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New COVID Wave, Post-Election Analysis, Student Experiences
WATCH: New COVID Wave, Post-Election Analysis, Student Experiences
Note: Some elections will be too close to call Tuesday night, and will likely come down to absentee ballots. Those ballots will be counted next week.
On this week's edition of New York NOW: Gov. Andrew Cuomo says New York is experiencing a new wave of COVID-19, and new restrictions are now in effect.
We'll discuss this latest stage of the pandemic and the results of this year's elections in New York with Jimmy Vielkind from the Wall Street Journal and Marina Villeneuve from the Associated Press.
This year's elections have some calling for changes to local boards of elections. Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone gives us his pitch, and chats about party control over the state's judiciary.
Plus, it's been more than two months since schools reopened in New York, both in-person and virtually. We'll check in on how it's going, and what the long-term impact could look like.

Citing Cuomo, Trump Says Vaccine Won't Be Sent to NY
President Donald Trump said Friday that the federal government will delay delivery of a COVID-19 vaccine to New York state because of critical comments made by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Hospitalizations, Cases Reach Levels Not Seen Since Spring
New York reported the largest one-day jump in hospitalizations due to COVID-19 since April on Tuesday, with the state’s positivity rate breaking 3% amid a significant uptick.

Sen. Leader Says No Special Session Planned, Urges Spending
The state Legislature never formally adjourned this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, giving them the option to easily return to Albany if they needed to.

