Troy adds four new police officers
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Troy Police Department outside the detective offices on Friday, Feb. 28, 2020, in Troy N.Y. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron
TROY – The Troy Police Department swore in four new officers Friday afternoon at City Hall in a ceremony limited to family members due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The city’s newest officers are Jack Engster, Katherine A. Molesky, David Grant and Kevin Koberger.
Engster became a part owner of Manory’s, the city’s oldest restaurant, before deciding to join the police force. His great-grandfather was a city police officer.
Molesky is the daughter of Deputy Police Chief Daniel DeWolf. She is a graduate of the College of St. Rose and previously worked in the Troy City School District.
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In New York, Dutchess County health workers on Monday vaccinated residents with intellectual and developmental disabilities at a pop-up site.
Dutchess County’s Department of Behavioral & Community Health administered the first COVID-19 vaccine dose to 60 residents with intellectual and developmental disabilities at a mobile pop-up site at New Horizons Resources in Pleasant Valley. Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro says that in Phase 1A of the state’s distribution process, staff and residents at three state agencies’ facilities, including those aligned with the Office for People With Developmental Disabilities, are among priority groups for the vaccine, but that state guidance does not include specific facilities where they may get the vaccine.
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Pictured is the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is criticizing the federal government for the slow vaccine rollout and said the state will assist in getting it out faster.
On Tuesday, Cuomo noted that the federal government distributes the vaccines to states. Statewide, New York has been getting around 300,000 doses a week. He didn’t offer a breakdown by region.
“We hope, pray and expect the supply from the federal government will be increasing,” he said during a news conference.
Cuomo noted that the state and federal government both distribute the vaccine to local communities.
The federal government distributes all vaccines to nursing homes.