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Teachers unions push for continued in-school testing FacebookTwitterEmail A sign on the University at Albany Campus informs drivers that of the state COVID-19 testing site on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, in Albany, N.Y. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times Union ALBANY State and national teachers unions are calling on school districts to ramp up COVID testing efforts for students and staff as many explore ways to bring more students back for in-person instruction for the remainder of the school year. Leaders from New York State United Teachers (NYSUT), American Federation of Teachers (AFT), United University Professions (UUP), the National Football League Players Association and the Rockefeller Foundation, made the case for continued screenings at a virtual press conference Thursday. ....
FEMA to pay New York $934 million for vaccine distribution FacebookTwitterEmail 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. ....
SUNY campuses to reopen on Feb. 1 with increased coronavirus testing FacebookTwitterEmail Indian Quad on the University at Albany Campus on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020, in Albany, N.Y. SUNY students will return back to campus Fev. 1, 2021 after the pandemic sent them home since before Thanksgiving. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times Union ALBANY The State University of New York will be reopening its campuses for the spring semester Feb. 1. SUNY officials announced Sunday that in-person classes will resume for students next Monday. To further prevent the spread of COVID-19 on campuses, Chancellor Jim Malatras announced students, faculty and staff who regularly come to campus will be required to test for COVID-19 on a weekly basis now. ....
In an effort to better meet the needs of students and component school districts, Capital Region BOCES is making changes to the locations of two programs for the start of the 2021-22 school year. The Network Cabling Tech/Smart Home Technology program will be relocated to the Albany Campus from its current home on the Schoharie Campus. Meanwhile, the Electrical Trades program will expand to the Schoharie Campus. - Advertisement - ....
13,000 people of faith, 45 organizations reject attacks on Rev. Warnock and the Black Church Senator Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) and her allies have attacked Black liberation theology and Rev. Raphael Warnock’s faith throughout the Georgia Senate runoff. In response, 13,292 people of faith and 45 faith-based organizations have released a letter calling these attacks an immoral, dangerous attempt to hijack religion for political gain. The letter states in part, “As people and organizations of faith, we applaud the Rev. Raphael Warnock for preaching our shared values of nonviolence, righteousness and justice in the prophetic tradition of the Black church, following in the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., his predecessor at Ebenezer Baptist Church… ....