Springfield, MA
Police & Fire
Scape Goat? Holyoke Soldiers' Home Super Pushes Back Against Blame For Deadly COVID-19 Outbreak Scape Goat? Holyoke Soldiers' Home Super Pushes Back Against Blame For Deadly COVID-19 Outbreak
Scape Goat? Holyoke Soldiers' Home Super Pushes Back Against Blame For Deadly Covid-19 Outbreak The Superintendent of the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home - where a major COVID-19 outbreak led to 76 veteran deaths and more than 80 additional infections - is pushing back against the assertion that his mismanagement led to the tragedy. On Thursday, July 23, attorney William Bennet held a press conference to redress critiques of his client, Superintendent Bennett Walsh, and poke holes in the state’s report on the Soldiers’ Home’s response to the pandemic. As head of the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home, Walsh has largely been blamed for the deadly fiasco, Gov. Charlie Baker put him on administrative leave …

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by Kristin Palpini
Massapequa, NY
News
'Do Your Job,' Cuomo Tells NYPD, de Blasio Amid Looting; NYC Curfew Extended Through Weekend 'Do Your Job,' Cuomo Tells NYPD, de Blasio Amid Looting; NYC Curfew Extended Through Weekend
'Do Your Job,' Cuomo Tells Nypd, de Blasio Amid Looting; NYC Curfew Extended Through Weekend The curfew in New York City has been extended for the rest of the week, through the weekend as looting and protests continue to break out in the wake of the police-assisted death of George Floyd in Minneapolis as Gov. Andrew Cuomo publicly criticized Mayor Bill de Blasio's response.  De Blasio announced that the curfew will be in effect nightly from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. through Sunday, June 7. following five nights of protests in the five boroughs and throughout the country. Earlier story - NYC Will Have Curfew After Looting On Fourth Night Of Protests “Anyone who is upset about the statu…

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by Zak Failla
Massapequa, NY
News
NYC Will Have Curfew After Looting On Fourth Night Of Protests NYC Will Have Curfew After Looting On Fourth Night Of Protests
NYC Will Have Curfew After Looting On Fourth Night Of Protests New York City will be under a curfew effective immediately amid violent protests and looting that have broken out in the wake of George Floyd’s police-related death in Minnesota. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the curfew will be from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. effective Monday, June 1, while the state’s National Guard will be on standby following four days of protests. Additionally, the NYPD will be doubling its presence in the city to help prevent any potential violence or property damage.  The officers will be deployed to areas where violence and …

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by Zak Failla
Edison, NJ
News
NJ Jobless Claims Surpass 1 Million NJ Jobless Claims Surpass 1 Million
NJ Jobless Claims Surpass 1 Million More than a million people have filed unemployment claims in New Jersey during the COVID-19 pandemic, state officials said. "This is an unemployment crisis unlike that which we have ever seen," Gov. Phil Murphy said during a news briefing on Thursday. Weekly jobless claims are, literally, many times more than the state Labor Department has historically dealt with across entire months, Murphy said. Murphy described the coronavirus epidemic as a "once in forever" health-care crisis and economic crisis. In two months, New Jersey has paid out $1.9 billion in state and federal assistance to 70…

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by Jon Craig
Elizabeth, NJ
News
Elizabeth Nursing Homes Report 45 Resident Deaths Elizabeth Nursing Homes Report 45 Resident Deaths
Elizabeth Nursing Homes Report 45 Resident Deaths More than 4,000 residents of New Jersey longterm care facilities have tested positive for COVID-19 -- including 45 residents in Elizabeth, officials say. Elizabeth Mayor Chris Bollwage has offered two vacant convents, as well as a sports arena, for some of the healthy residents to relocate to safety and out of potential exposure. More than 20 percent of patients at the Grove Street center’s 102 beds have died from the complications of the virus, Bollwage said. While 58 residents remain at the facility, 12 have already tested positive along with eight staff members. Four are awaiting te…

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by Valerie Musson
Paramus, NJ
News
Coronavirus Ravages Paramus Veterans Home Coronavirus Ravages Paramus Veterans Home
Coronavirus Ravages Paramus Veterans Home Of the 34 Paramus Veterans Home residents who died in the last two weeks, coronavirus caused 10 but ruled out for the other 24, a spokesman for the state Department of Military and Veterans Affairs said Thursday. Twenty-three residents of he home tested positive for coronavirus while 47 are waiting results. There are 17 staff members who tested positive and 20 awaiting results. Four people died last week at a veterans home in Menlo Park (Edison) last week. Approximately 150 veterans home residents die each year, averaging 12 per month, state Department of Military and Veterans Affairs spok…

