Tag: Kathy Hochul

New York Governor Intends to Redefine ‘Fully Vaccinated’ to Include Boosters

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said the state may sooner or later change the definition of “full vaccinated” to include a booster dose. Hochul, whose broad mask mandate for New York businesses just came into effect, was asked during a Dec. 16 press briefing what’s next on the list of things she seeks to implement….


New York Governor: Won’t Force Counties to Comply With Mask Mandate

New York’s governor said Monday that her administration will not seek to compel counties to comply with her new mask mandate, which took effect on Dec. 13. “I do hope that the businesses will enforce this, and individuals will understand how important it is,” Gov. Kathy Hochul told reporters at a briefing in New York…


New York Governor Issues Mask Mandate for Businesses Without Vaccine Requirements

Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Friday masks will be required in all indoor public places and venues unless those businesses mandate a COVID-19 vaccine requirement. “We are entering a time of uncertainty,” Hochul, a Democrat, said Friday morning during a news conference in New York City. “We can either plateau here or our cases can escalate…


Live Q&A: Governments Eyeing Lockdowns Over Omicron Variant; New Global Social Controls Emerge

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) has declared a state of emergency over concerns that the new Omicron variant of COVID-19 may spread abroad. In other news, many countries are instituting new forms of social controls to prepare for the virus spread, including in Israel, where the government will begin using counter-terrorism phone-tracking technology to…


NY Governor’s Hospital Worker Vaccine Mandate Said to Be an Unconstitutional ‘Religious Crusade’

A lawyer for 17 doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals who object on religious grounds to New York’s tough vaccine mandate for health care workers filed an emergency application with the U.S. Supreme Court late on Nov. 12, claiming the state’s governor is waging “a veritable religious crusade to force medical professionals to be vaccinated.” The application is pending before…


COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for New York Public Schools ‘On the Table’, Gov. Hochul Says

Although the New York government isn’t actively considering a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for public school students across the state, the option remains on the table, according to Gov. Kathy Hochul. During the Oct. 27 press conference, Hochul noted that a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) panel voted to recommend the a lower dose of Pfizer-BioNTech…


Facts Matter (Sept. 28): 72,000 Medical Workers to be Fired in NY Over Mandate; Gov Will Deploy National Guard

According to a report released Monday on the FBI’s website, the number of murders in the year 2020 was up almost 30 percent from the previous year—one of the largest spikes in recorded history. And this problem might actually become worse this year, as droves of police officers are resigning across the country. For instance,…


NY Gov. Declares State of Emergency as Thousands of Healthcare Workers Remain Unvaccinated

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday night declared a state of emergency to deal with possible staffing shortfalls resulting from the statewide vaccination mandate for healthcare workers. “Last night,” the Democrat governor wrote on Twitter Tuesday, “I took bold action and signed an executive order that will alleviate potential staffing shortages in our hospitals…


Gov. Hochul Orders Release of 191 Rikers Island Inmates Jailed for ‘Technical’ Parole Violations

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday ordered the immediate release of 191 inmates from the crisis-stricken Rikers Island correctional facility, saying that the individuals in question had served their debt to society but ended up back in prison due to “technical” parole violations. Hochul made the announcement at a Sept. 17 event at which…


NY Governor Orders Release of 191 Rikers Island Inmates Jailed for ‘Technical’ Parole Violations

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has ordered the immediate release of 191 inmates from the crisis-stricken Rikers Island correctional facility, saying that the individuals in question had served their debt to society but had ended up back in prison due to “technical” parole violations. Hochul made the announcement at a Sept. 17 event at which…