(Albany) Times Union ALBANY Despite a federal report ranking New York third in the nation for the number of Lyme disease diagnoses, not a penny has been set aside in Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s executive budget for research, prevention or treatment of the disease or other tick-borne illnesses. The latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate is that the number of people nationally who contract Lyme each year is growing to nearly 500,000; state Sen. Sue Serino, a Hudson Valley Republican, and other lawmakers are urging their colleagues to include $1.5 million to tackle tick-related diseases. Serino said state funding for these efforts has been lackluster in recent years despite the Legislature adding funding for Lyme research, treatment and prevention. In 2018, $1 million was budgeted by legislators for the efforts, but in the following years that dwindled to $250,000 annually.
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Saturday Night Live.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo s star turn for his perceived frank and informative nationally broadcast COVID-19 briefings through the early months of the pandemic has taken a deep fall in recent weeks.
The state s admitted undercounting of nursing home deaths due to coronavirus and the ongoing scrutiny over a March 25 order to allow nursing home residents in hospitals to return home with COVID has put the Democratic governor in the most precarious position since he took office a decade ago.
Cuomo has had his share of scandals as governor.
He was accused of meddling in a corruption-busting commission that led to an investigation by then-U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who ultimately found no criminal wrongdoing. And his ex-top aide, Joseph Percoco, is in prison for kickbacks.
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Saturday Night Live.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo s star turn for his perceived frank and informative nationally broadcast COVID-19 briefings through the early months of the pandemic has taken a deep fall in recent weeks.
The state s admitted undercounting of nursing home deaths due to coronavirus and the ongoing scrutiny over a March 25 order to allow nursing home residents in hospitals to return home with COVID has put the Democratic governor in the most precarious position since he took office a decade ago.