Governor Cuomo announced today that the dashboard from the Health Department regarding the Coronavirus will be changing, as the percentage of people testing positive from the Coronavirus is about 1% statewide, the number hospitalized has steadily dropped and the daily death count is down to about 35 a day:
(Cuomo 6-9-20)
The State Health Department announced that the state is up to 379,482 Coronavirus cases since early March, with 683 new positives Monday out of almost 50,000 tests. 24,348 people have died from the virus since the pandemic hit in New Rochelle 3 1/2 months ago.
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Chenango County Public Health announced that they have had 135 positive cases of the Coronavirus, 81 are quarantined, 1 person is hospitalized, 103 have recovered, and 5 have died they have conducted over 6200 tests.
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Otsego County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 57 year old Jonathan Hatch of Cobleskill for 2 counts of DWI plus endangering the welfare of a child. Hatch is accused of leaving 2 children at Glimmerglass State Park, after they refused to get in his vehicle. Hatch was arraigned, an order of protection was issued & the children were turned over family.
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1st Responders & volunteers searched for about 3 hours Monday at Nathaniel Cole Park to look for 75 year old Kathleen Walsh of Harpursville. Family members called police after Walsh failed to come home after hiking in Cole Park, she suffers from dementia & became disoriented, and she did leave the park successfully last night.
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About 5o volunteers helped out with a food giveaway at the Keith Clark Park in Sidney Monday, Tracy Martindale of the Delaware Otsego Schoharie Catholic Charities commented:
(Tracy Martindale 6-9-20)
About 510 Households representing 1275 individuals were helped out with the giveaway Monday in Sidney, about 9 tons of food was donated.
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U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is proposing a bill calling for changes in Policing practices, following a lengthy history of violence especially against minorities:
(Gillibrand 6-9-20)
Gillibrand said that the push for this bill comes as people across the nation and globe protest police brutality and institutional racism, following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
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The Broome County Health Department announced that they were still at 600 total coronavirus cases today, they report 1 death, giving them a total of 46, there have been 490 recoveries & 223 are being monitored by the Health Department.
Governor Cuomo signed legislation authorizing local governments to extend the deadline for filing property tax abatements to July 15th in recognition of the hardships many families and businesses continue to face as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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State Police are warning residents of a phone scam that has targets elderly residents. Troopers reported that scammers have called identifying themselves as a police officer or court officer with a story that a relative was stopped by law enforcement and found in possession of drugs and a large amount of Bail has been set. The caller has told the victims to money into a box outside their home and that it will be retrieved by an alleged court officer or by a courier service. State Police reminds residents that no police agency or court will ever ask for money to be sent by mail, courier service or picked up from your home, if you feel you have been scammed, call a law enforcement agency.
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Delaware County is reporting 1 new case of COVID-19, there have been 78 confirmed positive cases, with 16 people under quarantine, 2 of the cases are isolated in the hospital, 6 are isolated at home, 5 people have died and 65 have fully recovered.
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The Town of Sidney will hold a Round Table Zoning Law meeting today starting at 6:30 on Zoom. Information is available at the Town of Sidney Website or at 561-2334.
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