{"id":33218,"date":"2020-05-14T13:14:15","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T17:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/?p=33218"},"modified":"2020-05-14T13:14:15","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T17:14:15","slug":"business-briefs-may-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2020\/05\/business-briefs-may-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Briefs: May 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Salvation Army of Greater Glens Falls <\/b>and the Tri-County United Way conducted a drive-thru food pantry on May 7 the Washington County Fair Grounds.<\/span><\/p>\n Statistics provided by the Salvation Army include:<\/span><\/p>\n \u2022 <\/b>1784 people served in 397 vehicles,\u00a0 <\/span>representing 517 households, 946 adults, 550 children and 288 senior citizens.<\/span><\/p>\n \u2022 <\/b>37,000 pounds of food was donated by the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern NY<\/span><\/p>\n \u2022 <\/b>600 gallons of milk was donated Battenkill Valley Creamery.<\/span><\/p>\n \u2022 <\/b>4600 boxes of tissues were donated by Irving & Scotties.<\/span><\/p>\n \u2022 <\/b>Thousands of masks were distributed by SAIL (Southern Adirondack Independent Living).<\/span><\/p>\n \u2022 <\/b>Two forklifts and drivers were donated Rojcewicz Trucking.<\/span><\/p>\n It was accomplished by 214 volunteers from the public and 12 agencies who served a combined 974 hours.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo extended the state\u2019s moratorium on COVID-related residential or commercial evictions<\/b> through Aug. 20. <\/span><\/p>\n The governor also announced the state is banning late payments or fees for missed rent payments during the eviction moratorium, and allowing renters facing financial hardship due to COVID-19 to use their security deposit as payment and repay their security deposit over time.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cDuring these incredibly difficult and stressful times we must protect New Yorkers who are facing financial hardships due to COVID-19,\u201d he said. \u201cThe majority of people in the state live paycheck to paycheck, and all of a sudden the paychecks have stopped for these individuals but the rent bill keeps coming in. In March we issued a moratorium on all residential and commercial evictions, and we are going to extend that moratorium to provide some relief to those New Yorkers who are struggling.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Salvation Army of Greater Glens Falls and the Tri-County United Way conducted a drive-thru food pantry on May 7 the Washington County Fair Grounds. Statistics provided by the Salvation Army include: \u2022 1784 people served in 397 vehicles,\u00a0 representing 517 households, 946 adults, 550 children and 288 senior citizens. \u2022 37,000 pounds of food […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\r\n