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FEMA reimburses Onondaga County for COVID-19 response costs
FEMA is part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The medical supplies and materials include personal protective equipment (PPEs); cleaning/disinfecting facilities; distribution of food

Robert Congel, developer of Destiny USA, dies at 85
Destiny USA is New York’s largest shopping center and the 8th largest in the U.S., as noted on the Pyramid website. A spokesman for Pyramid

FRANKFORT, N.Y. — Genesis Disposables LLC of Frankfort will use a $400,000 state grant as it pursues a larger facility to produce gowns that are

Upstate Medical University to build COVID-19 testing lab at University at Buffalo
AMHERST, N.Y. — Upstate Medical University will construct a new laboratory at the University at Buffalo (UB) to increase capacity and speed up analysis of

Oneida County’s daily COVID cases drop nearly 85 percent from peak
UTICA, N.Y. — Oneida County on Monday reported 61 new coronavirus cases, bringing its total to 18,143 since the pandemic started. It was the sixth

Brightwaters Farms donates $10,000 to Utica nonprofit ICAN
UTICA, N.Y. — Brightwaters Farms is donating $10,000 to ICAN, a Utica nonprofit that provides mental and behavioral-health services. ICAN is short for Integrated Community

ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York State Department of Health (DOH) undercounted the number of COVID-19 nursing-home deaths by 50 percent, according to a new

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon on Tuesday announced that the county is seeking proposals for the purchase and development of the ShoppingTown

Onondaga County, Kinney Drugs partner to preregister seniors for vaccine doses
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Onondaga County is partnering with Kinney Drugs for an initiative called ONList to preregister senior citizens on a waiting list for their
CNY tops all New York regions in getting COVID vaccines into arms
Nearly 87,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have so far been administered in the five-county Central New York region out of more than 95,000 doses received,
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