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LOCAL UTILITY PHONE SCAM: “YOU WERE OVERCHARGED BY YOUR THIRD PARTY SUPPLIER”

Posted on June 23, 2020 by John Bailey

WPCNR SCAM-A-RAMA. By John F. Bailey. June 23, 2020:

Electricity consumers beware this new scam yours truly encountered moments ago. I got a local number call 914-717-9845. The message was simple, and I paraphrase it here:

“You were overcharged by your third party supplier. You are entitled to a rebate check. Please press 1 to receive your rebate check.”

All electricity users should beware of this ploy. I, of course, did not press “1” because I know I pay a rate so much lower than the utility in the area. It is impossible to be overcharged. (Only the utility does that.)

It is fool’s gold, in my opinion, because it is preying on what everybody wants….a check, any check.

WORKING MOMS AND DADS, BUSINESSES–DAYCARE HELP IS ON THE WAY FOR PHASE 3 FROM GOVERNOR CUOMO. $300 TO $1,600 PER REOPENING.

Posted on June 23, 2020 by John Bailey

GOVERNOR CUOMO ANNOUNCES $65 MILLION NY FORWARD CHILD CARE EXPANSION INCENTIVE

WORRY: 1.2 Percent of Yesterday’s COVID-19 Tests were Positive

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that $65 million in federal CARES Act funding is available for child care providers statewide through the New York Forward Child Care Expansion Incentive program.

The funding available includes:

$20 million to assist childcare program with reopening and expansion of capacity by providing materials to support a more socially distant model, and for supplies and activities associated with reopening and expansion. This may include partitions, short term rental of space, etc.

$45 million in childcare Reopening and Expansion Incentive funds to pay for 50% of the cost of a newly opened classroom (maximum grant amount of $6,000) as an incentivize to open the classroom. The temporary funds will phase out over the second and third months as more parents bring their children back into childcare.

Throughout the pandemic, 65 percent of OCFS-licensed and -registered child care programs remained open, many serving families of essential workers. The funding being made available today will help to bring closed programs back to operation to serve families returning to the workplace.

“New York went from one of the highest infection rates in the country to one of the lowest because we made decisions based on science – not politics,” Governor Cuomo said. “We’re seeing in other states what happens when you just reopen with no regard for metrics or data – it’s bad for public health and for the economy, and states that reopened in a rush are now seeing a boomerang. We do about 60,000 tests per day – more than any state or country on a per capita basis and approximately 1 percent of tests are coming back positive. We do this testing religiously, and we watch the rate and calibrate our reopening by that rate. The Hudson Valley moves to phase 3 today and Long Island will go to phase 3 tomorrow.

“As we move further into the reopening and more parents go back to work, we’re also making sure child care programs across the state have the support they need to reopen safely,” Governor Cuomo continued. “By providing support for expanded classrooms that allow for more social distancing and other resources, we can help keep staff and children safe.”

To be eligible for reopening funds, child care programs must have either been closed as of June 15 and have a plan to reopen within two weeks of applying or currently operating below their licensed capacity and would like to expand. The grants will be pro-rated as programs reach capacity. Programs must submit a detailed plan for use of funds and must remain open at least through the end of the year.

The maximum awards for the $20 million in Reopening and Restructuring Incentives depend on the size of the program and range from $300 to $1,600 one-time grants. Child care programs may apply to OCFS through July 15.

The governor also updated New Yorkers on the state’s progress during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The number of new cases, percentage of tests that were positive and many other helpful data points are always available at forward.ny.gov.

Today’s data is summarized briefly below:

Patient Hospitalization – 1,104 (down -18 from the day before)
Number ICU – 302 (down -28 from the day before)
Number ICU that are intubated – 204 (down -24 from the day before)
Total Discharges – 69,769 (up +59 from the day before)
Deaths – 27
Total Deaths – 24,766

Of the 48,709 tests conducted in New York State yesterday, 597, or 1.2 percent, were positive. Each region’s percentage of positive tests over the last three days is as follows:

REGION	SATURDAY	SUNDAY	MONDAY
New York City	1.20%	1.10%	1.40%
Capital Region	0.40%	0.70%	1.30%
Central New York	0.90%	0.70%	1.80%
Finger Lakes	0.40%	0.70%	1.10%
Long Island	1.00%	0.90%	1.10%
Hudson Valley	1.00%	1.00%	1.00%
Mohawk Valley	1.00%	1.40%	0.50%
North Country	0.20%	0.10%	0.40%
Southern Tier	0.30%	0.30%	0.20%
Western New York	0.80%	1.00%	1.30%

