KINGSTON, N.Y. – As U.S. Rep. Pat Ryan continues his push for a Social Security Administration officer in Ulster County, the congressman will soon deploy a van to Kingston with agency experts aboard to field questions. Ryan’s Constituent Advocacy Resources Empowerment Services (C.A.R.E.S.) van will be set up on Thursday, Nov. 9, from 10 a.m. […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. Two former colleagues are squaring off to become Ulster County’s next district attorney in one of the most hotly contested races in the county. Chief Assistant District Attorney Emmanuel Nneji and former Chief Assistant District Attorney Michael Kavanagh are running for the office now held by District Attorney David Clegg, who is not […]
SHAWANGUNK, N.Y. The only contested town races on the 2024 election ballot will have four candidates seeking two Town Board seats carrying four-year terms. Running for the positions will be incumbent Brian Amthor and Joseph LoCicero on the Republican and Conservative lines against first-time candidates Adrianne Gelfand-Perine and Tony Mantello on the Democratic and […]
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County leaders say their offices continue to be deluged by calls about the COVID-19 vaccine, which is in short supply. Saying they, too, are frustrated, they’re asking residents to be patient.
Democratic Ulster County Executive Pat Ryan says he continues to be frustrated by the slow vaccine rollout. Last week, New York state received 300,000 vaccine doses for a pool of some 7 million eligible New Yorkers. This week, Ryan notes, the state received 250,000.
“What does that mean in Ulster County? Well, it means two things. Number one, it means, more than anything, we need more vaccines. We need more vaccines,” Ryan says. “We need them now, and the only entity capable of upping this is the federal government, and so I want to be very clear that the responsibility lies there.”