New York

As the Thanksgiving holiday begins, COVID-19 rates are spiking in many parts of upstate New York. So far, local governments have been left to manage the spread of the disease on their own. Now some county leaders are looking to the state — and Governor Kathy Hochul — for more help.

Climate scientists agree that if the earth’s climate warms by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius, the results will be disastrous. The temperature increase since the beginning of the industrial era is already at 1.1 degrees Celsius.

The State University of New York has assembled a 28-member panel to examine the barriers facing students with disabilities on its campuses statewide.

The report finds that Cuomo oversaw a toxic workplace where he sexually harassed multiple women, and that he used staff to write and edit a $5 million memoir at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in the state.

The probe also found Cuomo ordered staff to help him compose a book and that his staff “substantially revised” a state health department report on COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes.

Suozzi, who is also considering a run for governor, said he was flattered and had a lot to think about over the Thanksgiving holiday.

Hochul said one of the key ways to help revive the economy is for workers, many of whom continue to work remotely, to finally return to the office. She set 2022 as a deadline for that to happen.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, saying she is very concerned with the higher rate of transmission of COVID-19 in western New York and other upstate regions, is expanding eligibility for booster shots to any adult in a high-transmission area who feels that they need one.

Cuomo was paid $5.1 million for the book, but a state ethics commission’s vote could mean he has to return at least part of the money.

The agency faced a $10 billion deficit and had planned regular biannual fare increases.