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by Jeff Lewis
The Governor yesterday announced the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and a group of financial sponsors are going to build a new 2.4 million square foot terminal at JFK Airport. Governor Kathy Hochul says the $9.5 billion project will be built in phases and create more than 10,000 jobs…
The new JFK will be expected to handle more than twenty million travelers a year. Construction is slated to begin next year and have 23 gates done by 2032.
by Jeff Lewis
Local elected officials are slamming the governor’s new indoor mask decree, this as COVID numbers continue to slowly move upwards. The number of deaths in the county, with two more reported Friday, now totals 1,004. We’ve got 1,306 active cases, over 300 more since last week, and 23 hospitalized and confirmed with coronavirus, up from 20 last Monday. Rockland County Executive Ed Day says the governor’s new mandate is unenforceable, and unnecessary…
Governor Kathy Hochul told attendees at Mount Neboh Baptist Church in the city yesterday that they and New Yorkers need to work together to get through the pandemic…
As far as the mask mandate, the governor says starting today masks have to be worn in all indoor public places unless businesses or venues have a vaccine requirement. These requirements are for both patrons and staff. It’ll be effective until January 15th, at which time the state will re-evaluate the plan based on current conditions. Noting that in Rockland more than 82% of the 18-and-older-population and 99% of seniors have been vaccinated, Assemblyman Mike Lawler called Governor Hochul’s mask mandate “government overreach at its worst.”
The Rockland Health Department is holding a COVID clinic today for first, second, immunocompromised and Pfizer boosters at the Martin Luther King Center in Spring Valley from 3-7pm. Walk-ins are available.
by Jeff Lewis
Power has been restored to those who lost electricity after high winds and rain moved through the region Saturday night. Around 28-hundred customers had their power interrupted starting around 6pm Saturday night. As of this morning everyone appears to be back online.
by Jeff Lewis
Tensions are mounting between the U.S. and China and the U.S and Russia, but that’s not having much of an effect on the financial markets. WRCR Market Analyst Ken Mahoney of Mahoney Asset Management in Chestnut Ridge says other issues are of greater concern at the moment…
The Dow Jones, NASDAQ and S&P500 all rose a little less than one percent on Friday, though the Russell 2000 lost about 0.4 percent.
by Jeff Lewis
A local mortgage expert says a recent blunder by the CEO of an online mortgage company emphasizes the benefits of dealing with local companies. Ann Zeilingold is Vice President of FM Home Loans in New City, and says a good office culture often makes a customer’s experience better than the convenience of clicking a few links and you’re done…
The CEO of Better.com apologized recently after he grabbed headlines for the way he told 900 employees that they were being fired – via Zoom. You can hear Ann Zeilengold with her “Mortgage Matters” segment right here during “The Morning Show” every Thursday at 7:15.