WJFF - The Local Edition

Guest: Liam Mayo, The River Reporter  – Guest: James B. Huntington, Host, WJFFs WorkShift Live!

Guest: Liam Mayo, The River Reporter  – Guest: James B. Huntington, Host, WJFFs WorkShift Live!

Guest: Allison Weingarten - Director of Policy for Friends of Recovery New York

The Kingfisher Project is a volunteer-based community information project aimed at creating greater awareness and understanding of the heroin and opioid epidemic in our community and across the nation.

Tonights guest is Allison Weingarten Director of Policy for Friends of Recovery New York (for-ny.org). Allison will be telling us about the origins of FOR and the vital work they do. Shell also be informing us about this years Stand Up For Recovery Day on February 8th, an all-day virtual event that will include the opportunity for online meetings with state legislators.

For full details and registration for the event go here:

https://for-ny.org/surd-registration/

Guest: Allison Weingarten - Director of Policy for Friends of Recovery New York

The Kingfisher Project is a volunteer-based community information project aimed at creating greater awareness and understanding of the heroin and opioid epidemic in our community and across the nation.

Tonights guest is Allison Weingarten Director of Policy for Friends of Recovery New York (for-ny.org). Allison will be telling us about the origins of FOR and the vital work they do. Shell also be informing us about this years Stand Up For Recovery Day on February 8th, an all-day virtual event that will include the opportunity for online meetings with state legislators.

For full details and registration for the event go here:

https://for-ny.org/surd-registration/

Guest: Wendy Brown Sullivan County Deputy Commissioner of Health & Family Services – Guest: Joe Abraham, Sullivan County Democrat

Guest: Chris Rowley, Shawangunk Journal – Guest: Alison Green Myer, Author

Guest: Kelly Lewis, Wayne County Government – Guest: Farrell Greenwald Brenner, The River Newsroom

Guest: Liam Mayo, The River Reporter  – Guest: James B. Huntington, Host, WJFFs WorkShift Live!

Guest: Assemblywoman Aileen Gunther, District 100 – Guest: Ariel Shanberg, Delaware Valley Arts Alliance

Guest: Thomas Farney, Public Safety Commissioner Sullivan County

Welcome to The Local Edition, Earlier today U.S. Representative Antonio Delgado along with NYS Senator Mike Martucci, Matt McPhillips from Assemblywoman Aileen Gunther's office, Legislature Chair Rob Doherty and District 6 Legislator Luis Alvarez the Division of Community Resources team at the Transportation Building at Swan Lake handing out test kits and masks along with county officials.

According to the county they were able to hand out 55 COVID test kits and 135 KN95 masks, 250 of each which were provided by the Congressman

Radio Catskills Patricio Robayo spoke to the new Public Safety Commissioner for Sullivan County Thomas Farney about when the county will be getting more masks and test kits and how to get them.

Since Thomas was new to the job, Patricio asked to introduce himself to our listeners – Guest: Sara Gunn, The Director for the Food Bank of the Hudson Valley

According to the Associated Press, Food banks across the country are experiencing a critical shortage of volunteers as the omicron variant frightens people away from their usual shifts, and companies and schools that regularly supply large groups of volunteers are canceling their participation over virus fears.

The end result in many cases has been a serious increase in spending by the food banks at a time when they are already dealing with higher food costs due to inflation and supply chain issues.

Radio Catskills Patricio Robayo checked in with the Food Bank of the Hudson Valley to see how they are holding up during the pandemic and spoke with Sara Gunn, Director of the Food Bank of the Hudson Valley.