It’d been a “slow year relative to new projects,” chiefly due to the pandemic, said Guilderland Industrial Development Agency Chairman William Young. During an audit presentation to the board, it was noted the IDA took in about $29,000 less in fees in 2020 than in 2019 — from $39,037 in 2019 to $10,297 in 2020.

Solitary confinement can become a death sentence.

ALBANY COUNTY — As the vaccination rate climbs — 27 percent of New Yorkers and 34 percent of Albany County residents have gotten at least one shot of COVID-19 vaccine — more people are traveling and more venues are opening.

The state’s Department of Health strongly recommends that all facilities offer testing for visitors as COVID-19 is still present in communities statewide.

Nursing home workers gathered in support of legislation proposed by Governor Andrew Cuomo that would reduce understaffing practices, and improve quality-of-care for residents as well as working conditions.

These local students were named to the dean’s list from their college or university for the Fall 2020 semester:

— Grace Fitzgerald of Delmar, majoring in media arts production at Emerson College in Massachusetts with a grade point average of 3.7 or higher for that semester;

In June 2021, NY State of Health will for the first time expand tax credits to tens of thousands of additional New Yorkers with higher incomes who, before the American Rescue Plan, did not qualify for financial assistance to lower the cost of premiums.

To deal with racial disparities in home ownership, the Albany County Land Bank is partnering with a not-for-profit housing development organization based in Syracuse.

“You take the vaccine to save our grandmothers, and our grandfathers, and our children. You take a vaccine to make our city safe, our nation, and our state safe,” said Reverend Dr. Franklyn Richardson, pastor of Grace Baptist Church.

There is evidence to suggest that some of the mutations in the P.1 variant may affect its transmissibility and antigenic profile, the CDC says, which may affect the ability of antibodies generated through a previous natural infection or through vaccination to recognize and neutralize the virus.