Broome County hospitals may limit non-essential surgeries as staff shortages continue to strain system
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The National Guard will be deployed to fill staffing shortages at Willow Point Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Vestal.
App NEWS
Broome County officials encourage booster shots as COVID-19 cases spike
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Broome County continues to see a spike in COVID-19 cases, with 138 new cases announced on Friday. The county currently has over 900 active cases, and a 7% positivity rate.
App NEWS
How one Steuben County family deals with the emotional aftermath of flooding
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“Now every time we see it rain, or flood warning, we get scared and we flee our house.”
911 Response Time
Otsego County ambulance service will help support volunteer emergency squads
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“It’s not because the volunteers aren’t trying, they’re doing the very best they can. But the number of volunteers are dwindling.”
App NEWS
Broome County sees spike in COVID-19 cases
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County officials attributed the rise in cases to residents socializing over Halloween weekend.
App NEWS
New community health clinic in Elmira will provide preventative care
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“We want to help offer these necessary health screenings to members of the community so that we can begin to address these various health and social needs, because they’re not separate, they’re actually connected.”
App NEWS
Southern Tier schools roll out COVID-19 vaccine clinics for younger kids
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The lower-dose Pfizer vaccine has arrived at health departments and pediatricians’ offices across the region.
App NEWS
Steuben County adopts ‘Test to Stay’ policies in schools
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The measure would allow students to take a rapid test every day for a week, rather than quarantine, after potential exposure to COVID.
Health
Broome County officials prepare for federal vaccine mandate
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“You could probably assume that we have the same type of vaccination rate that the rest of Broome county does. So about a third of our sixteen to seventeen hundred employees are probably not vaccinated.”
5-11
Vaccines for younger kids are on the horizon, getting hesitant parents on board may be a challenge
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“They’ll have an argument with the parent right in front of you where the parent says no and the child says yes.”
App NEWS
Medicaid Home Health Program Allows People To Hire Their Own Aides
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“If you’re disabled, and you don’t get to speak for yourself, then you lose your voice.”
App NEWS
Gov. Hochul Lauds Unveiled BU Nursing Facility, Receives Booster Shot
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While plans for the new Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences facility pre-date the pandemic by several years, its opening comes at a time when many hospitals face nursing shortages.
App NEWS
Broome Hospitalizations Increasing, County Officials Say
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“Your community, your neighbors, are working in those ERs around the clock, and they are tired, and they are getting really taxed.”
Addie Jenne
Public Weighs Greenidge Air Permits At DEC Hearings
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The IBEW’s now outspoken support of Greenidge indicates that opponents may face a broader front in their efforts to pass legislation implementing a moratorium on cryptocurrency mining.
addiction treatment
New York Attorney General Announces Opioid Settlement Funds For Southern Tier
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“It’s important, again, that we use these funds to provide lifesaving drugs, and lifesaving treatment.”
App NEWS
DEC’s Cryptocurrency Mining Decision To Test New York’s Climate Law
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“All eyes are on what happens with this particular facility.”
App NEWS
Amid Staffing Shortages, Any Loss Of Healthcare Workers Can Have An Impact
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“People are tired, and we’ve seen a significant resurgence here. There’s a significant demand in our emergency rooms, in our COVID unit, in our ICU, and so, we need all hands on deck.”
Health
As COVID-19 Rages, PA Hospitals Tell Ambulance Crews They Don’t Want People In Crisis
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COVID-19 is adding stress to Pennsylvania’s underfunded behavioral health care system.
App NEWS
Willow Point Reduces Capacity After Several Unvaccinated Nurses Let-Go
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With two units closed, the nursing home has reduced its capacity from 300 to 216 beds.
App NEWS
Gillibrand Pushes For Investment In Home Health With Binghamton Advocates
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“More than 820,000 Americans are on the waitlist to receive care. Families may have to wait as long as five years, to get home care services that they need for their loved ones who are aging or disabled.”
Antigen Testing
Broome County Reopens Rapid Testing Site
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“Our numbers had gotten so low that we did not need to continue the rapid testing site. But the numbers are going up.”
App NEWS
As Cases Rise, Broome County Struggles To Find Staff For Contact Tracing
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“A lot of our staff is out doing their regulatory jobs, that need to happen, and it leaves us less infrastructure for doing the case investigation.”
