Food banks across the state are seeing a surge in need. In his daily coronavirus briefing yesterday, New York governor Andrew Cuomo said the state will be giving them $25 million in emergency funding…
Any philanthropies interested in helping the state’s food banks can contact Fran Barrett, the Director of Non-Profits, at the following email address: COVIDPhilanthropies@exec.ny.gov. The state has confirmed around 292,000 total cases of coronavirus across the state and 17,300 deaths. In Rockland, the state says we’ve got over 11,300 reported cases, and the Rockland Health Department confirms 481 deaths here in the county.