benefit needs in improved process Since the COVID-19 crisis began, DOL has paid $2.2 billion in Unemployment benefits to 1.1 million New Yorkers Application call backlog prior to 4/8 reduced to 4,305 from 275,000 The New York State Department of...

MACNY Member, The Raymond Corporation, Producing 2,000 Face Shields for Hospitals and Emergency Responders

Recently engineers and associates at The Raymond Corporation, a member of the Manufacturers Association of CNY, have begun to print 3D face shields to provide doctors, nurses and first responders with PPE equipment which is critically needed at this time. Once completed, The Raymond Corporation will be supplying more than 2,000 face shields to essential local healthcare workers. Michael Field, president and CEO at The Raymond Corporation said, “Like...

GOVERNOR CUOMO CALLS ON FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE HAZARD PAY TO ESSENTIAL PUBLIC WORKERS

Launches New Partnership with Ready Responders to Expand Health Care Services and Testing to NYCHA Residents State Will Deliver More Than 500,000 Cloth Masks and 10,000 Gallons of Hand Sanitizer to Public Housing Communities Announces Creation of Reimagine NY Task Force to Improve Systems in Downstate New York Once the State is No Longer on Pause Announces SUNY is Distributing Over 8,800 Laptops and Chromebooks to Students in Need...

Coronavirus testing started at noon today at Walmart in East Syracuse

East Syracuse, N.Y. – By Tim Knauss (Syracuse.com) — Walmart and Quest Diagnostics will begin testing people for coronavirus today at a drive-through operation in the Walmart parking lot in East Syracuse. Despite no announcement of the opening, at least three dozen people have signed up for an appointment to get tested today, a Walmart representative said. The test site will be open noon to 4 p.m. today and...

Walmart hiring 50,000 more workers after filling 150,000 new jobs due to coronavirus demand

By Kelly Tyko (USAToday) – Walmart is looking to hire an additional 50,000 employees to keep up with high consumer demand during the coronavirus pandemic. The retail giant announced Friday that it hired 150,000 workers more than six weeks ahead of schedule and had more than 1 million applicants. On average, 5,000 people a day were hired using an expedited hiring process rolled out March 19. “Hiring 50,000 new associates will give...

The Pandemic Work Diary of a Video-Streaming C.E.O.

From her parents’ home, Vimeo’s Anjali Sud oversees 600 employees and surging demand for feeds of documentaries, yoga classes and funerals. New York Times As told to Katie Robertson Anjali Sud has never been busier. As the chief executive of Vimeo — a video-streaming platform with 175 million registered users — Ms. Sud is dealing with swelling traffic as the world, sheltering in place, looks for virtual connections. “We...

AMID ONGOING COVID-19 PANDEMIC, GOVERNOR CUOMO ANNOUNCES STATEWIDE ANTIBODY TESTING SURVEY WILL BEGIN TOMORROW

Large-Scale Antibody Testing Will Help Determine What Percentage of the Population is Now Immune to the Virus and Help Get More People Back to Work State Will Continue Working with the Federal Government to Assist with the Supply Chain and Coordinate Private Labs to Ramp Up Diagnostic Testing Announces State is Ready to Transport 400 Ventilators to Massachusetts if Needed Expands Executive Order to Allow Any Authorized Officiant to...

GOVERNOR CUOMO, GOVERNOR MURPHY, GOVERNOR LAMONT, GOVERNOR WOLF, GOVERNOR CARNEY, GOVERNOR RAIMONDO AND GOVERNOR BAKER ANNOUNCE APPOINTEES TO MULTI-STATE COUNCIL TO GET PEOPLE BACK TO WORK AND RESTORE THE ECONOMY

Appointees Include One Health Expert, One Economic Development Expert and Respective Chiefs of Staff from Each State  New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf, Delaware Governor John Carney, Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo and Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker today announced their appointees to the multi-state council to restore the economy and get people back to work. The...

GOVERNOR CUOMO CALLS FOR FEDERAL COORDINATION OF SUPPLY CHAIN TO BRING TESTING TO SCALE

Issues Executive Order Allowing New Yorkers to Get a Marriage License Remotely Reiterates Bipartisan Call from National Governors Association for $500 Billion in Federal Aid to States Confirms 7,090 Additional Coronavirus Cases in New York State – Bringing Statewide Total to 236,732; New Cases in 46 Counties   Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today called for federal coordination of the supply chain to bring testing...