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On September 9th, President Joe Biden announced a new mandate: all employers with 100 or more employees must ensure their workforce is fully vaccinated or require weekly testing of unvaccinated workers.   The new mandate will be published in a forthcoming OSHA rule, so full details have not been released yet. However, the administration has indicated that the

Today, Governor Andrew Cuomo made recommendations on efforts to increase vaccination rates, noting rising case numbers and concerns about the Delta variant. Since the Governor’s pandemic emergency powers have expired, the Governor urged local governments and private employers to take matters into their own hands.   Governor Cuomo encouraged private

Skip to the video here. At a special briefing for BNP members this morning, Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz provided updates on the county’s COVID-19 status and indicated mask mandates could eventually return.  COVID-19 case numbers have increased in recent weeks, although hospital and ICU admissions have not increased at the