Ulster County Executive Pat Ryan has declared a 30-day state of emergency amid rising COVID cases. The Democrat says active cases have tripled since Halloween, with cases at their highest levels since April. The State of Emergency was declared Sunday, and it comes as President Biden says the Omicron coronavirus variant is a cause for concern, not panic.
We speak with first-term Democratic Rep. George Latimer of New York's 16th district.
We sit down with Plattsburgh Mayor Chris Rosenquest and Plattsburgh Town Supervisor Michael Cashman, both Democrats.
We speak with Jon Murad, the now permanent police chief in Vermont's largest city, Burlington.