North Colonie grades K-12 fully remote due to staff shortage
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School buses are driven out onto Watervliet Shaker Rd. after leaving Shaker High School on Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, in Colonie, N.Y.(Paul Buckowski/Times Union)Paul Buckowski/Albany Times Union
Just one week after returning to the classroom following winter break, North Colonie Central Schools has shifted all grades to remote learning due a staff shortage.
The district announced that Shaker High School was on pause last week. Notices followed this week about the middle school and elementary schools shifting to remote learning. All in-person learning is expected to resume Jan. 19.
$49.9 million housing project boosts Troy s Lansingburgh neighborhood
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1of14A view of the Standard Manufacturing building on 2nd Ave. on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, in Troy, N.Y. There are plans to turn the space into 151 apartment units with commercial space on the first floor. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)Paul Buckowski/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
2of14A view of the Standard Manufacturing building on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, in Troy, N.Y. There are plans to turn the space into 151 apartment units with commercial space on the first floor. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)Paul Buckowski/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
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4of14A view of a section of the business district along 2nd. Ave. on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, in Troy, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)Paul Buckowski/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
9 more virus deaths as Albany County learns of cases at nursing home
3 more deaths reported in Schenectady County
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Albany County Executive Dan McCoy says the county is facing another lag in the reporting of deaths at another local nursing home. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)Paul Buckowski/Albany Times Union
Nine more residents are dead in Albany County because of the coronavirus, but four of those deaths occurred at a nursing home between Dec. 12 and Jan. 3 and are only being reported now because the county just found out about them, County Executive Dan McCoy said.
“You’d hope after 10 months, we’d have the system down pat. You would think that we would have the nursing homes reporting to us,” McCoy said. “We have to talk to our county coroners, too, because they should be updating us also.”
Albany Med seeking volunteers to staff COVID-19 vaccine clinics
Medical professionals needed to help vaccinate 1 million Capital Region residents
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1of17Nancyjane Batten, left, a volunteer at the Baptist Heath Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, receives the first dose of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine from physician assistant Marjorie Schwab at a Covid-19 vaccination clinic at the Schenectady County Public Library on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020, in Schenectady, N.Y. Schwab is a volunteer with the Schenectady County Medical Reserve Corps. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)Paul Buckowski/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
2of17Nancyjane Batten, left, a volunteer at the Baptist Heath Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, goes over information with Physician assistant Marjorie Schwab, as fellow physician assistant Peggy Sheaffer, foreground, reads over Batten s questionnaire before Batten receives the first dose of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine on Thursday, De
New York lawmakers set to strengthen eviction moratorium
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Tenants and housing justice advocates march through downtown Troy after holding an eviction defense protest outside outside Troy City Court on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020, in Troy, N.Y. Housing advocates say that New York?•s current eviction ban has not prevented some property owners from attempting to evict tenants during the pandemic. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times Union
ALBANY State legislators could meet for a rare December session early next week to extend and strengthen New York’s eviction moratorium.
While Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo recently pledged to extend the current eviction moratorium beyond its Jan. 1 expiration, housing advocates have criticized that measure for its patchwork protection for renters in New York, and have called for a blanket moratorium to prevent any evictions during the coronavirus pandemic.