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Restaurant and bar owners have pressured state lawmakers for months to give their struggling businesses more help.
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Governor Cuomo received word from the Biden administration that New York would receive an additional 5% of vaccine doses over the next three weeks.
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If you’re lucky enough to get engaged over a COVID-era dinner date, you’ll be able to get married as early as March 15.
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Residential gatherings will still be capped at 10 people, and certain restrictions on restaurants, like a capacity limit and 10 p.m. curfew, will also remain in effect statewide.
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“The state needs to step up and help us ensure that this industry is able to continue on and prosper. It is the lifeblood of New York state.”
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“We were waiting for this for a long time and everything. It’s like a big sigh of relief for me.”
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Governor Andrew Cuomo unveiled details of what he calls the “winter plan” for limiting the spread of COVID-19 in New York State.
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The new public health measures come as COVID-19 cases near all-time highs and hospital intensive care units are nearing capacity.
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“Overwhelming the hospital system means people die on a gurney in a hallway, and the life you could’ve saved you can’t save because you don’t have the staff, you don’t have the doctors, you don’t have the nurses."
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"I would consider it shameful that our federally elected representatives have not been able to come together to provide some type of meaningful assistance."