Department of Health

The board agreed to look into a plan to provide additional security at the building that houses the health department. Currently, visitors to the building must pass through a metal detector and a security guard.

“We really hope that we’ll begin receiving additional allotments so that we can become a larger player in that group of vaccinators."

Gov. Cuomo announced 10 new sites across the state on Monday.

"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."

Cases of the variant were reported in Tompkins County in January and earlier this month.

"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."

Oneonta's mayor supports mask-wearing in public, but adds the vetoed ordinance wouldn’t make people any safer.

“We have no idea what impact such a large influx of students during this time will have on the collective health of our community."

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.

New York Health Commissioner Howard Zucker declared the flu "prevalent" on Thursday.