“I was elected by the people of the state, I wasn’t elected by politicians,” Governor Andrew Cuomo said on March 7 as he stated he wouldn’t resign because of allegations. Since then, many more politicians, including top Democrats at the state and federal level, have called for his resignation. On Monday, Siena College released a poll that showed New Yorkers feel he should not resign and the majority are satisfied with the way he has addressed the sexual harassment allegations against him.

Albany County, with a population of roughly 300,000, has about 31,000 people who are considered food insecure.

Guilderland’s Emergency Medical Services Department ambulances transported 61 COVID-19 town residents in January and 19 residents in February, Supervisor Peter Barber reported, but has transported only two residents so far in March.

Currently 27.5 percent of Albany County’s residents have received at least one shot of vaccine, according to the state’s vaccine tracker. A total of 84,459 residents have received one shot while 43,087 have received two shots.

While the county’s health department with its many medical corps volunteers will continue to run its large point of dispensing, or POD, at the Times Union Center in Albany, Albany County Health Commissioner Elizabeth Whalen said, she looks forward to re-allocating some of the county’s supply to “small break-out clinics.”

The Albany-Schenectady-Troy area lost 26,500 private-sector jobs, a loss of 7.3 percent, from January 2020 to January 2021.

Michael Nardacci, Albany

The American Rescue Plan’s funding can be used to respond to the public health emergency caused by the coronavirus as well as to address the economic fallout that came with it, including assistance to households, small businesses and not-for-profits, and aid to impacted industries such as tourism, travel and hospitality.

These local students were named to the fall 2020 dean’s list at Le Moyne College, with a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher:

— Kathryn Muller of Schenectady, majoring in senior biology;

— Olivia Poust of Delmar, majoring in junior communications;

State University of New York College at Oneonta has announced students achieving scholarships:

— Jason Briscoe of Delmar - Dr. P. Jay Fleisher Scholarship;

— Tiana Busgeeth of Schenectady - Olga Santora '35 Scholarship;

— Allyson Federman of Delmar  - Master of Science in Nutrition and Dietetics Scholarship;