According to the Tom Reed for Congress campaign team, a brick was thrown through the window leaving glass strewn throughout the office.

In response to the incident, Reed said said it was an example of extreme behavior that is unacceptable.  And despite there being no arrests and no suspects being identified, Campaign Spokesman Matt Coker said it was an example of the radicalism from opponents on the far left.

Reed also thanked Republican Assemblyman Phil Palmesano and Democrat Bill Boland, Mayor of the City of Corning, for standing with him amongst the damage. “We are here not as Republicans or Democrats, but united to say that violence like this doesn’t solve problems.”

Reed also lauded the Corning Police Department, which is investigating the attack. “We have always had the back of our police, and I know they have our back as well.  We look forward to the results of their investigation and justice being done.”

George Borrello

OLEAN – State Senator George Borrello (R-Irving) has joined a group of Republican Southern Tier and Western New York lawmakers in urging Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo to provide an exemption for workers who live in Pennsylvania but work in New York from potentially being included in the governor’s COVID-19 travel advisory that now covers more than 30 states.

Cuomo’s travel advisory applies to any person traveling to New York from states with a significant community spread of COVID-19 and requires them to quarantine for 14 days.

Senator Borrello noted that “our regional economies are still fragile and working to recover in the wake of our months-long, mandatory shutdown. If Pennsylvania were to be added to the list of states under quarantine, it would be a terrible hit to our struggling recovery. There are thousands of Pennsylvania residents who work in communities in the Southern Tier and Western New York whose employers would be negatively impacted at a time when they can least afford it.”

In addition to Senator Borrello, the state lawmakers who signed the letter include Senator Tom O’Mara, Senator Fred Akshar, Assemblywoman Marjorie Byrnes, Assemblyman Chris Friend, Assemblyman Joe Giglio and Assemblyman Phil Palmesano. Together, they sent a letter to Cuomo warning that the inclusion of neighboring state workers in the required travel advisory quarantine would be devastating to local economies across the Southern Tier region.

In their August 3 letter to Cuomo, the regional legislators wrote, “Currently, the travel advisory is one of your administration’s primary efforts to contain the pandemic and protect the positive trajectory that New York State and our local regions have achieved in controlling its spread. While we understand the need for caution behind the advisory and its accompanying quarantine requirement, we also strongly urge you to take into full consideration the potentially severe economic consequences for regions like ours that border another state, in this case Pennsylvania, where there is a daily influx of out-of-state workers essential to our local economies.”

The letter outlines a worst-case scenario where, for example, Pennsylvania is added to the Cuomo travel advisory largely because of coronavirus spikes in large cities like Philadelphia and Pittsburgh (while border counties remain stable).

“Consequently, we appreciate this opportunity to urge you to be pro-active on this consideration and, anticipating a worst-case scenario, immediately work to clarify this concern for employers and workers and, especially, devise protocols that will continue to accommodate across-the-border employment.  In fact, we have read the recent reports that you have provided an exemption from the travel advisory/quarantine for New Jersey residents and believe that residents and workers from New York’s other border states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Vermont should be provided a similar exemption,” the legislators wrote to Cuomo.

On Tuesday Gov. Cuomo said an additional state meets the metrics to qualify for the travel advisory requiring individuals who have traveled to New York from those states, all of which have significant community spread, to quarantine for 14 days.

The newly-added state is Rhode Island. Delaware and Washington, D.C. have been removed.

Based upon Governor Cuomo’s Executive Order 205, the following states and territories meet the criteria for required quarantine:

• Alaska
• Alabama
• Arkansas
• Arizona
• California
• Florida
• Georgia
• Iowa
• Idaho
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Maryland
• Minnesota
• Missouri
• Mississippi
• Montana
• North Carolina
• North Dakota
• Nebraska
• New Mexico
• Nevada
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• Puerto Rico
• Rhode Island
• South Carolina
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Utah
• Virginia
• Washington
• Wisconsin

This is based upon a seven day rolling average, of positive tests in excess of 10%, or number of positive cases exceeding 10 per 100,000 residents.

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Congressman Tom Reed (R-Corning, NY-23) holds his weekly conference call with regional media and is joined by several upstate Republicans to discuss and make a case for reopening the upstate economy on a regional basis, rather than state-wide as Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed. Joining Reed were state Senators George Borrello, Tom O’Mara, and Rob Ortt and Assembly members Chris Friend and Phil Palmesano.

Rep. Tom Reed (R-Corning)

Rep. Tom Reed (R-Corning)

CORNING – Congressman Tom Reed (R-Corning, NY 23) is hosting a regional manufacturing summit in Corning today.

The event will feature a variety of manufacturing officials from across the state’s 23^rd congressional district and will focus on identifying ways to improve business opportunities in the region.

According to Reed’s office, the day-long, event will bring together over 200 manufacturers from across the Twin Tiers, Western New York including Buffalo, and the Finger Lakes. In addition to Reed, others who are expected to attend include State Senator Tom O’Mara and Assemblyman Phil Palmesano, along with regional economic development professionals, public policy professionals, and experts in advanced manufacturing fields.

Attendees will hear from policy experts, economic development agencies and lawmakers about opportunities that are available to U.S. manufacturers. They will also be given the opportunity to meet with area organizations that can help expand production and enjoy networking opportunities.

The event will be lived streamed on Reed’s facebook page, www.facebook.com/RepTomReed.

This is the second summit Reed has sponsored. The 2015 summit was held in Jamestown.