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The public transit agency for Tompkins County, known as TCAT, wants to electrify its entire fleet of buses by 2035. There is funding from the federal infrastructure bill that will help the agency reach that goal.
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“The data clearly shows that we have a vulnerable population in our seniors, even if they're vaccinated. So the rest of us need to do everything possible to help protect them.”
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"If the auction proceeded, the opportunity to preserve the land for conservation and public access could have been lost forever."
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"When you have such a highly vaccinated population, we do know the breakthrough cases are possible."
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The Southern Tier as a whole saw an 11 percent decrease in its population under 18.
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“The PCR testing is the gold standard, it is the most sensitive and accurate to run to determine the results. The antigen testing is a little bit less reliable.”
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Tompkins and Chenango Counties had “substantial” levels of transmission.
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The comments, drafted by the Tompkins County Office of Planning and Sustainability staff, ask the DEC to provide more specifics about implementation.
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Molino was hired by the county legislature in January 2018.
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“We’re just bringing the vaccinations to them in a very low-threshold manner."