Approximately 1,700 New Yorkers experience alcohol-related injuries or illnesses every year, according to NYC Health. Alcohol often has a role to play when it comes to chronic diseases, injuries, as well as violence. Facilities such as Foundations Recovery was recently opened to get the help they need. The goal was to create a non-clinical atmosphere for people who need […]
New City, NY, – Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert continue to inform employers in Rockland County about guidance for the end of an employees’ isolation due to COVID-19. As an essential business, described here: https://esd.ny.gov/guidance-executive-order-2026, knowing when an employee who has been exposed to, believed to, or confirmed to have COVID-19 is allowed to return to work […]
NEW YORK – The Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division (IRS-CI) is urging New York taxpayers to be vigilant of emerging scams targeting COVID-19 economic impact payments. “We are living in unprecedented times and each one of us is struggling one way or another,” said Jonathan Larsen, Special Agent in charge of the IRS-CI New […]
By Kathy Kahn It’s hard to explain to those who travel enmasse that “social” distancing and no gatherings larger than ten people is required to stay healthy and, in some cases, stay alive. Apparently, County Executive Ed Day’s pleas –and the State’s direct order–that everyone “stay at home,” throwing millions of New Yorkers out of […]
By Kathy Kahn It’s back to the drawing board for NYS State Comptroller Tom Di Napoli as he deals with a tentative budget that doesn’t add up since no one will be paying their taxes this month. Before Wuhan virus, Chinese flu, novel coronavirus, COVID-19 or anything close to it arrived the first week of […]
Yes. The world is in the midst of a pandemic of the COVID-19 virus. But in between all the political posturing and breathless, fear-inducing media coverage, can we all just take a deep, cleansing breath? In fact, take four or five. I usually deal in crime statistics, but this week, let’s look at health statistics, […]