New York Governor Kathy Hochul said Friday that recent actions in the state will help keep abortion safe, legal and accessible, despite the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on Friday to officially reverse Roe v. Wade.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul called the US Supreme Court decision overturning the 1973 abortion rights decision Roe v. Wade a “dark day”, but says she and the legislature took preemptive steps to protect abortion rights in anticipation of the high court’s decision.
There is decrease in hospital beds in the Western New York region and some leaders say it is due to the spike in COVID cases, but other political leaders are crying foul.
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New York State is offering a new incentive to get more people vaccinated against COVID-19, free passes to state parks this Memorial Day weekend.
Governor Andrew Cuomo, appearing at Jones Beach on Long Island Monday, said unvaccinated New Yorkers going to many state parks this weekend will be able to get a shot at a pop-up vaccine clinic. In exchange, they will receive a free two-day pass to all state run parks in New York.
“Stop, get a vaccine, you get a two-day free pass to come into any state park,” said Cuomo, who said the shots will be available at 16 state parks.
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and his staff were in damage control mode Thursday as they faced two scandals; the governor’s handling of nursing home policies during the COVID-19 pandemic and allegations that the Democrat sexually harassed a former staffer.
Cuomo’s health commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker, testified at a long awaited legislative budget hearing. Zucker, who had postponed his testimony, originally scheduled for three weeks ago, appeared two and a half hours late. He immediately addressed the nursing home controversy. Zucker says like all of the pandemic policies being put into place last spring, including those affecting nursing homes, decisions had to made quickly, before science made things more clear.