App NEWS
School Districts Are Still Trying To Secure Enough COVID Tests For Students
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“I’d love to be able to [test] our whole school, but you’re talking, you know, 5000 tests a week. We do not have that capacity.”
1199 SEIU
Healthcare Workers At Ithaca Nursing Home Rally Over Contract
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“Our very important caregivers, our essential caregivers, you called them heroes a year ago, and now you’re expecting them to take cuts to their vital benefits.”
App NEWS
Steuben County Sees Uptick Of COVID-19 Cases Among Children
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“Last year, when everything really started way way back, there was this myth that kids can’t get it, and kids can’t spread it. And that’s obviously been proven way false.”
Uncategorized
Educators Say Pandemic Made Training Nursing Students More Difficult
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“A lot of the older adult care facilities completely shut us out, just for safety purposes, and kind of not bringing outsiders into their communities.”
Rural Health Desk
Residents Live With The Effects Of Chronic Water Damage
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“Not fixing something that you know needs to be fixed now, because the money just doesn’t allow for it at this moment.”
App NEWS
Broome County Officials Warn Of Potential Healthcare Staff Shortages
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“It’s going to be very, very difficult to provide the same level of healthcare if we are, all of a sudden, starting to see people walk off the job and leave the healthcare industry.”
Uncategorized
Vestal Central Schools Prepare For In-Person Learning
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“You have to be at a point where you have plans in place where you can adjust accordingly, and still maintain an education for our students.”
Antigen tests
Home COVID Tests Are Not Perfect, Health Officials Remind Residents
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“The PCR testing is the gold standard, it is the most sensitive and accurate to run to determine the results. The antigen testing is a little bit less reliable.”
App NEWS
Public Comment Ending Soon On Endicott Battery Manufacturer’s Draft Air Permits
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“I believe that the benefit, risk ratio is an order of magnitude better for IM3 than it was for SungEel.”
App NEWS
Nursing Homes And The New Vaccine Requirement
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“I’m sure we stand to lose some staff, and we’d hate to see that happen.”
addiction treatment
As Overdoses Spike, Advocates Work To Address Housing Needs
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“People are gonna take a bed or a floor, kind of wherever they can get it. Usually it’s going to be in an unsafe environment.”
App NEWS
COVID Transmission “High” In Broome, Chenango And Delaware Counties
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“At the current rate, things have the potential to get out of control. And the last thing anybody wants to see is another shutdown.”
App NEWS
COVID-19 Cases Deemed “Substantial” In Broome, Delaware and Otsego Counties
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“We’re talking about one to two new cases, daily, sometimes zero cases daily, to about 30 new cases per day.”
Uncategorized
Uptick Of COVID-19 Cases In Tompkins And Chenango Counties
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Tompkins and Chenango Counties had “substantial” levels of transmission.
App NEWS
Local Private Colleges Mixed On Vaccination Requirements For Employees
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Only some of the region’s private colleges have implemented vaccine requirements for both employees and students.
air pollution
Western Wildfires Cause Air Quality Hazards Across New York
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“The fires aren’t going to go away, and the jet stream isn’t going to change, so we could even see days like this in August, or in October.”
App NEWS
EPA Soliciting Comment On Vapor Intrusion Plan In Elmira Heights
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Testing has shown some homes in Elmira Heights to have indoor air concentrations as high as 37 micrograms per cubic meter, over seventeen times the EPA’s maximum for homes.
App NEWS
Recent CDC Numbers Fuel Push For Overdose Prevention Centers In NY
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“Especially with that surge of the overdose numbers, it’s not going away, so why not just try it?”
Addiction
Recovery Center Holds On To Remote Meetings
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“Our numbers in person dwindled down to zero because we weren’t even in the building. But the reach that we made tripled.”
Anaplasmosis
Tick-Borne Illness, Rarer Than Lyme, On The Rise In New York
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“Our impression is that probably, you can find five percent, maybe even up to ten percent in areas, it definitely seems to be increasing.”
App NEWS
Gov. Cuomo Enacts Opioid Settlement Fund
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“It’s important that these companies pay up, it’s also important that the money go to where it was intended.”
