Covid
CBIA survey finds most businesses cautiously optimistic about year ahead
Almost a quarter of employers anticipate increasing the size of their workforce over the next six months, while only 11% predict...
Westchester Community Foundation distributes over $433K in latest Covid response grants
Recipients include Episcopal Charities, Hillside Food Outreach and the Westchester Library System.
Yonkers company awarded $86.8M government contract for work on staph infections
ContraFect Corp. has been working to discover and develop therapies to combat drug-resistant infectious diseases such as the staph infection MRSA.
Retail sales saw decline nationally in February; posed to recover in March
In February, retail sales declined by 3% month-on-month, TD Economics reported in a Tuesday data release. The drop was larger than...
CT tentatively accelerating vaccine rollout; 16-and-over eligible on April 5
"We anticipate receiving more than 200,000 first doses per week by early April,†Gov. Ned Lamont said.
Stamford Health, BLT partner with city to open second vaccination ‘super site’
The city of Stamford, Stamford Health and Building and Land Technology have agreed to open a second Covid-19 vaccination super site...
House OKs $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan; Billions headed to Westchester and the Hudson Valley
The latest Covid-19 federal relief package, called the American Rescue Plan, has been approved and sent to President Joe Biden to...
Stamford Health planning to triple daily Covid vaccinations; Reaching out to underserved sectors
An ongoing concern is that non-Covid patients are still reluctant to come to the hospital for the treatment of other critical...
Covid vaccines to become available to New Yorkers 60 and older, essential government and nonprofit workers
Gov. Andrew Cuomo today announced that New York will expand access to the Covid-19 vaccine by adding to the list of...
Businessman Louis Cordasco Sr. dies from Covid-19
Louis Cordasco Sr., the founder of Crystal Restoration, the first company in Westchester specializing in property restoration from fire, water or...
Vaccination items from Northwell Health are now in the Smithsonian
Materials used to give Northwell Health”™s employee Sandra Lindsay the first injection in the U.S. of the approved Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine...
RXR Realty awards $73,900 in funding for virtual learning resources in Westchester
The funding will be split between the Westchester Library System, the STEM Alliance of Parchment-Mamaroneck and the Boys & Girls Club...
NY Senate Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins calls for Gov. Cuomo to go
New York State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins of Yonkers on Sunday called on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to step aside as...
Early reviews positive for Gov. Lamont’s easing Covid restrictions
"Connecticut has earned it," the governor said. "It feels pretty good that we're able to do this."
IBM partners with Moderna to study vaccine rollout management
The companies will explore creating a blockchain-based Digital Health Pass for individuals.
