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LONG ISLAND, NY (WSHU) - U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York wants to inject $6 billion into a federal program that helps low-income families get access to food assistance. The Women, Infants and Children Program, or WIC, provides federal grants to women with young children so they can buy healthy food for their families.
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ALBANY, NY (WSKG) - Governor Andrew Cuomo says he’s on board with a proposal from Democrats in Congress to offer partial relief for states whose economics have been harmed by the COVID-19 pandemic, but he says it would only be a stop-gap measure. Como says he has spoken to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi about a $900 Billion dollar aid package.
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TRANSFORMING HEALTH — With nearly 5,000 Pennsylvanians in the hospital with COVID-19, intensive care units are full in some parts of the state. The long-feared milestone comes on a day with more than 11,000 new COVID-19 cases.
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ALBANY, NY (WSKG) - Restaurants in New York , and the rest of the nation, are facing a dire winter, now that cold weather has ended most outdoor dining, and Governor Andrew Cuomo has placed further restrictions on indoor dining, due to rising rates of COVID-19. A bartender mixes a whiskey sour at the Savoy Taproom in Albany.
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SYRACUSE, NY (WRVO) - Upstate University Hospital's Chief Nursing Officer Nancy Page said the fatigue among her staff is palpable. "Any medical healthcare assistant is used to dealing with peaks and valleys in volume, but this is certainly a peak that none of our healthcare assistants have ever seen," Page said.
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