App NEWS
Updated: Tompkins, Broome Co. End State Of Emergency Orders
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Broome County’s declaration will expire at 3:30 p.m., after 457 days in effect.
App NEWS
Tompkins Co. Prepares Comments on Draft Algal Bloom Measure
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The comments, drafted by the Tompkins County Office of Planning and Sustainability staff, ask the DEC to provide more specifics about implementation.
Addiction
A Look At A Lawsuit Filed By NY Municipalities Over Opioid Crisis
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“In my view, the county taxpayers shouldn’t foot a bill for a crisis that we didn’t create.”
Health
Unemployment Rates For New Yorkers With Disabilities Rose During The Pandemic
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“It was a cycle that individuals were kind of in the hamster wheel on, and some of them are just getting back to comfortable being in the stores now.”
App NEWS
Pandemic Redefines Mental Health ‘Crisis Calls’
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“Crisis is a very relative term, right,” she said. “What is a crisis to one person may not be a crisis to another.”
App NEWS
Gillibrand Pushes Prescription-Price Legislation In Binghamton
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“We saw drugmakers raising already exorbitant prices on hundreds of drugs while families faced unprecedented health challenges and financial insecurity.”
Aging
Gillibrand Addresses Issues Impacting Seniors, Caregivers In Town Hall
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Gillibrand, a member of Congress’s Special Committee on Aging, said making long-term care more accessible and affordable is among her top priorities.
App NEWS
Hartwick College To Require Vaccines For Fall 2021
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Several other schools across New York are also requiring immunizations.
Featured in Category
As Some Health Officials Resume Non-COVID Roles, Focus Turns To STD Increases
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“Obviously people not coming for prevention or care doesn’t help the situation, but I wouldn’t say the pandemic is fully to blame for the increase.”
App NEWS
Cornell And NYS Public Health Preparedness Training Extends Beyond COVID-19
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“It’s the communities and the connectedness that we have within those communities. It’s the jobs that we have access to. It’s the type of income we have.”
App NEWS
Binghamton-Johnson City Wastewater Plant Board Withdraws Funding for Veolia Audit
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Binghamton is “still moving forward” with the audit.
App NEWS
Addressing Vaccine Questions, And Hesitancy, In The Classroom
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“That’s a personal decision, but it’s my job as a teacher to provide you with the information so you can look up the specifics, or we can look them up together.”
App NEWS
Tompkins Co. Soliciting Feedback On Plan For Harmful Algal Blooms
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The draft plan focuses on a broad array of areas that largely focus on limiting the amount of phosphorus running into the lakes
App NEWS
On The Road, There Are Few Options For Truck Drivers To Get The Vaccine
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“I’m surprised they’re not sending vans to weigh stations or rest areas and putting up signs to say, ‘Truck drivers, stop here and get your one-shot vaccine. One-shot and go.’”
Health
Broome County To Begin “On Demand” Vaccinations
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“You get the ten people, we’ll come with the vaccines.”
allegations
Cuomo, Broome County Leaders, Encourage Vaccination In Johnson City
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The governor was also asked about allegations of sexual misconduct and the state losing a congressional seat
App NEWS
As Southern Tier Vaccination Rates Level Off, Strategies Shift
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“This early in the process of vaccine administration, to have difficulty filling appointments is concerning.”
Southern Tier Clinics Cancel Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Appointments
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“We don’t have the availability of doses like the state does that we can swap what we had today with a different type of vaccine.”
App NEWS
“There’s Just Not Room”: People Inside Broome County Jail Voice COVID Housing Concerns
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“Why house us with somebody we can constantly contract it [from] every time a new intake person comes in.”
App NEWS
Binghamton City Council Delays Vote On Sewer Plant Audit
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The council plans to reconvene Monday, April 12 at 6 p.m. to resume consideration of agreement.
App NEWS
Binghamton City Council Considering Sewage Treatment Audit Contract Wednesday
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Wednesday’s meeting will be conducted over Zoom and will begin at 6 p.m..
App NEWS
NY Resumes State Prison Transfers, Relocating People Stuck In Local Jails For Months
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“Why is it state-sentenced inmates are being punished by not getting the same treatment as every other state inmate all because we’re housed in county jails?”
