Southampton Town Supervisor Jay Schneiderman and Councilman John Bouvier have endorsed Suffolk County Legislator Bridget Fleming’s candidacy for the Democratic Party’s nomination to challenge Representative Lee Zeldin in New York’s First Congressional District.
Police received a complaint on April 8 that respirator masks were being sold out of their original packaging and there was possible price gouging going on at a business on the Circle.
Just last week, Suffolk County began offering text message updates specifically in Spanish and opened “targeted testing sites” to help those who speak languages other than English. The county also began reaching out to non-English speaking communities through nonprofit and faith-based organizations to get the word out about those testing sites, which opened in Riverhead, Huntington Station, and Brentwood — all communities with large populations of minority residents.
On Wednesday, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced an executive order requiring everyone to wear face coverings in public when social distancing is not possible.
Stony Brook Southampton Hospital asked children to send them their artwork to cheer patients and staff, and boy did the kids deliver.
Glimmers of hope, calls for continued vigilance, and a seven-state collaboration to develop a plan for easing restrictions.
Christopher Minardi, a member of the East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals, plans to announce his candidacy for village board on Monday. He will run with Jerry Larsen and Sandra Melendez.
Mientras el estado de Nueva York llega a lo que podría ser el punto máximo de la pandemia del coronavirus, el Gobernador Andrew M. Cuomo extendió su orden ejecutiva Nueva York en Pausa por dos semanas más este lunes pasado; esto significa que todas las escuelas y los negocios no esenciales deben permanecer cerrados hasta el 29 de abril, como mínimo.
East Hampton Town’s government is calling on residents to wear coverings when venturing out in public, following federal recommendations, but also asked for donations of masks and gloves for grocery store workers.
A statement issued from Town Hall on Saturday morning referred to the federal Centers for Disease Control’s recommendation that people wear a cloth face covering to slow the spread of the Covid-19.
In the past 24 hours, there have been another 52 deaths from Covid-19 in Suffolk County, bringing the total to 414. The number of confirmed cases surged to 20,320, up by 1,517, County Executive Steve Bellone said in his daily press briefing on Friday.
