Just How Legal Is Lockdown For New York Businesses?
The Governor’s closure orders distinguishing between essential and non-essential businesses created a bright line rule to determine which business could operate.
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Category: Government
Rockland County Government/Regulations
Cuomo Says System For Filing Unemployment Benefits Claims Is Being Fixed
The New York State Department of Labor says anyone who is in the process of filing an application and was told to call back to complete their claim will not have to call back. NBC 4 is reporting that those trying to claim benefits should hear from a rep within 72 hours.
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More Than 50% Of New Yorkers Worrying About Meeting Monthly Bills
Just over half of New Yorkers, 51 percent, are concerned with being able to meet their monthly financial obligations and 37 percent of all New Yorkers, 46 percent of those 18-34 years of age and 48 percent of those 35-49 years of age, are concerned with being laid off
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Tribute To Human Resilience During A Pandemic
How Rockland Is Coping In a Crisis — In Pictures The human spirit is resilient and adaptive. Businesses are doing what they can to hold on, to reinvent themselves. Citizens are stepping up to assist those who are putting themselves on the front lines. We are talking to each other with banners and words. Our […]
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Q&A With Pfizer About COVID-19, Vaccine Research, Recovery & Death Rates
Dr. Phil Dormitzer, Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer for Viral Vaccines at Pfizer, Talks With RCBJ About Coronavirus
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Tax Reprieves For Businesses At State And Fed Level
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has offered relief in response to requests from many businesses — such as restaurants and bars — that have been closed this week due to the coronavirus outbreak.
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Dueling Over The DMV: Haverstraw V. Clarkstown
West Haverstraw and state officials are fighting hard to keep the Department of Motor Vehicles in Samsondale Plaza on Route 9W but no decision has yet been made.
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Upstate CEO’s Grow More Pessimistic But Don’t Expect Recession in 2020
Business leaders across Upstate New York have grown more pessimistic about the state’s economy but more than half of CEOs for private and nonprofit companies polled do not believe the economy will slip into a recession between now and the end of 2020
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Funding Initiatives For Regional Economic Development Councils And Downtown Revitalization In 2021 Budget
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has announced funding for a tenth round Regional Economic Development Councils and a fifth round of the Downtown Revitalization Initiative.
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More Women In The Boardroom, Says Cuomo
The “Women on Corporate Boards Study” law requires corporations to report the number of directors on their boards and how many of those directors are women
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