North Country Congresswoman Elise Stefanik says she sent a letter to President Trump yesterday supporting Governor Cuomo's request that a major disaster declaration be issued for New York state as the COVID-19 outbreak grows.
Starting at 8 om on Monday, the in-house service of New York restaurants and bars was suspended by the State to combat the spread of the coronavirus.Takeout and delivery are still allowed. For workers in the service industry, this has huge impact.
Congress is hashing out an $850 billion economic stimulus package. As part of that, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) is pushing to provide extended food benefits and provide full paid sick and family leave for every worker in the United States.
The first confirmed cases of Covid-19 are starting to pop up across the region - individuals in Plattsburgh, the Tri-Lakes area, the Adirondacks and Glens Falls - and now in Warren and Jefferson counties and Fort Drum.
NCPR has confirmed that one corrections officer downstate has tested positive for coronavirus. A handful of other state prison staff and inmates are now in quarantine, without testing positive.
Clinton County Health Department confirmed the first known case of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.
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