Amherst Supervisor Brian J. Kulpa, shown here delivering a State of the Town address in 2018, joined with other local leaders to say residents need to heed the message to carefully follow public-health guidelines if they want to see the zone designations lifted as soon as possible.
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Amherst Supervisor Brian Kulpa, at lectern, and Tonawanda Supervisor Joseph Emminger, in background, speak about Erie County’s “orange zone” designation Wednesday in the Amherst Police Emergency Operations Center.
Local elected officials say they hope Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's decision to impose further pandemic-related restrictions in Erie and Niagara counties serves as a wake-up call, especially with the holiday season and winter months looming.
On the day he shut down schools and ordered new economic restrictions in Erie County, the governor had a message for Western New York: You weren’t paying enough attention to Covid-19.
Amherst Supervisor Brian J. Kulpa, shown here delivering a State of the Town address in 2018, joined with other local leaders to say residents need to heed the message to carefully follow public-health guidelines if they want to see the zone designations lifted as soon as possible.
Amherst Supervisor Brian Kulpa, at lectern, and Tonawanda Supervisor Joseph Emminger, in background, speak about Erie County’s “orange zone” designation Wednesday in the Amherst Police Emergency Operations Center.
