COVID reinfection is on the rise, in fact, the biggest surge in cases is right here on Long Island.
Nassau and Suffolk counties' combined 7-day average percentage of positive test results was 12.13% Wednesday. No other region in the state was in the double digits, the closest being New York City at 9.40%.
Zeldin, who is running for governor against Hochul, says the measures are harming small businesses already struggling to recover from New York's "overly restrictive, early pandemic lockdown policies."
New York City's "Key to NYC" vaccine mandate expanded to children ages 5 to 11 on Tuesday, this as Governor Kathy Hochul continues to defend her new statewide mask requirement.
The newest New York state mandate took effect Monday, with masks required in all indoor public places unless the businesses or venues implement a vaccine requirement.
Nurses employed by Long Island-based Northwell Health have been dispatched to Western New York to help at two hospitals dealing with a surge in COVID infections and hospitalizations.