COVID-19

Staff COVID vaccinations

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Can a public library compel staff members to get vaccinations for COVID-19, when they are available? If so, can an employee request an exemption?

Open Meetings Law and COVID

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A member of my board of trustees would like for us to meet in person. There would be 9 people in the room.

Health assessment screening records

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The public libraries in our region have been requiring staff to complete a health self-assessment every day that they report to the building to work.

Does NYS plastic bag ban apply to libraries?

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[NOTE: This question relates 6 NYCRR Part 351, which implements the requirements of Titles 27 and 28 of Article 27 of the Environmental Conservation Law, aka "the plastic bag ban" wh