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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…

“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."

Since the start of the pandemic, there have been 154 COVID-19 deaths in the county.

“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.

Garnar said that 30 percent of the ICU beds in the county were available and open as of Wednesday.

“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.”

"A lot of the landlords are small business owners or just mom-and-pop folks who may have a couple of that they picked up and they’re using it for side income."

There are 580 active cases of the virus in Broome County and 29 hospitalized residents.

"So yeah, we hope by the time this ends we’ll still have some money in the bank and we‘ll still be viable."

"We can’t let down our guard now, though."