North Rockland’s state senator took to Twitter Wednesday night to slam the governor for being secretive when it comes to making new COVID rules. In a seven-part Twitter entry, senator James Skoufis said the Legislature needs to seriously consider reigning in the governor’s “unilateral decision-making.” Skoufis says he recently had a confrontation with the governor’s staff and he was given a runaround that made his head spin…
Late yesterday Skoufis said he’s had several productive conversations with the Governor’s office and appreciates the efforts toward better collaboration.
COVID-19 by the numbers now, here in Rockland, we’ve got 51 in the hospital confirmed with coronavirus, and a total of 1,524 active cases. The state says since the crisis began, we’ve had a total of 20,263 reported cases, 87 more than Thursday, and the number of deaths in the county since the pandemic began remains at 691.