New York State has tested over 32,000\npeople, & there are more than 7100 cases of the Corona Virus with 35\ndeaths, so Governor Cuomo today announced that that 100% of employees of non-essential\nmust now stay home:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n (Cuomo 3-20-20)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Cuomo said that they are\nconcentrating on acquiring more hospital beds in existing facilities, hospital\nbeds for makeshift sites that are not in use for their usual purposes and above\nall, Ventilators for those in the ICU Units with the Coronavirus. New York will implement a 90-day moratorium\non evictions for residential and commercial tenants.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n ———————————————<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n On Monday, a Red Cross EMERGENCY\nBlood Drive will be held at the Sidney Fire Department Training Center on River\nStreet. Blood supplies are extremely low\nas a number of Blood Drives were cancelled due to the COVID 19 Pandemic, the\nblood drive will be held from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm Monday.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n ———————————————–<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The State DEC and NYSERDA announced\nthat more than $24 million is now available to replace diesel-powered transit\nbuses with new all-electric transit buses. \nAs part of the state\u2019s $127.7 million allocation of the federal\nVolkswagen Settlement, NYSERDA will administer approximately $18.4 million to\nfund the new electric transit buses through the New York Truck Voucher\nIncentive Program and the New York Power Authority will manage $6 million for\nassociated charging infrastructure. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n —————————————————<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The National Baseball Hall of Fame\u2019s\ncollection of documents, oral histories and video is available online for fans,\nwhile the museum is closed to the public due to the COVID 19 situation. The Museum\u2019s Digital Collection is available\nat collection.baseballhall.org; historic videos are also located on the Hall of\nFame’s YouTube channel.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n ———————————————–<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n BC Transit announced today that they\nwill not be collecting fares from riders, and partitions have been set up to\nkeep riders at least 6 feet away from each other. Intense cleaning of the busses has been\ncontinuing over the last 3 weeks.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n ————————————————<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Delaware County\nOfficials announced today that the Solid Waste Site is still open, but that are\nasking visitors to visit as little as possible and to get in and out as quickly\nas possible. Also, Effective Saturday\nMarch 20 the SWMC will operate on a cashless pre-paid debit basis only, for\ncustomers wishing to dispose of construction & demolition debris,\nfurniture, and any waste items subject to tipping disposal fee. More\ninformation is available at the Solid Waste Department page on at the Delaware\nCounty Website.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Small Business Administration\nannounced that the statewide disaster declaration for New York is now in place,\nCommerce Chenango CEO Kerri Green comments:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n (Kerri Green 3-20-20)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Eligible businesses can apply for the\nSBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans online at disasterloan.sba.gov\/ela. Green also said that those businesses that\nwant to get the exemption forms that want to be considered as\n“Essential” can get it at Commercechenango.com. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n ————————————————–<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n State Senator Fred Akshar today\nannounced a new resource available to his constituents in the 52nd Senate\nDistrict seeking information on the government’s response to the Coronavirus\/COVID-19\npublic health crisis. Akshar and his\nstaff have posted a collection information and resources related to Coronavirus\non his website, Akshar.NYSenate.Gov.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n ==============================<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Bassett Healthcare Network announced\nthat all elective surgeries are being postponed during the response to the\nCOVID-19 pandemic. This includes non-essential medical, surgical and dental\nprocedures at all Bassett Healthcare Network hospitals and outpatient surgical\nfacilities.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n ================================ <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Otsego County Planning Department\nannounced that Otsego Express Routes 5, 6, 9 are all suspended starting Monday\nMarch until further notice.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n ———————————————–<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Jericho Arts Council announced\nthat the David Davis & the Warrior River Boys concert scheduled for\nSaturday March 21st has been cancelled due to concerns about the Coronavirus. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n ————————————————–<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" New York State has tested over 32,000 people, & there are more than 7100 cases of the Corona Virus with 35 deaths, so Governor Cuomo today announced that that 100% of employees of non-essential must now stay home: (Cuomo 3-20-20) … Continue reading