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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Tag: Covid-19
A New Landscape: The Pandemic Era In Pictures
Life limps on at limpid pace while we wait for some return to “normal.” Who knows what normal will look like? The Bowtie Cinema sign says “Be Back Soon.”
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Nyack Mask Makers Ramps Up During Pandemic Crisis
The volunteer movement called Nyack Mask Makers, born a mere two weeks ago, has since produced more than 4,000 face masks for Nyack Montifiore Hospital, nursing homes, rehabilitation facilities, Nyack Ambulance Corp, the Orangetown Police, the County Sheriff’s department, and more.
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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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Carlucci Calls On Rockland/Westchester Hotels To Offer Free Beds For Healthcare Workers
The offer is in response to a call put out by Sen. David Carlucci (C-Rockland/Westchester) who is asking hotels and motels in Rockland and Westchester counties to participate in the effort to ease the burden for healthcare and EMS workers.
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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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Toll COVID-19 Is Taking: Human Life, The Economy, Normal Socialization
In the past two weeks, the nation has experienced economic convulsions: How many seemingly short-lived interruptions have we already felt due to impact of a virulent virus that has no cure, no vaccine, and no known trajectory?
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