The Governor also confirmed 597 additional cases of novel coronavirus, bringing the statewide total to 389,085 confirmed cases in New York State. Of the 389,085 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	2,062	2
Allegany	58	0
Broome	671	1
Cattaraugus	118	3
Cayuga	108	0
Chautauqua	116	0
Chemung	139	0
Chenango	141	1
Clinton	100	0
Columbia	454	2
Cortland	44	0
Delaware	91	1
Dutchess	4,150	5
Erie	7,073	38
Essex	41	0
Franklin	28	1
Fulton	244	0
Genesee	229	4
Greene	256	0
Hamilton	6	0
Herkimer	137	0
Jefferson	84	0
Lewis	24	1
Livingston	125	1
Madison	347	0
Monroe	3,540	28
Montgomery	109	1
Nassau	41,544	31
Niagara	1195	2
NYC	21,3056	315
Oneida	1,421	5
Onondaga	2,702	27
Ontario	242	0
Orange	10,666	12
Orleans	277	1
Oswego	179	6
Otsego	83	0
Putnam	1,305	0
Rensselaer	533	5
Rockland	13,529	15
Saratoga	538	3
Schenectady	770	9
Schoharie	57	0
Schuyler	12	0
Seneca	64	0
St. Lawrence	217	0
Steuben	263	0
Suffolk	41,056	46
Sullivan	1,440	2
Tioga	141	1
Tompkins	175	0
Ulster	1,757	1
Warren	262	0
Washington	244	0
Wayne	145	2
Westchester	34,581	24
Wyoming	93	0
Yates	43	1

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PRIMARY RESULTS TONIGHT MAY REACH INCONCLUSIVE RESULTS– REPORTED 27,000 ABSENTEE BALLOT REQUESTS SENT OUT. A RECORD THAT BOARD OF ELECTIONS MAY TAKE UNTIL THE END OF JULY TO COUNT, CANDIDATES WORRY

Posted on June 23, 2020 by John Bailey

WPCNR CAMPAIGN 2020. By John F. Bailey. June 23, 2020:

Candidates for the local 93rd New York Assembly District are telling WPCNR that results tonight in the 5 way race between Kristen Browde, Christropher Burdick, Mark Jaffe, Alex Roithmayr and Jeremiah Frie-Pearson may come down to past the wire, because an all time record of absentee ballots in Westchester have been issued. One candidate says 27,000 absentee ballots have been issued, 5,000 in the 93rd district.

The upshot is that if the top vote getters in the 93rd district are tightly bunched, the absentee ballots will determine the outcome.

It may take to early July to count them all, one candidate says, another more familiar with the process, says a final result may not be conclusion until the end of July.

The law requires that absentee ballots postmarked by or on the primary date are valid and law requires absentee ballots have to be held for 10 days after the election date to assure all absentee ballots are in.

One candidate told WPCNR the Board of Elections may be overwhelmed with not one, but three close races, not only the 93rd district is a competitive field, but the 17th Congressional District is hotly contested. At this time it is unclear who the absentee inspectors are for each candidate, or if they have even been chosen or not.

Since Governor Andrew M. Cuomo postponed the primary to June 15, to avert spreading of the coronavirus at polling places (Westchester has only three for this election, The White Plains Board of Elections, White Plains High School and North Castle Community Center), a record number of absentee ballots were requested.

Since all three contests–Westchester District Attorney, the 93rd District and the 17th Congressional District are on the same ballot, could an absentee ballot be thrown out once and invalidated for all contests? Or does each absentee ballot have to be vetted by representatives for the candidates in each contest? Who is the ballot decider. Is there a higher authority?

So unless the candidates already have their legal inspectors lined up already, they better find them.

One candidate told WPCNR many persons as of the weekend had not sent their absentee ballots in yet. Another said the Board of Elections may be overwelmed by the sheer number of ballots sent out.

Another point: Perhaps you should have a different ballot for for each race in the future when there are multiple races with multiple candidates.

The White Plains Board of Education managed to count approximately 6,000 votes in one night last week. So the Board of Elections should be able to take this challenge in stride.

GETTING READY FOR FOOTBALL, SOCCER, LACROSSE, MAYBE?

Posted on June 23, 2020 by John Bailey