NYS Coronavirus Update: Vaccination or Weekly Testing Mandate for MTA Employees — Federal Funding for Child Care Providers
| We have seen the COVID movie before and with the Delta variant leading to an increase in cases and hospitalizations in New York and across the world, we must be vigilant. Let’s start with some of the facts. Fact: Almost all new COVID cases are the Delta variant. Fact: The high transmissibility of the variant has led to the number of hospitalizations doubling over the past month. Fact: The Delta variant spreads quickly, and even vaccinated people can spread it. Fact: Fortunately, if you are vaccinated you’re less likely to catch it and far, far less likely to be hospitalized. Fact: The vaccines are the best weapon against COVID-19 and all its variants—including Delta. None of us want a repeat of the last year and a half. We flattened the curve the first time by being smart. Let’s be smart again. |
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| Slide of the Day: The State will open nine new vaccination sites this week so state employees and others can get vaccinated. Here’s what else you need to know tonight: 1. COVID hospitalizations are at 788. Of the 72,514 tests reported yesterday, 2,143, or 2.96 percent, were positive. The 7-day positivity average was 2.53 percent. There were 162 patients in ICU yesterday, up 10 from the previous day. Of them, 56 are intubated. Sadly, we lost four New Yorkers to the virus. 2. As of 11am this morning, 75.5 CDC. Over the past 24 hours, 29,127 total doses have been administered. To date, New York has administered 22,324,811 total doses with 68.7 percent of adult New Yorkers completing their vaccine series. See additional data on the State’s Vaccine Tracker. 3. MTA and Port Authority employees working in New York facilities will be required to either be vaccinated or get weekly testing starting Labor Day. Employee-only vaccination sites will increase access for these workforces, along with nine new vaccination sites that will open this week. 4. New York State will administer nearly $1.1 billion in federal funding directly to child care providers. This funding—available through the American Rescue Plan Act and the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act—will help stabilize the industry and enable more parents to return to the workplace full time. It will provide direct support to child care programs and help replenish losses experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic. 5. Broadway theaters and the Metropolitan Opera will require proof of vaccination and masks when performances return. New York is not New York without the arts. To ensure the industry returns safely, all 41 Broadway theaters will require patrons and staff to be fully vaccinated. Today I encouraged private businesses like restaurants and stadiums to require patrons to be vaccinated in order to incentivize more people to get vaccinated. 6. Reminder that Excelsior Vaccination Passes are valid for 365 days after the final dose. Back in May, the State extended the validity of vaccination status through Excelsior Pass from 180 days to 365 days (after the final vaccine dose is administered). Those who already have a COVID-19 Vaccination Pass with a shorter period of validity can simply retrieve a new Pass at epass.ny.gov in order to take advantage of the extension. Tonight’s “Deep Breath Moment”: New York has many symbols, including a state bird (the Eastern bluebird), a state snack (yogurt), a state muffin (apple muffin)—and now it has an official state sport. On Friday, I signed legislation designating baseball as the official sport of New York State. New York is home to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, which is believed to be the birthplace of baseball. The State also has been home to four of the most popular franchises in the sport—the New York Yankees and New York Mets, as well as the New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers, which moved to San Francisco and Los Angeles, respectively, in 1957. I thank the 4th grade class of Cooperstown Elementary School for proposing this bill. Ever Upward, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo |
Attention Residents of BHA … Important information regarding COVID 19 Vaccination and verification … Please review information below !
August 2, 2021
Be a Part of New York’s Safe Reopening
OVERVIEW
Get Digital Proof of Your COVID-19 Vaccination or Negative Test Results
Have access to the information you need at the touch of your fingertips with Excelsior Pass — New York’s voluntary and secure way to retrieve proof of COVID-19 vaccination or negative test results. Excelsior Pass empowers New Yorkers to retrieve and easily store a digital form of vaccine or negative test credentials, so that you don’t have to worry about misplacing or damaging your CDC vaccination card or other paper records.
Excelsior Pass supports a safe reopening of New York by providing a free, fast and secure way to present digital proof of COVID-19 vaccination or negative test results. Think of it as a mobile airline boarding pass, but for proving you received a COVID-19 vaccination or negative test.
You can store your Pass digitally on your smartphone with the Excelsior Pass Wallet app, available for free from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. You can also print your Pass from the Excelsior Pass website or add it to your smartphone’s native wallet.
Participating businesses and venues can scan and validate your pass to ensure you meet any COVID-19 vaccination or testing requirements for entry. Along with your Pass, you’ll be asked to show a photo ID that shows your name and birth date to verify that the Pass belongs to you. Adults may hold passes for accompanying minors. No information is ever shared or stored – and your personal health information is protected at all times.
Once you and your party enter an establishment, you will still be asked to follow State and CDC guidance regarding social distancing, face coverings and hand hygiene.
As of June 2021, the State’s mandatory COVID-19 restrictions have been lifted coinciding with 70% of adult New Yorkers having been vaccinated. The State’s guidance remains in effect for large-scale indoor event venues that hold more than 5,000 attendees. Consistent with the State’s implementation of the CDC guidelines, proof of vaccination can be used to eliminate social distancing and remove masks for fully vaccinated individuals.
Individual businesses may choose to require proof of vaccination or take other precautions, and consistent with the State’s implementation of federal CDC guidance, masks are still required for unvaccinated individuals.
[Once you and your party enter an establishment, you will still be asked to follow State and CDC guidance regarding social distancing, face coverings and hand hygiene.]
Participation in Excelsior Pass is voluntary. At businesses and venues where proof of vaccination or a negative test is required (for example, at large indoor venues that seat over 5,000 people), individuals can always show alternate proof of vaccination or test results, like another mobile application or paper form.
Excelsior Pass is available in English, Spanish, Chinese, Russian, Haitian-Creole, Korean, Bengali, Arabic, Italian, Polish and Yiddish.
Click in the following link to obtain your Excelsior Pass: https://covid19vaccine.health.ny.gov/excelsior-pass
ATTENTION RESIDENTS OF BEACON HOUSING AUTHORITY – SENIOR FARMER’S MARKET NUTRITION PROGRAM HAS STARTED
DUTCHESS COUNTY OFFICE OF THE AGING WILL BE DISPENSING COUPONS FOR THE SENIOR FARMER’S MARKET NUTRITION PROGRAM. YOU MUST BE A 60 YEARS OR OLDER AND MEET INCOME ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM
COUPONS ARE AVAILABLE FOR PICK UP AT THE FORRESTAL HIEIGHTS COMMUNITY ROOM DURING THE HOURS LISTED BELOW:
* MONDAY – 12:30PM TO 2:OOPM
* TUESDAY – 12:30 TO 2:00PM
* WEDNESDAY – 12:30PM TO 2:OOPM
* NOT ON THURSDAY!
* FRIDAY – 12:30PM TO 2:00PM
THANK YOU
Attention Residents of BHA – Community Event in our neighboring city across the river. Please see information below.
July 30, 2021
The City of Newburgh Holds National Night Out this year. This is a great community event held annually throughout the Country. If you can make it this is a great event to network and learn about your community.
Today’s Inspiring Quote ~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Patience may be a virtue, but it’s a difficult one to cultivate — especially in a world that is moving ever-faster. Yet with this quote, Enlightenment-era philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau reminds us that patience also comes with great rewards. Such rewards are never instant, but can increase over time, like an investment that must be allowed to mature. Research suggests that people who cultivate patience experience better mental and even physical health, and have happier relationships with others over the course of their lives.
Jean-Jacques RousseauTodays Inspirational Quote – Paulo Coelho
July 26, 2021