App NEWS
Governor Signs HALT Bill, Restricting Solitary Confinement
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“Freedom from torture is the most basic of human rights, and yet every year tens of thousands of New Yorkers are subjected to it in the form of solitary confinement.”
Featured in Category
In Rural Chenango County, A Community Works To Keep Up With Vaccine Demand
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“It really, truly, is a Norman Rockwell experience.”
App NEWS
SungEel Won’t Pursue Battery Recycling Facility in Endicott
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The company cited what it called a “divisive local political climate.”
App NEWS
NY Cannabis Advocates Hope For Solid Bill As Lawmakers Negotiate
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“I feel much more comfortable about that scenario than I would around rushed budget negotiations that would be based off of the Governor’s position.”
App NEWS
Appointments Open For State-Run Mass Vaccination Sites In Corning And Oneonta
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The mass vaccination sites are an addition to those already in operation across New York, including in Johnson City.
App NEWS
In Broome County, Homebound Patients Receive Vaccine Via Mobile Effort
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“They feel very vulnerable because they are homebound and obviously have health issues and they feel like they would be at high risk.”
App NEWS
Broome County Executive In Quarantine After COVID-19 Exposure
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Jason Garnar said on Facebook he is feeling fine and does not have any symptoms
App NEWS
Rural NY Counties Say Vaccine Allocation Only Improved This Week, If At All
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“We really hope that we’ll begin receiving additional allotments so that we can become a larger player in that group of vaccinators.”
Aging
Vaccine Availability Improves For Seniors, Broome Office For Aging Says
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“A month ago we were struggling to get people into appointments, but that’s not the case anymore.”
App NEWS
Corning, Oneonta To Get State-Run Mass Vaccination Sites
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Gov. Cuomo announced 10 new sites across the state on Monday.
App NEWS
Black Church Leaders Say Hosting Corning Pop-Up Pod Eases Vaccine Fears
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“They know the people in the church, and when you pick a location like that, it helps put more people at ease.”
App NEWS
Boots On The Ground: Ithaca Clinic Brings Vaccinations Closer To Shelter Patients
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“We’re just bringing the vaccinations to them in a very low-threshold manner.”
App NEWS
As COVID Limits Options, School-Based Dentists Fear Impact On Kids
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“It’s through those outreach calls and those tele-dental visits that we are finding a lot of kids that are having acute issues because they’ve gone without regular preventative care for so long.”
App NEWS
Broome Overdose Fatalities Double In February
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“We need to have Narcan in everybody’s hands.”
App NEWS
Broome COVID-19 Vaccination Rate Above State Average
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“We said at the beginning that we will put these shots into arms as quickly as we get the doses, and that’s exactly what we’re doing.”
App NEWS
Doctors Tackle Vaccine Mistrust Through Outreach
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“Not everyone’s going to have that primary care person to go to for any of their health care needs.”
App NEWS
First Case Of U.K. Variant Confirmed In Broome County
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Cases of the variant were reported in Tompkins County in January and earlier this month.
addiction treatment
Telemedicine Brings Treatment Closer To Rural Patients In Recovery
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“If we can make it easy instead of more difficult, we might be able to address what’s happening with the overdose rate.”
App NEWS
Binghamton Pantry Expands Outreach Amid Winter Obstacles
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“Transportation’s a huge problem for them to get here. The winter’s been harder.”
App NEWS
Broome County Sees Lowest COVID-19 Rates Since November
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“We speak with our healthcare partners weekly and we all are seeing a decrease in demand for testing, which is a really good sign.”
23rd Congressional District
Rep. Reed Calls For DOJ Investigation Into NY Nursing Home Deaths
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“The sooner we get this investigation started, the sooner we can get justice and the sooner we can get information to make sure that this never happens again.”
App NEWS
Despite Shortages, Syringe Exchanges Continue To Get Safe Supplies To Participants
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“It got to the point that we realized we were going to have to cut back on the amount that we give to people and we really had to ration our supplies.”
App NEWS
Analysis Finds Southern Tier Food Insecurity Grew Nearly 5% In 2020
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According to Feeding America, 50 million people nationally may experience food insecurity because of COVID-19.
