LONG ISLAND (WABC) The man who was a Long Island hospital s first COVID-19 patient to survive after being put on a ventilator reunited with hospital staff one year later.
Scott November of Northport was so sick with COVID-19 in March 2020 his family was told by staff at Northwell Health s Huntington Hospital to say their good-byes.
But the 67-year-old s family refused to accept that they were losing their beloved husband and father and they made sure everyone at the hospital knew a whole lot about him.
His three children and five grandchildren did everything they could to encourage November and hospital staff, making posters mentioning that he had been married for 43 years, that he met his wife at Nathan s, and reminding them he was a person, not just a patient.
NEW YORK (WABC) New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo gave a thumbs up amid a round of applause as he received the COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday in Manhattan.
Cuomo got the shot during an event in Harlem in which he toured the Mount Neboh Baptist Church vaccination site.
Cuomo received the one-shot vaccine developed by Johnson & Johnson, which is less effective against recipients contracting the virus but provides strong protection against severe cases and death from COVID-19.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo received the one-shot COVID-19 vaccine developed by Johnson & Johnson Wednesday and encouraged New Yorkers to do the same. I want to make the point: take whatever vaccine you can take. They all work. They are all safe. Don t try to pick one over the other. Take whatever vaccine you can get, Cuomo said.
Jaffe, 54, kept fighting, and he was saved at St. Francis Hospital last year.
Health care heroes and family cheered him on as he was released, but what s next?
Jaffe said he is eternally grateful to be alive, but he s had two surgeries and three hospital stays since. It took a severe, severe, toll on my family, on myself, he said.
New York is bracing itself to get back to normal, but what will normal be for people like Jaffe? Normal would be not having to worry about, if I m going out with my wife, if I have enough oxygen in the tank, he said.
Workers who have been left out of federal and state pandemic relief launched a hunger strike Tuesday to demand $3.5 billion in funding for excluded workers in the New York State budget as the deadline approaches.
LONG ISLAND (WABC) The Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach will kick off summer once again!
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced plans for the air show to return this year after being grounded by COVID-19 in 2020.
The Memorial Day weekend tradition celebrates the beginning of summer at Long Island s beaches and honors military families and those who serve our country.
The outdoor show, sponsored by Bethpage Federal Credit Union, features a range of military and civilian aerial performers.
Kristen Jarnagin, President & CEO of Discover Long Island, talks about the return of the air show this summer
This year s show will be a ticketed event, with reduced capacity and social distancing measures in place to ensure a safe return of the patriotic Long Island beachfront tradition.