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School districts will decide their own policies on Covid-19 masks and other school safety, the state Department of Health said Thursday. “With the end of the state disaster emergency on June 25, 2021, school districts are re-established as the controlling entity for schools. Schools and school Read More …
Assemblyman Keith Brown (R,C,I- Northport) and other Assembly Republican members are pushing a subpoena requiring New York State Commissioner of Health Dr. Howard A. Zucker to testify before the Legislature regarding COVID-19 nursing home deaths. Republicans are seeking answers to questions about Covid-19 deaths in Read More …
Updated: General Letitia James Thursday accused the Cuomo administration of undercounting the number of Covid-19 deaths of patients at nursing homes. State Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker replied that the state numbers were not an undercount of the total number of the deaths but rather Read More …
New York State Health Commissioner Howard Zucker issued a letter Wednesday to hospital administrators on directives to expand to hospital capacity during the Covid-19 epidemic. On Dec. 7, hospitals were directed to expand capacity by 25 percent, and directed to expand by an additional 25 Read More …
Covid-19 vaccines are expected to arrive on Long Island as early as this weekend, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said Wednesday. The first batch of 26,500 Pfizer doses are designated for nursing home residents and staff and high-risk health care workers, meaning those who work Read More …