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by Cecilia Levine
Massapequa, NY
News
COVID-19: Cuomo Issues Executive Order To Redistribute Ventilators Across New York Hospitals COVID-19: Cuomo Issues Executive Order To Redistribute Ventilators Across New York Hospitals
Covid-19: Cuomo Issues Executive Order To Redistribute Ventilators Across New York Hospitals New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is signing an Executive Order that will allow him to “borrow” ventilators and other essential equipment that isn’t isn’t being used and redistribute them to novel coronavirus (COVID-19) hotspots in the state. Cuomo said the order will allow him to deploy the National Guard largely to upstate hospitals, where the virus hasn’t hit as hard, to redistribute the equipment downstate, which has been at the epicenter of the outbreak. There have now been 102,863 confirmed COVID-19 cases in New York, 91,588 of which were in New York City (57,159), Westchester (12,251), Nass…

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by Zak Failla
Massapequa, NY
News
COVID-19: NYC Freshman Congressman, Army Vet Max Rose, Deploys To National Guard COVID-19: NYC Freshman Congressman, Army Vet Max Rose, Deploys To National Guard
Covid-19: NYC Freshman Congressman, Army Vet Max Rose, Deploys To National Guard A New York congressman is swapping his business suits for fatigues as the combat veteran plans to deploy with the National Guard to help in the battle against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Congressman Max Rose, a captain in the Army National Guard whose congressional district includes parts of Staten Island and Brooklyn, announced that he will deploy on Wednesday, April 1. 
The freshman congressman is expected to serve as an operations officer in Staten Island, where he will assist with the response to the virus in the area. “Over the past month I have seen acts of incredible…

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by Zak Failla
New Rochelle, NY
News
COVID-19: New Rochelle Containment Zone Ends COVID-19: New Rochelle Containment Zone Ends
Covid-19: New Rochelle Containment Zone Ends With the spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) stabilizing in the original epicenter of the United States outbreak, New Rochelle, the nation’s first containment zone has come to its conclusion. Earlier this month, an attorney from New Rochelle became the second in the state to test positive for COVID-19.  The virus rapidly spread in the city and then throughout the NYC metro area, prompting Gov. Andrew Cuomo to enact a one-mile containment zone around the Young Isreal of New Rochelle Synagogue, where he attended multiple crowded events before testing positive. During the initial cont…

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by Zak Failla
Mount Pleasant, NY
News
Death Under Investigation In Area Could Be Linked To COVID-19 Death Under Investigation In Area Could Be Linked To COVID-19
Death Under Investigation In Area Could Be Linked To Covid-19 Click here for an updated story: Suffern Resident Is Second New Yorker To Die From COVID-19 The death of a Rockland County resident is being investigated to determine if it is related to the outbreak of the novel strain of the coronavirus (COVID-19). The person was found dead in the village of Suffern, said John Lyon, spokesman for Rockland County. Additional details surrounding the death were not available.  Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Laura Carbone said there are rumors linking the death to the coronavirus, but no testing has yet been done. "There has been no official determina…

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by Kathy Reakes
New Rochelle, NY
News
Trump Makes First Public Comments On New Rochelle As National Guard Arrives In Containment Area Trump Makes First Public Comments On New Rochelle As National Guard Arrives In Containment Area
Trump Makes First Public Comments On New Rochelle As National Guard Arrives In Containment Area Reinforcements have arrived in Westchester to help combat the spread of COVID-19 in one of the nation’s largest hotspots for the virus, with President Donald Trump publicly commenting on the one-mile containment zone for the first time. The National Guard arrived in New Rochelle on Thursday, March 12, and the containment zone officially took effect surrounding the source of the outbreak, Young Israel of New Rochelle. A 50-year-old New Rochelle attorney became the second New Yorker to test positive for the virus last week, and has been in quarantine since. Unknowingly, he attended a bar…

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by Zak Failla
New Rochelle, NY
Politics
New Rochelle Containment Zone: Mayor Says There's No Reason To Panic New Rochelle Containment Zone: Mayor Says There's No Reason To Panic
New Rochelle Containment Zone: Mayor Says There's No Reason To Panic Amid the chaos and concerns of the spread of coronavirus throughout New Rochelle, Mayor Noam Bramson is cautioning constituents not to panic over the virus, despite a one-mile containment zone that was ordered by the state. New Rochelle has been ground zero for COVID-19 in the Hudson Valley after a 50-year-old attorney became the second in New York to test positive for the virus. In response, this week, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that he was pulling out all the stops to help curtail the spread of coronavirus out of New Rochelle, including a containment zone and deployment of the N…

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by Zak Failla