WOTS – Word on the Street

According to a report from the Albany Times Union, Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced that the Capital Region can begin reopening on Wednesday. With the Capital Region having achieved its goal of signing up a sufficient number of contact tracers, the area is now poised to begin reopening business activity as outlined in Phase One of the State’s New York [...]

According to a report from the Albany Times Union that broke late last night, Albany County Executive Dan McCoy said he expects 126 new contact tracers will complete their training imminently, allowing the Capital Region to reopen a portion of the economy on either Tuesday or Wednesday. The Albany Times Union reported that McCoy stated that the county will rely [...]

As the State of Connecticut continues taking actions in response to the global spread of COVID-19, Governor Ned Lamont’s office provided the following updated totals as of 1pm on Sunday, May 17. In a summary of the day-to-day newly reported data on cases, deaths, and tests in Connecticut, State officials released information on how the virus has affected the State [...]

At the beginning of the day Wednesday, May 13, the Capital Region, of which both Columbia, and Dutchess Counties are a part of, had hit six of the seven required metrics set forth by State officials for regions across New York to begin re-opening its economy. However, by the end of the day, Governor Cuomo announced that the region had [...]

In Columbia County, NY, officials are continuing their pursuit of purchasing more COVID-19 diagnostic testing kits this week. While recently several medical facilities and pharmacies have begun to expand onsite testing in Columbia County, Chairman Board of Supervisors Chairman Matt Murell said, “These are most often tests involving a blood draw and are billed through insurance or otherwise require a [...]