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Thursday 17 december 2020
'If not one thing, it's another': Storm rolls into Northeast

By JENNIFER PELTZ how to deal with snow and
Associated Press bad weather. But we are
NEW YORK (AP) — The on it and following it," he
Northeast girded Wednes- told Fox News Channel's
day for a major snowstorm "Fox & Friends."
at a key moment in the With 35 vaccine deliver-
coronavirus pandemic, ies to New Jersey hospitals
days after the start of the expected over the next
U.S. vaccination campaign day or two, Murphy said
and in the thick of a virus his administration was fo-
surge that has throngs of cused on making sure they
people seeking tests per continued, including by ex-
day. empting vaccine delivery
Snow was falling from north- trucks from a storm-related
ern Virginia to points north prohibition on commercial
of New York City by late traffic on some highways.
afternoon. The storm was New York Gov. Andrew
poised to drop as much as Cuomo said his state's first-
2 feet (0.6 meters) of snow round vaccine shipment
in some places by Thurs- had already been distrib-
day, and the pandemic uted to some 90 hospitals,
added new complexities with the next delivery not
to officials' preparations due until roughly Tuesday,
— deciding whether to well after the storm.
close testing sites, figuring The National Weather Ser-
out how to handle plow- vice said the storm was
ing amid outdoor dining "set to bring an overabun-
platforms in New York City A crew from BZ Pools in Johnstown, Pa., work on shoveling the sidewalks for several of their John- dance of hazards from the
streets, redefining school stown clients at the start of winter storm Gail on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. mid-Atlantic to the North-
snow days to mean an- Associated Press east," including freezing
other day of learning from rain and ice in the mid-At-
home, and more. bors shovel. first 3 million shots are be- vaccine shipments pre- lantic, heavy snow in the
"Our theme today ought to Still, officials said they didn't ing strictly limited to those cisely, has staffers already New York City area and
be, 'If it's not one thing, it's expect the winter blast to workers and to nursing in place to receive them southern New England,
another,'" New Jersey Gov. disrupt vaccine distribution, home residents. and believes the compa- strong winds and coastal
Phil Murphy said as he gave which began Monday for U.S. Health and Human Ser- nies transporting them can flooding, and possibly even
residents storm guidance frontline health care work- vices Secretary Alex Azar navigate the storm. severe thunderstorms and
that's new this year — mask ers, the first group to Ameri- said Wednesday that the "This is FedEx, this is UPS ex- some tornadoes in North
up if you help your neigh- cans to get the shots. The government is tracking the press shipping. They know Carolina's Outer Banks.q

Trump's company ordered to give evidence to NY investigators

hattan. tigation." or to the donation and that
Trump Organization lawyers "The level of knowledge the land being conserved
had argued that informa- that I know about this case in exchange for the tax
tion exchanged with Mas- is zero," Mastromonaco deduction was worth $21.1
tromonaco was privileged said. "If you know what zero million.
because he was providing means, it means nothing." James, a Democrat,
his expertise to the compa- Attorney General Letitia launched the investigation
ny's land-use attorney. En- James' investigators are last year after the Repub-
goron rejected that, saying looking at how the Trump lican president's longtime
Trump's lawyers previously Organization and its agents personal lawyer Michael
agreed attorney-client assessed the value of Seven Cohen told Congress that
privilege did not apply to Springs. Trump purchased the president had repeat-
Mastromonaco's work on the 212-acre (86-hectare) edly inflated the value of
This photo from Sept. 23, 2009, shows the entrance to Seven Seven Springs. property north of Manhat- his assets to obtain more fa-
Springs LLC, in Bedford, N.Y., a property owned by the Trump
family. A message seeking com- tan in 1995 with the inten- vorable terms for loans and
Associated Press ment was left with Trump tion of turning it into a golf insurance coverage.
lawyer Alan Futerfas. club. Trump's son, Eric, spoke to
By MICHAEL R. SISAK practices. Mastromonaco said he After that project failed to investigators in October
Associated Press Judge Arthur Engoron said worked on the property progress, he granted an via video after Engoron
NEW YORK (AP) — A New the Trump Organization about a decade ago and easement over 158 acres blocked his attempts to de-
York judge on Tuesday or- must turn over to the New that his duties included pre- (60 hectares) to a conser- lay the deposition until after
dered President Donald York attorney general's senting the project to the vation land trust in 2016 to the presidential election.
Trump's company to give office all communica- local planning board and qualify for an income tax James' investigation into
state investigators docu- tions involving Ralph Mas- designing a driveway. He deduction. Trump's business practices
ments related to a subur- tromonaco, an engineer told The Associated Press James' office said a profes- is civil, not criminal, in na-
ban estate that's the sub- who worked on the Seven he didn't see how his com- sional appraisal at the time ture and investigators have
ject of a civil investigation Springs estate in Westches- munications would "make determined Seven Springs yet to determine whether
into the family's business ter County, north of Man- any difference in any inves- was worth $56.5 million pri- any law was broken.q