App NEWS
Schumer, Gillibrand Want Potential Risks Evaluated At Proposed Schuyler Co. Waste Facility
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“We have already seen the terrible consequences of poor water quality on communities across New York and we can’t afford to repeat our mistakes.”
Featured in Category
Delgado and Gillibrand Push For $50B In Rural Funding In Next COVID-19 Relief Package
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“The Rebuild Rural America Act would transform the federal government away from being a complicated, siloed and top-down enterprise or bureaucracy, into a more responsive, effective partner for our rural communities.”
App NEWS
Through Education, Anti-Trafficking Task Force Casts A Wide Net In Support Of Survivors
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“This is not any one person’s battle. This is such a huge undertaking and it really takes a community to encircle these survivors, to empower them.”
COVID-19
Transportation Program Bridges Gap In Rural Vaccine Distribution
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“We’re trying to do everything we can to make sure everyone has an opportunity to get a vaccination that is eligible, whether they have transportation or not.”
App NEWS
Mass Vaccination Site Opens In Johnson City, But Supplies Are Limited
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“It’s like fighting a battle and knowing that your weapon can help destroy the enemy, but you’re short on the weapons.”
App NEWS
Checking In With Caregivers Can Make The Difference Between Pandemic Distancing And Isolation
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It doesn’t take seeing someone in person to have a connection. Video and phone calls can be just as helpful.
Health
Rollout Of COVID-19 Vaccines In Rural PA Requires Flexibility And Trust From Communities
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A Kaiser Family Foundation report released last week found rural residents are among the most hesitant about vaccines.
App NEWS
Restaurant Owners In Orange Zones Relieved After New York State Allows Indoor Dining
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“We were waiting for this for a long time and everything. It’s like a big sigh of relief for me.”
App NEWS
Counties Face Vaccine Shortages As State Expands Eligible Groups
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“We’re all ready to go, but we can only give out the vaccine that we actually have in our hands.”
Vaccinations In Broome Near 5,000, Officials Are Still Building Capacity
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“The challenge is being able to pivot when we need to pivot.”
App NEWS
COVID-19 Impacts Steuben County Jail
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During the week of Christmas, four staff members and 21 inmates at the Steuben County Jail tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
ambulance
Pandemic is straining ambulance providers
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SYRACUSE, NY (WRVO) – The federal government is directing more than $1 billion worth of COVID relief funding passed earlier this year to offset losses incurred by ambulance providers. It’s welcome news in New York. “Emergency medical service providers across the U.S. have been struggling to stay afloat as the COVID-19 health crisis has raged on. Nowhere is that more true than here in New York, one of the hardest-hit states during the pandemic,” said Jeff Endler, a spokesperson for the United New York Ambulance Network. Lon Fricano, director of operations at TLC Emergency Medical Services that covers Auburn and Onondaga and Cortland counties, said every year in this business is tough, but COVID has doubled down on difficulties they face.
alzheimer's
Grief Comes Before Death When Caring For A Loved One With Dementia
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“Grief isn’t just related to death or the loss of a loved one. It can be loss of independence, loss of a connection, loss of a relationship.”
Featured in Category
Southern Tier Officials Expect Flooding Over Christmas
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A flood watch is in effect across the region Thursday afternoon through Friday morning.
App NEWS
Schumer: New York Will Get $54 Billion In New COVID Bill
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“It’s not a stimulus bill. It’s an emergency survival bill and we’re going to fight for more dollars later,.”
App NEWS
Food Pantries Worry About Getting Food To Clients After Winter Storm
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“Over 85 families are depending on this food for their Christmas dinners, so we are very concerned about being able to get the plowing done.”
App NEWS
Broome County Adds 200 Beds To Hospitals, Sets Up A Temporary Morgue
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Since the start of the pandemic, there have been 154 COVID-19 deaths in the county.
App NEWS
Coping With COVID Overflow, EMTs Transfer Patients Out of Northern Tier Hospital
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“Similar to across the rest of the nation and the state, we are certainly experiencing the highest numbers and more crunch for capacity than we’ve been in anytime during this entire pandemic,” Lopatofsky said.
App NEWS
Broome County COVID-19 Hospitalizations Are Highest Since Pandemic’s Start
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Garnar said that 30 percent of the ICU beds in the county were available and open as of Wednesday.
