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Former Cuomo Aide: “There Was no Cover-up and There Was no Obstruction of Justice”

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Last summer’s request for information on nursing homes here in New York from the Department of Justice was handled perfectly appropriately and provided appropriately as requested. That’s according to Steve Cohen, the chairman of the Empire State Development Corporation, who assisted the Cuomo administration on reopening the economy, and became co-chair of New York Forward at the beginning of the pandemic. Cohen said yesterday in a conference call that the nursing home situation is more complicated than it seems because it became a political tool…

Cohen emphasized there was no cover-up and there was no obstruction of justice.

COVID-19 by the numbers now, here in Rockland, we lost two more to COVID, the total is 886. We’ve got 34 hospitalized confirmed with coronavirus, and 1,236 active cases. Our total case count is 38,138, that’s 190 more than Thursday.

Rockland’s Emergency Operations Center Activated to Help Manage the Senior COVID-19 Vaccine Waitlist

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The county’s Emergency Operations Center was activated yesterday to help manage the Senior COVID-19 Vaccine Waitlist. Rockland County Executive Ed Day says volunteers from many county offices have helped the Office for the Aging assist Rocklanders in getting their vaccines…

Office for the Aging Director Tina Cardoza-Izquierdo says they’ve trained lots of people to help, but there’s only so much they can do…

Rockland residents age 65 and older can sign up to the Senior COVID-19 Vaccine Waitlist by calling the Rockland County Office for the Aging at 845-364-2110, Monday through Friday (except holidays), 8 to 5pm. Residents can also sign up online, just click here to access the waitlist.

NY Lawmakers Consider Fate of Gov’s Added Exec. Powers, Rockland Assemblyman Calls for Cuomo to Resign Following Sexual Harassment Accusations

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New York State lawmakers continue to try to figure out what to do with the governor’s emergency executive COVID power, given to him early on in the pandemic and slated to expire April 30th if not renewed. Rockland state senator Elijah Reichlin-Melnick on Tuesday told “The Morning Show” that emergency power discussion is on-going…

And now with renewed claims from a former aide to the governor, Lindsey Boylan, that he sexually harassed her, Rockland assemblyman Michael Lawler is calling for the governor to resign immediately and for the state attorney general to appoint an independent prosecutor to investigate. Governor Cuomo has denied the accusation.

Rockland Still Lacks State COVID-19 Vaccine Site

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Cuomo yesterday, meanwhile, opened two new mass vaccination sites at York College in Queens and Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn…

But no justice for Rockland, which still lacks a site of its own, despite having had areas with some of the highest percentages of COVID rates in the state.

COVID-19 by the numbers now, here in Rockland, we lost two more to COVID, the total is 884. We’ve got 39 hospitalized confirmed with coronavirus, and 1,236 active cases. Our total case count is 37,948, that’s 115 more than Wednesday.

Stimulus Checks Could Come Next Month, Says WRCR Market Analyst

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So when will Americans get their COVID stimulus checks? WRCR’s Market Analyst Ken Mahoney of Mahoney Asset Management in Chestnut Ridge says it could happen sometime next month…

ABC News says House lawmakers could vote Friday on the President’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, which includes additional $1,400 stimulus checks.