first responders
The New York State Senate has earmarked $2 million for a pilot program under Daniel’s Law in its latest budget resolution. Daniel’s Law was named in memory of Daniel Prude, who tragically died after an encounter with police during a mental health crisis in 2020. This legislation advocates for mental health professionals to be the […]
Monroe County legislators have proposed a new law that offers up to a 10% exemption on property taxes for the volunteer fire department and ambulance service members. The county legislators, Paul Dondorfer (R) and John Baynes (D) are the ones who are leading the bipartisan effort to give back to the volunteers. This new legislation […]
After Gov. Kathy Hochul said that KN-95 masks are more effective at stopping the spread of the omicron variant of COVID-19. The state is distributing KN95 masks to counties, and will be holding distribution events. The Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce will provide local businesses with KN95 masks and rapid test kits during a drive-through giveaway on […]
Yesterday, 20 years after the attack on September 11th, 2001, New York Governor Kathy Hochul recognized the New York National Guard. Governor Hochul spoke at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City, where Governor Hochul announced that she signed three pieces of legislation to support 9/11 and communications first responders. This bill […]
Saturday night, Nashville Mayor John Cooper signed executive orders that put the city into a state of emergency after flash flooding killed at least 4 people. He followed up by tweeting: “We send our deepest sympathies to the loved ones of the four Nashvillians who died in last night’s flooding,” Cooper said in separate post […]
Emergency crews are still sifting through the wreckage 2 days after the fatal crash of a U.S. Army Reserve Blackhawk helicopter crash in Mendon. Investigators and their working dogs spent yesterday looking across the field for clues that could tell us what went wrong in those final moments. Mark Kokinda witnessed the crash from his […]
Yesterday, Mayor Lovely Warren announced the launch of the city’s new program aimed at “providing a compassionate, non law -enforcement emergency response for people experiencing mental or emotional turmoil.” The Person In Crisis (PIC) team will run through june as a pilot program and will hopefully turn into a full time city asset after that. […]
According to tech website cnet. Cell phone companies are stepping up by offering free services to first responders including Police, Fire and EMS Departments. Now it does depend on what mobile service you have. T-Mobile/Sprint AT&T or Verizon have similar but not exactly the same plans. Not all cell phone carriers are offering it. But […]
On Tuesday, May 5, Mayor Lovely Warren announced that the City of Rochester would see a reduction of 403 “non-essential” workers (178 furloughs, 208 job shares, and 17 separations) starting next Monday. Layoffs had been expected for some time because of the negative impact of SARS-CoV-2 on revenues, the high cost to pay employees and […]
On Tuesday, April 14, health officials for New York City revised the total number of deaths from SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) complications to include anyone from March 11 through April 13 who died in hospitals with symptoms that suggested the virus was the cause even without positive test results. The revised number, 3,778, has increased the total […]