Architecture, Engineering and Development
The state budget is a boon for contractors and developers, the Albany Business Journal is reporting. Roads and other infrastructure got a boost, with the state Department of Transportation's budget up $94 million to $6.16 billion, and money going to SUNY to build dorms and to cities to fix roads.
Health Care and Fitness
The tragic story of the first nurse in Glens Falls to have contracted COVID is in the Post-Star today. She contracted the illness and recovered and returned to work at the local nursing home, but the disease had destroyed her lungs. She died in her sleep March 24, 10 months after originally contracting the illness. Donita Wiley Madison was 59 years old, the story says. COVID-induced organ damage and reentry for hospital patients is a little higher than expected a Glens Falls Hospital doctor says in the story.
Government, Law and Legal Services
Saratoga Springs supervisors Tara Gaston and Matthew Veitch are defendants in a lawsuit filed by the former Saratoga County administrator who was fired from his job in January. Fired for improperly handling employee pay during the early days of the pandemic, Spencer Hellwig, the county administrator, claims that Gaston, Veitch and 7 other supervisors actively and falsely harmed his reputation and contributed to emotional distress, a story in the Times-Union says.
Graduations can move forward this spring, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office announced yesterday, according to a story in the T-U. Indoor and outdoor festivities are allowed, the story says, with some strict limits in capacity. In-home celebrations are capped at 10 guests. Capacity of smaller events is 50%, or 100 guests indoors and 200 guests outdoors, the story says. For larger events, proof of a recent negative test or a vaccination is required.
Travel, Tourism and Recreation
Public restrooms are coming to downtown Saranac Lake, the Adirondack Daily Enterprise is reporting. The village board there is looking at a number of tourism-related improvements, including a restroom facility near Berkeley Green and an expansion of Ward Plumadore Park. The money is coming from a $10 million Downtown Revitalization Initiative state grant, the story says.