New York State
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The days of watching Church services on Zoom, Facebook or YouTube might be coming to an end soon. Church in New York State has re-opened. Well sort of. Governor Cuomo made the announcement over the weekend. Churches, Mosques and Temples can only have a small number of people in attendance. Allowing 25% capacity with social […]
There is a new bill in the New York State Senate committee that would help with rent if passed. The program would provide relief from individuals impacted by the coronavirus. The Emergency Rent Relief Act includes up to $100 million in relief funds from federal COVID-19 aid and the CARES act. However, you will have […]
If you are a smoker you now have less places to purchase your cigarettes. As of Monday, tobacco products will no longer be sold at pharmacies. So pharmacy stores like Walgreens and CVS are not selling tobacco products in New York State. The new law that went into effect Monday also bans the sale of […]
New York State posted a new tool this week called the “New York Forward Business Reopening Lookup Tool” to help business owners determine when they’re allowed to re-open during the pandemic and the new health standards they must follow to do so safely. A business owner only needs to visit here and click the “Get Started” button […]
If the federal government denied you a business loan, New York State could say YES! Starting today at noon, you can fill out a pre-application for the “New York Forward Loan Fund” on-line. Gov. Andrew Cuomo made the announcement last week. Small businesses could get up to $100,000 of the $4 million dollars that is […]
Nearly 2 months of being shut down New York State will be reopening for business in some regions. May 15th is the big day for the first phase of the reopening. Finger Lakes, Central New York, Southern tier, North Region, and Mohawk Valley are all partially back in business. Now the type of businesses reopening […]
Governor Andrew Cuomo is being sued by a group of people that hearing disabilities. Reports say the group of people are suing the governor because he didn’t provide a sign language interpreter during any of his daily Coronavirus updates. According to the New York Post this is a service offered by every state including New […]
Mayor Lovely Warren will make a budget proposal announcement by May 15 to meet the City of Rochester’s June 1 budget deadline for 2021. Given the economic crisis caused by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, Mayor Warren is expected to announce worker layoffs. Although the city normally employs approximately 3,000 workers, an unknown number of “non-essential” workers […]
Some individuals who filed for unemployment in New York State received paperwork that had another persons information on it. According to a spokesperson from the Department Of Labor they have contacted the individuals this incident has affected. The paperwork mailed to people who filed for unemployment contained personal information that was not their own. The […]
Senator Chuck Schumer is pushing a new initiative called the “Heroes Fund.” The program is a push for higher pay for all frontline employees working during the COVID-19 pandemic. Senator Schumer is pushing for the proposal to get all essential workers in New York State including healthcare & grocery store employees to get a pay […]