Case Settled For Horseheads Church At Center Of Fatal COVID Cluster
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“Lighthouse said all along that we would comply with New York State guidelines, but the county insisted that we go well above and beyond those guidelines as a condition of reopening.”
App NEWS
Broome County Jail Limits Movement Amid New COVID-19 Cases
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“Most of the inmates are isolated from each other,” Harder added. “They’re not allowed out of their cells. They’re basically quarantined to keep the spread down.”
Andrew Cuomo
Broome County Sheriff: 10-Person Limit Is Unconstitutional
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There are 580 active cases of the virus in Broome County and 29 hospitalized residents.
COVID-19
Business Owner Worries About Impact Of Another Shutdown
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“So yeah, we hope by the time this ends we’ll still have some money in the bank and we‘ll still be viable.”
Addiction
Binghamton Addiction Treatment Center Announces $13M Expansion
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“We need to be ready, and this project is going to be an important tool that we have to address this crisis.”
App NEWS
Vaccines Tested In Binghamton Near Ready For FDA Approval
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“When you’re looking at vaccine trials, you’re looking for them to be better than 50 percent effective, so when we’re talking about in the nineties, that’s a highly effective vaccine,” Eder said.
budget
Tompkins Co. Legislature Passes $52 Million 2021 Budget
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The budget is about a 6 percent decrease from 2020.
Featured in Category
Binghamton University Classes To Go Remote For Rest Of Semester
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The suspension of in-person classes and extracurricular activities begins Wednesday, Nov. 17 and will last through the end of the semester.
App NEWS
In Tompkins County, Small Gatherings Fuel Rise In COVID-19 Clusters
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Thirty people tested positive for COVID-19 in a single day in Tompkins County. That is a significant increase.
App NEWS
Broome Executive Doubts State’s New Gathering Rules Are Enforceable
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“I think that’s something that we should all work to follow because that just makes good public health sense, but I think that’s one that would be very, very hard to enforce.”
COVID-19
Steuben Microcluster Eliminated, Tioga Microcluster Added To State List
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According to the governor, yellow zones in rural areas must see a daily positivity rate below 4 percent before they can lift restrictions.
covid
“It’s The Right Thing To Do”: GOP Congressman Recognizes Biden As President-Elect
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“Joe Biden has rightfully earned the title of being the projected president-elect and that should be recognized,” Rep. Reed said.
App NEWS
Oneonta Passes Revised Mask Ordinance For Business District
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“We are entering a critical time with a recent uptick in cases of COVID-19.”
App NEWS
Cortland County Reports First COVID-19 Death
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According to health officials, the person was a male in his 60s with underlying health conditions.
App NEWS
Amid Another Wave Of COVID-19 Cases, Southern Tier Hospitals Cope With Staff Shortages
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According to Boland, many more staff members have fallen ill in recent weeks than in the spring, when the first wave of COVID-19 hit.
App NEWS
Elmira Prison Under Lockdown After 590 People Test Positive For COVID-19
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“They feel like they’re sort of cut off from the outside world right now which is scary when you’re in a situation like that.”
App NEWS
Steuben Health Officials Say Corning Center Failed To Report Six More Deaths
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The deaths occurred between Sept. 30 and Oct. 17.
2020 election
Counties Exclude COVID In Absentee Ballot Communications To Voters
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“It leaves all of these holes in the implementation of the law where you might have disenfranchisement strictly based off of the ability for the county to interpret a law really loosely.”
App NEWS
New Yorkers Protest As Elmira Prison Sees 565 COVID-19 Cases
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“This is a public health crisis and you have cut them off from the outside world.”
covid
Keuka College To Remain Remote For The Rest Of The Semester
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The school originally moved online this month.
2020 election
NY-22: Candidates Debate Health Care, Policing
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Democratic incumbent Anthony Brindisi, former Republican representative Claudia Tenney and Libertarian candidate Keith Price covered an array of issues, including policing and climate change.
Andrew Cuomo
Steuben and Chemung Co. Declared COVID-19 Cluster Zones
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo deemed part of Chemung County an orange “warning” zone and part of Steuben County a yellow “buffer” zone.
