This is a roundup of coronavirus news and announcements from New York State and Hudson Valley and Catskills counties published Monday, April 5, in collaboration with The River. Note: As the once-rapid pace of pandemic news has slowed in recent weeks, our coronavirus roundups have increasingly become the latest in vaccine news, and well, we…
This is a roundup of coronavirus news and announcements from New York State and Hudson Valley and Catskills counties published Monday, March 29, in collaboration with The River Newsroom. NEW YORK STATE 7-day average positive test rate: 3.5% 420 deaths past 7 days 4,575 hospitalizations (890 in ICUs) Share of population fully vaccinated: 16.8% Share…
This is a roundup of coronavirus news and announcements from New York State and Hudson Valley and Catskills counties published March 15 in collaboration with The River. NEW YORK STATE 7-day average positive test rate: 3.2% 556 deaths past 7 days 4,517 hospitalizations (923 in ICUs) Share of population fully vaccinated: 11.6% Share of population…
In Brief – Lower-income Hudson residents passed over by state and federal rental assistance programs may find help with a local program meant to fight displacement in communities of color. Hudson has faced an affordable housing crisis for years that has recently been exacerbated by skyrocketing housing costs from the COVID-19 pandemic. “Hudson Roots” uses…
This is a roundup of coronavirus news and announcements from New York State and Hudson Valley and Catskills counties published Monday, March 8, in collaboration with The River. NEW YORK STATE 7-day average positive test rate: 3.2% 516 deaths past 7 days 4,830 hospitalizations (1,005 in ICUs) Share of population fully vaccinated: 9.4% Share of…
There’s a vacant mobile home in my backyard. It’s heavily dented and festooned with mud and black mold and slouches precariously on stacks of cinder blocks. Just to be clear, the single-wide isn’t the problem here – I knew it was there when I rented the place. It serves as a visual and decibel barrier…
This is a roundup of coronavirus news and announcements from New York State and Hudson Valley and Catskills counties published Monday, March 1, in collaboration with The River Newsroom. NEW YORK STATE 7-day average positive test rate: 3.1% 636 deaths past 7 days 5,307 hospitalizations (1,065 in ICUs) Share of population fully vaccinated: 7.6% Share…
In Brief – The median sales price of a home skyrocketed in the Hudson Valley during the COVID-19 pandemic. A new report from Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress quantifies how the migration of downstate residents fleeing the contagious confines of New York City has impacted the housing market. Sullivan County saw the median sales price…
This is a roundup of coronavirus news and announcements from New York State and Hudson Valley and Catskills counties published Monday, January 22, in collaboration with The River. NEW YORK STATE 7-day average positive test rate: 3.5% 720 deaths past 7 days 5,804 hospitalizations (1,148 in ICUs) Share of population fully vaccinated: 6.3% Share of…
This is a roundup of coronavirus news and announcements from New York State and Hudson Valley and Catskills counties published Monday, February 8, in collaboration with The River Newsroom. NEW YORK STATE 7-day average positive test rate: 4.4% 1,020 deaths past 7 days 7,716 hospitalizations (1,454 in ICUs) Share of population fully vaccinated: 2.8% Share…
This is a roundup of coronavirus news and announcements from New York State and Hudson Valley and Catskills counties for Saturday, January 23 through Monday, January 25. Published in collaboration with The River. NEW YORK STATE 12,003 new cases yesterday 219,538 tests yesterday Positive test rate: 5.48% 173 deaths yesterday 8,730 hospitalizations (1,522 in ICUs) New…
This article was co-produced with The River Newsroom There are about 70 miles of picturesque shoreline on the Hudson River’s east bank between Poughkeepsie and Rensselaer. Getting to nearly all of it involves breaking the law. In 1846, New York granted the rights to that land to an early train company for the purpose of…
As COVID-19 erupted in New York City this March, its residents fled. Hundreds of thousands of city residents relocated to New Jersey, the Hamptons, Connecticut – and Columbia County. Demand for the county’s limited housing stock shot through the ceiling, leading to intense bidding wars, huge properties snatched up within hours of being listed, and…
