The law would restrict third-party delivery services from advertising a restaurant’s menu online and charging a fee for service without a contract with the restaurant. 

At Wednesday’s county press briefing, Health Commissioner Elizabeth Whalen, said, “We have noticed a continued downward trend in the number of cases that we are seeing. We are definitely off of the holiday surge and I’ll go so far today as to say it’s encouraging.” However, she cautioned residents to remain vigilant; to follow protocols of mask-wearing, social-distancing, and not gathering; and to continue to isolate if infected and to quarantine if exposed to COVID-19.

Albany County has 55,000 residents over the age of 65, all of whom would be eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations. With Mohawk Ambulance’s trailers, which can each hold 8,000 vaccine doses, Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy said, “Now we’re coming to you.”

A new course taught by Rabbi David Katz at B’nai Sholom Reform Congregation in Albany will look at Jewish beliefs and practices surrounding death and afterlife.

“Life After Death: Beliefs and Customs” will be offered four Wednesdays beginning Feb. 17, from 7 to 8 p.m. via Zoom.

New York State is going to look at targeting vaccinations by locations with high positivity rates, starting with a demonstration, holding a mass vaccination clinic in Yankee Stadium solely for Bronx residents.

We urge our legislators to set aside politics and work to see that substantive problems raised by the attorney general are dealt with. Nursing-home owners should not be able to profit from government money meant to help their elderly residents, and staffing levels should be adequate to maintain good care.

For the first time in over two months, Albany County announced a number of new COVID-19 cases on Monday morning that was under 100.

NEW SCOTLAND — John M. Bagyi, a lawyer in the Albany office for Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC, has been named one of the Lawdragon 500 Leading U.S. Corporate Employment Lawyers.

A 1989 graduate of Guilderland High School, Bagyi lives in Voorheesville with his wife, Dania, and their daughters, Kennedy and McKenna.