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SUNY Cortland Extends Pause Of In-Person Classes
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So far, 55 students have been suspended or banned from campus because of COVID violations.
App NEWS
Oneonta Mayor Vetoes Mask Ordinance
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Oneonta’s mayor supports mask-wearing in public, but adds the vetoed ordinance wouldn’t make people any safer.
App NEWS
Broome County Schools Prepare For Yellow Zone COVID-19 Testing
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The district will need to test around 20 percent of those coming into the schools—including teachers, students and staff—each week.
Anthony Brindisi
Broome Leaders Ask Congressman To Free Up CARES Act Funds In Next Relief Package
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“I don’t want to wait until after the election to do this, I think we need help now.”
App NEWS
Tompkins County Reports First COVID-19 Death
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The death occurred almost seven months to the day the county announced it was closing all schools to slow the spread of the virus.
amy storey
Keuka College Moves Classes Online For Two Weeks
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Officials made the decision after a rise in cases of COVID-19 included 11 new cases in a 24-hour period.
App NEWS
Tracing Potential COVID-19 Cases In Ithaca Schools
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The Ithaca City School District began in-person classes this week.
App NEWS
Binghamton Mayor Tests Positive For COVID-19
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As of Wednesday, there were 540 active cases across the county, including 191 in Binghamton.
App NEWS
Broome County ‘Yellow Zone’ Measures To Start Friday
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“In coordination with this new cluster initiative, I am going to continue to ask people to stay home for these 14 days as well,” Garnar said.
App NEWS
Binghamton University Goes On Temporary Pause Amid Area COVID-19 Spikes
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“You want to make sure cases still aren’t growing, even if they’re underneath the 100 threshold over a two week period.”
SUNY Cortland Goes Remote Due To Rise In COVID-19 Cases
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“There’s no clear issue arising from off-campus activity,” SUNY Chancellor Jim Malatras said. “It’s not as if there’s one big gathering or two big gatherings. But clearly the activity is coming from off-campus.”
App NEWS
Broome County Opens Mobile Rapid Testing Site In Binghamton
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According to Garnar, the rapid test machines employed at the site can produce results in 15 minutes.
App NEWS
Garnar Asks Broome Residents To Stay Home For Next Week
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54 new active cases were added to the county’s COVID-19 dashboard between Wednesday and Thursday, with 8 people currently hospitalized.
App NEWS
To Contain Binghamton Cluster, Broome County Prepares to Deploy State Rapid Testing
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The majority of cases are not driven by college students, either. Garnar said just 21 of the 193 active cases are Binghamton University students.
App NEWS
Corning Center COVID-19 Deaths Not Reported To County
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“Certainly no fault that we’re placing on the facility at all,” Wheeler said. “It’s just more of a clearing up of those communication lines.”
App NEWS
Corning Nursing Home Announces Four Deaths
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County Manager Jack Wheeler and Steuben Public Health Director Darlene Smith announced an uptick in cases at the nursing home Tuesday afternoon.
Crime and Justice
Activists Call For More Transparency During State Hearing On COVID-19 In Jails
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“A disturbing number were locked up due to slowdowns and failures in the assigned counsel and the public defender system.”
Environment
Lupardo Calls on DEC For Further Review of Endicott LIB Recycling Plant
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“After doing months of homework, and consulting with industry experts, I am convinced that a more detailed environmental review is needed by the DEC, especially now that the project permit is on hold,” Lupardo said.
App NEWS
SUNY-Wide Pooled COVID-19 Testing May Be More Effective, Expert Says
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“When you provide a sample for a test, it is a snapshot in time. It’s a false situation to assume it protects you going forward.”
App NEWS
One Death Linked To Church COVID Cluster In Chemung County
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“Certainly, we are working very hard behind the scenes to make sure we can get people in contact with doctors if they need it and things like that, if they need it.”
DEC
Whatever It’s Called, Some Endicott Residents Still Don’t Want It
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Critics of the facility have called it an incinerator. Under regulatory definitions set by the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), it’s not.
SUNY Oneonta Online For Rest Of Semester, Sends Students Home
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“We committed to do everything we could to mitigate this situation, and today, that means ending residential housing for this semester.”
