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News Brief: AstraZeneca Vaccine Is Safe, Atlanta Shooting Update, FBI Director Speaks

By | March 19, 2021

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Pa. Officials Point To More Than A Billion In Rental Assistance Money Left To Distribute As Evictions Loom

HARRISBURG, PA (WITF)—State and local housing agencies are scrambling to approve applications for rental assistance as the eviction moratorium from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is set to end on July 31. Landlords across the state can start eviction proceedings against tenants as early as next week.
Binghamton Approves Council Chamber Repair In Chaotic Meeting

ENDWELL, NY (WSKG) — Binghamton City Council voted in a special meeting Monday to allocate funding from the federal American Rescue Plan (ARP) stimulus toward making roof and ceiling repairs to city council chambers. The $659,000 appropriation was approved four to three along party lines with the council’s Republican majority in favor.
New York Spends $15 Million To Target Areas With Low Vaccination Rates

As COVID-19 numbers continue to rise gradually in New York, state officials will now spend $15 million to encourage unvaccinated individuals to get the shot in zip codes with the lowest rates of inoculation, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday. That funding will be given to four organizations and two community centers, which will then be tasked with working with members of the community to boost vaccination rates.
Cuomo Accuses AG’s Investigators Of Bias

ALBANY, NY (WSKG)—Gov. Andrew Cuomo, in his first public appearance since being questioned by the state Attorney General’s Office on allegations of sexual harassment, cast doubt on the motives of the investigators, saying it Is likely that “politics” are involved. Cuomo in March said he trusted Attorney General Tish James to conduct a fair investigation into the sexual harassment allegations against him from multiple women.
Cuomo, After Criticism From Schumer, Announces New Rent Relief Application Process

ALBANY, NY (WSKG)—Responding to complaints by New York’s senior senator, Chuck Schumer, about the state’s slowest-in-the-nation rate of distributing federal rent relief dollars, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said a new streamlined application process for tenants begins Tuesday. Schumer, who is the U.S. Senate Majority Leader, said over the weekend that the state was in danger of losing $2.4 billion in federal aid due to delays by the Cuomo administration in getting out the rent relief.