In today’s WBFO Brief, a deadline looms for hospitals and nursing homes to have their staff fully vaccinated. And with the second-lowest vaccination rate in the state at area nursing homes, WBFO’s Tom Dinki looks at the staffing crunch that many are predicting. And Ontario correspondent Dan Karpenchuk looks at the rollout of a vaccine passport system.
Also this morning, from Investigative Post, we have an election season look at the Mayor’s role in education as Incumbent Byron Brown mounts his write-in challenge against endorsed Democrat Byron Brown.
And the pandemic caused so many job losses that the state’s comptroller is warning of a possible 9 percent increase in the fees that businesses pay into the state unemployment insurance fund, and Albany correspondent Karen DeWitt reports he’s looking for state or federal help.