COVID Cases Among Cornell Athletes Prompts Increased Restrictions
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Student gatherings are now restricted to no more than 10 people.
Andrew Cuomo
Hartwick College Goes Remote Amid Oneonta COVID-19 Outbreak
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Hartwick College has reported only two positive student COVID-19 cases so far.
App NEWS
Endicott Residents, Akshar Call For Halt To Battery Recycling Facility
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“We want the village trustees of Endicott to respect their residents, to listen to their concerns and to represent their best interest.”
App NEWS
Tompkins County Covering Some COVID-19 Testing Costs For Residents
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Pressure on the health system multiplied when federal changes were made to the rules governing which tests insurance providers must cover.
COVID-19
After COVID-19 Spread, SUNY Oneonta Moves Online For At Least Two Weeks
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“Any student that is ticketed will be…suspended immediately because this is serious. So we are moving very aggressively with those cases, with those parties on or off campus.”
Economy
Lawmakers Demand Release of State-Secured Child Care Funds
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“We’re saying here are some examples of where those resources are needed, and they’re needed now.”
Ithaca Teaching Aides Call For Option To Work Virtually
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Teachers have been given the choice of returning to in-person teaching or teaching virtually. Teaching aides have not been given the same option.
App NEWS
NIH Vaccine Testing Underway In Binghamton
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The study is scheduled to last two years, but a vaccine might be ready for the public sooner.
App NEWS
Schumer: Schools Can’t Reopen Without Federal Aid
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“Teachers are always paying for things out of the goodness of their hearts, and they’re not paid that much, but this one is so expensive we’ve got to get federal help.”
Binghamton School District
Teacher Weighs The Risk Of Going Back Into The Classroom
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“Before this whole thing, I thought I would’ve thrown my life in front of kids to save them. Now it’s like asking us to go in and risk our lives.”
broome county
County Executives Call For Immediate Pandemic Disaster Relief
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“It is really, really going to hurt this community if we don’t get some type of assistance.”
COVID-19
NY Lt. Governor On School Reopening, Flu Season Complications
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“If parents are going to have to go to work and the kids are at home, that’s just an absolute nightmare.”
COVID-19
Oneonta Schools To Reopen Remotely
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“We have no idea what impact such a large influx of students during this time will have on the collective health of our community.”
binghamton university
Instead Of Tossing Them, Researchers Suspect N-95 Masks Could Be Sanitized And Reused
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One of the grant-funded projects at Binghamton University looks at how to best disinfect and reuse N-95 masks.
App NEWS
Ithaca School Superintendent Discusses School Reopening Plans
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“And across the country we prioritize bars and restaurants over young people. How dare we do that.”
department of environmental protection
Endicott Residents Protest Proposed Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Facility
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Protest organizers NoBurnBroome said they will continue to build support and fight the opening of the lithium-ion battery recycling facility.
Education
Reopening Schools Brace for Mid-Year Aid Cuts
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“Now more than ever, school districts need more funding in order to make this work in this environment.”
Food and Farms
New York Wineries Adjust to Cuomo’s New Alcohol Rules
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“This isn’t a small or large winery thing. It’s adding an expense, and expenses are high.”
App NEWS
NY High School Fall Sports Delayed, Championships Canceled
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“As the state considers reopening, it is unrealistic to believe athletic seasons can start on August 24th as originally scheduled.”
Andrew Cuomo
After Confusion By Local Leaders, NY Releases School Reopening Guidelines
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Windsor Superintendent Jason Andrews said part of the challenge school districts have faced in crafting their plans is due to the sometimes conflicting guidelines they have received from national health and education officials.
Online Art Therapy Helps Cornell Students Cope With Isolation
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During their most recent online session, participants made art while talking about racism and the Black Lives Matter movement.
Rural Health Desk
Museums Reopen With Massive Financial Strains Under COVID-19
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“Those expenses still continue whether or not there are people here.”
New York Camps Cope With COVID-19 Changes
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“Scheduling bathroom breaks for little kids seems kind of crazy, but it’s just something we have to do to keep them safe.”
County Officials Balance Privacy, Transparency With COVID-19 Information
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“What we want to avoid is providing data in a manner that would cause people to jump to potentially false conclusions about the disease or about any individual in our community.”
