Mask mandate ends today
Gov. Kathy Hochul today is ending the statewide executive order that required businesses to ask patrons for vaccination status or to require them to wear masks indoors. The mandate began mid-December. Masks will still be required in schools, on public transportation, at state-run hospitals and nursing homes and in shelters, the Albany Business Journal is reporting. Municipalities and businesses may decide if they want to continue requiring masks or vaccinations.
Glens Falls business happy to break mandate
Glens Falls Mayor Bill Collins tells the Post-Star he plans to continue wearing a mask in public, despite the end of the statewide mandate, and he is encouraging others to do so. The downtown shops reported that the masks had little effect to begin with, but they are glad the mandate has lifted.
Small and medium businesses outsourcing labor
The labor shortage during the pandemic has meant that the accounting firm UHY LLP has gained 300 clients looking to outsource key functions of their business, the Albany Business Journal is reporting. With the labor market and workers’ habits changing, such as the shift to work-from-home, the accounting firm is seeing clients looking to outsource functions once handled in-office.
Warren Co: Broken wrist opens position on ethics board
The Warren County Board of Supervisors announced that it is seeking a new community member for its Board of Ethics after the board chair fell and broke her wrist, an injury keeping her from doing the work of the board, the Post-Star is reporting. The Board of Ethics consists of three members and three alternates including county and municipal employees, elected officials, and a member of the public.
Saratoga Water isn’t
Saratoga Spring Water has been bottled in Saratoga Springs since the 1800s, the Times Union reports. This may not be the case anymore. An examination of labels shows the water could come from Maine, New York’s Oneida County or elsewhere. This despite the bottler’s 150th anniversary this year. [The T-U called the company without response. It happened to us at FoothillsBusinessDaily, too.] The story says that most national bottled water brands take water from all over.