Senate to pass package aimed at alleviating racial gaps in health care
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The New York State Senate voted on an election system reform package on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. Senate Democrats plan on voting in bills Feb. 1, 2021 that they say will help with health care disparities. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times Union
ALBANY The state Senate is planning to pass a package of bills Monday designed to address gaps between the health care outcomes for white people and for Black people in New York.
The package includes nine measures. They include: mandating cultural awareness and competence for health care workers; creating programs where doctor s offices, hospitals and home care providers would work together; creating a task force to examine health care access disparities and offer new proposals, and requiring an examination of the potential for discrimination before renovation or construction of health care faciliti
As dangerous cold settles, an Albany shelter opens its doors to homeless
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1of14Lunch is served for the those in need at Capital City Rescue Mission on Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, in Albany, N.Y. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
2of14Lonnie Richardson, 65, stands outside the Capital City Rescue Mission after lunch on Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, in Albany, N.Y. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
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4of14Lunch is served for the those in need at Capital City Rescue Mission on Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, in Albany, N.Y. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
Dozens of Buffalo-area restaurants sue Cuomo for shutdown order
Sen. Patrick M. Gallivan also is a petitioner in case challenging Cuomo s executive order
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Sen. Patrick Gallivan joined more than 90 restaurants and bars in a lawsuit challenging Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo s shutdown order requiring them to close at 10 p.m. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron
ALBANY State Sen. Patrick M. Gallivan and more than 90 Buffalo-area restaurants have filed a petition challenging Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo s executive orders that have required restaurants and bars to close between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m.
The petition, filed in state Supreme Court in Erie County on Wednesday, alleges the governor s order, issued in November as coronavirus cases began surging in western New York, is not supported by findings, studies or evidence.
More Albany school children get laptops as second shipment arrives
District moves closer to 1:1 goal
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The Albany city school district has now distributed more than 6,000 digital devices to students since the pandemic began last March, including a new shipment of around 2,000 Chromebooks that arrived in January. Pictured here are laptops donated by the Workforce Development Institute to students taking part in Albany High School s Abrookin Career and Technical Center programs are displayed during a press conference on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, at the Abrookin Career and Technical Center in Albany, N.Y. Seniors taking career and technical education (CTE) classes will receive the Chromebooks, which they will be allowed to keep. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
FEMA to pay New York $934 million for vaccine distribution
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A sign on the University at Albany Campus directs traffic to the site of a new vaccine distribution center being built at the Northwest Gold parking lot on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, in Albany, N.Y. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times Union
WASHINGTON The Federal Emergency Management Agency has agreed to pay New York $934 million to cover the projected statewide costs of administering the COVID-19 vaccine.
On Tuesday, FEMA advanced half the funds, $467 million, to New York, recognizing the state has been hard-hit by the virus and is struggling financially. The money will pay for transportation, storage, medical staff, personal protective equipment and public awareness campaigns associated with vaccine distribution.