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Why so many COVID deaths in NYC?

To begin to understand why so many people died in New York City at the start of the World Health Organization’s global health emergency (Jan. 30. 2020), one must first look at the city’s hospitals, and in particular, its municipal health system. It’s called NYC Health Hospitals (NYCHH), with 11 acute care hospitals. These hospitals serve the working poor, the unemployed, the illegal immigrants, the drug and alcohol addicted, the mentally impaired — and occasionally a visitor to the city who doesn’t know any better. Ambulance drivers avoid delivering patients there if at all ...

Vaccine eligibility expands to 16 and up

America’s COVID-19 vaccine problem will shift from availability to willingness within the span of a month. U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-New York, discussed the national COVID-19 vaccination effort during a visit to the National Comedy Center in Jamestown on Monday. Schumer said federal stimulus bills in December and March have helped make COVID-19 vaccines more available than they were initially, and the Senate majority leader said he expects availability to improve even more very quickly. “There’s lots of places,” he said. “We’ve made them available. You don’t have to ...

In-person activities return to Silver Creek library

SILVER CREEK — While the Anderson Lee Library has been open to the public since last June, its April events schedule features something its hasn’t had for more than a year: an in-person events schedule. Preschool story time, run by Miss Jill, will be held every Thursday morning at 10:30. ...

Schumer visits Jamestown to discuss Rescue Plan

JAMESTOWN — Mayor Willie Rosas was more than happy to make the trip to Jamestown to meet with Sen. Charles Schumer, D-New York and Senate majority leader. Dunkirk will receive $11.6 million from the federal government through the American Rescue Plan. The money is important, but for ...

Hundreds of appointments available in JCC vaccination clinic

Hundreds of appointments are available for a COVID-19 vaccination clinic taking place Thursday at the Jamestown Community College campus in Jamestown. The clinic, beginning at 9 a.m., will make use of the Pfizer vaccine. Registration for the clinic can be found at: https://chqgov.com/public-health/covid-19-vaccination-clinics#1A Those who attend Thursday must be available to receive their second dose on Thursday, April 29. According to the state’s vaccine tracker, 42,258 residents within Chautauqua County have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, while 23,697 have ...

Meals on Wheels hard at work during pandemic

Meals on Wheels has been exceptionally busy during the COVID-19 pandemic. From its regular job of supplying meals to people unable to cook for themselves to finding needs throughout the community, the organization has been pounding the pavement. “There has been an increase in numbers of ...