New York State has tested over 32,000 people, & there are more than 7100 cases of the Corona Virus with 35 deaths, so Governor Cuomo today announced that that 100% of employees of non-essential must now stay home:
(Cuomo 3-20-20)
Cuomo said that they are concentrating on acquiring more hospital beds in existing facilities, hospital beds for makeshift sites that are not in use for their usual purposes and above all, Ventilators for those in the ICU Units with the Coronavirus. New York will implement a 90-day moratorium on evictions for residential and commercial tenants.
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On Monday, a Red Cross EMERGENCY Blood Drive will be held at the Sidney Fire Department Training Center on River Street. Blood supplies are extremely low as a number of Blood Drives were cancelled due to the COVID 19 Pandemic, the blood drive will be held from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm Monday.
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The State DEC and NYSERDA announced that more than $24 million is now available to replace diesel-powered transit buses with new all-electric transit buses. As part of the state’s $127.7 million allocation of the federal Volkswagen Settlement, NYSERDA will administer approximately $18.4 million to fund the new electric transit buses through the New York Truck Voucher Incentive Program and the New York Power Authority will manage $6 million for associated charging infrastructure.
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The National Baseball Hall of Fame’s collection of documents, oral histories and video is available online for fans, while the museum is closed to the public due to the COVID 19 situation. The Museum’s Digital Collection is available at collection.baseballhall.org; historic videos are also located on the Hall of Fame’s YouTube channel.
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BC Transit announced today that they will not be collecting fares from riders, and partitions have been set up to keep riders at least 6 feet away from each other. Intense cleaning of the busses has been continuing over the last 3 weeks.
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Delaware County Officials announced today that the Solid Waste Site is still open, but that are asking visitors to visit as little as possible and to get in and out as quickly as possible. Also, Effective Saturday March 20 the SWMC will operate on a cashless pre-paid debit basis only, for customers wishing to dispose of construction & demolition debris, furniture, and any waste items subject to tipping disposal fee. More information is available at the Solid Waste Department page on at the Delaware County Website.
The Small Business Administration announced that the statewide disaster declaration for New York is now in place, Commerce Chenango CEO Kerri Green comments:
(Kerri Green 3-20-20)
Eligible businesses can apply for the SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans online at disasterloan.sba.gov/ela. Green also said that those businesses that want to get the exemption forms that want to be considered as “Essential” can get it at Commercechenango.com.
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State Senator Fred Akshar today announced a new resource available to his constituents in the 52nd Senate District seeking information on the government’s response to the Coronavirus/COVID-19 public health crisis. Akshar and his staff have posted a collection information and resources related to Coronavirus on his website, Akshar.NYSenate.Gov.
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Bassett Healthcare Network announced that all elective surgeries are being postponed during the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes non-essential medical, surgical and dental procedures at all Bassett Healthcare Network hospitals and outpatient surgical facilities.
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The Otsego County Planning Department announced that Otsego Express Routes 5, 6, 9 are all suspended starting Monday March until further notice.
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The Jericho Arts Council announced that the David Davis & the Warrior River Boys concert scheduled for Saturday March 21st has been cancelled due to concerns about the Coronavirus.
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