NY State of Health is encouraging New Yorkers who need health coverage to enroll in a 2020 Qualified Health Plan by this Friday, February 7th, as the Open Enrollment deadline was extended an additional week to give consumers more time to find the health plan that fits their needs and enroll in coverage. Enrollment through NY State of Health is at its highest point, with more than 4.8 million New Yorkers enrolled in a health plan.
State Senator Jim Seward has given his endorsement to Republican Assembly Candidate Joe Angelino of Norwich today. Angelino is the former Norwich Police Chief who announced his candidacy for the State Assembly seat held by Cliff Crouch, who announced that he will not seek re-election this year. Angelino faces a Republican Challenger, Nick Libous of Binghamton.
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A Smart Recovery program for local people dealing with substance abuse issues, has recently started in Bainbridge, Program Director Aletha Cannistra explains:
(Aletha Cannistra 2-5-20)
Cannistra said that the meetings are held Wednesday nights at 7:00 PM at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church at 1 Church Street, more information about the program is available at smartrecovery.org.
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Chenango Arts Council and Guernsey Memorial Library are teaming up again to present four free film classics, starting today & running every Wednesday in February. Chenango Arts Council CEO Alecia O’Neill explains:
(Alecia O’Neill 2-5-20)
Top Hat will be followed by To Have and To Have Not on February 12 at the library, Quiet Man at the Arts Council on February 19th, & Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner February 26 at the Library. More information is available at 336-ARTS or 334-4034.
Governor Cuomo announced an update on the status of testing for the coronavirus in New York State. Samples from 17 New Yorkers have been sent to the CDC for testing, 11 have come back negative, and 6 samples are pending. There are still no confirmed cases of coronavirus in New York State yet. A hotline has been set up for New Yorkers to call at 1-888-364-3065, where experts from the Department of Health can answer questions, they also created a website: health.ny.gov/diseases/communicable/coronavirus. .
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Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay & members of the Assembly Minority Conference called for an immediate repeal of recently-enacted criminal justice reforms that put New Yorkers at risk. Local Assemblyman Cliff Crouch commented:
(Crouch 2-5-20)
Assemblyman John Salka also commented:
(Salka 2-5-20)
Lawmakers were joined by families directly impacted by the new bail reform laws, and law-enforcement officials who expressed serious concerns with the new requirements.
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Local Mayors Andy Matviak of Sidney, Phil Wade of Bainbridge and Dave Welch of Unadilla have been meeting monthly for about the last year, one of the issues they have dealt with is how to get legal notices & other information out following the demise of the Tri Town News, and they have decided to send out an email blast together, Bainbridge Mayor Phil Wade commented:
(Phil Wade 2-5-20)
Residents that want to get the email blast most contact their village offices to submit their email address, each Email blast will come out Thursdays to those who have subscribed. WCDO will broadcast our interview with the 3 Mayors this evening following the 6:00 PM news.
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