Educators grapple with COVID-19 and fiscal uncertainty in new school year
Oct. 8, 2020 - School districts across the state have kicked off a year like no other as the fight against COVID-19 continues. Bob Lowry, Deputy Director for Advocacy, Research and Communications at New York State Council of
Former FDA Chief says Cuomo’s COVID-19 vaccine task force is redundant
Oct. 7, 2020 - The Governor has announced that the state will conduct another layer of review of a COVID-19 vaccine after it gets federal approval to ensure its safety. Dr. Mark McClellan, Robert J. Margolis Professor of
What New York’s response could look like to a second COVID-19 wave
Oct. 1, 2020 - New York was one of the states hardest hit by COVID-19 back in March. As we enter the fall and winter seasons, what can the state do to prepare for a potential second wave?
Cuomo admin sued for shielding COVID-19 nursing home records
Sept. 29, 2020 - The Empire Center for Public Policy is suing the Cuomo administration’s Department of Health over its withholding of nursing home deaths due to COVID-19. Bill Hammond, Senior Fellow for Health Policy at the Empire
DiNapoli discusses COVID-19 oversight, Medicaid waste and 2020 elections
Sept. 28, 2020 - Comptroller Tom DiNapoli (D) discussed the latest Medicaid spending reports his office has complied and get the latest on his oversight powers.
Lawmakers question state’s ability to administer a COVID-19 vaccine in prisons
Sept. 24, 2020 - The legislature continued their series of hearings into the effect COVID-19 has had on New York. Sen. Luis Sepulveda (D-Bronx), chair of the Senate Crime Victims, Crime, and Correction Committee, recapped his hearing on
Behind-the-scenes account of Cuomo’s response to COVID-19
Sept. 17, 2020 - New reporting from the Wall Street Journal highlights the actions the Cuomo administration took early on in the COVID-19 pandemic. Jimmy Vielkind, Statehouse reporter for the Wall Street Journal, stopped by to break down
Rochester schools wrestle with double whammy of COVID-19 and state aid cuts
Sept. 15, 2020 - As schools work to keep children and staff safe from COVID-19, they are facing another challenge: funding cuts. Justin Murphy, Education reporter for the Democrat and Chronicle, shared his reporting on how Monroe County’s
Vassar College adopts ‘island model’ to curb the spread of COVID-19 on campus
Sept. 14, 2020 - Vassar College, a private university in the Hudson Valley, is using an ‘island model’ to help stop the spread of COVID-19 on their campus. We heard from the college’s President, Elizabeth Bradley, on how
State won’t produce inspection report of upstate senior home where COVID-19 claimed 10 lives
Sept. 11, 2020 - James Mulder, Health reporter for The Post-Standard and Syracuse.com, shared his latest reporting on COVID-19 in senior homes. Read his latest reporting here
