Northeast

NY preps for staff shortages with health care vaccine mandate

Gov. Kathy Hochul said Saturday she is prepared to call in medically trained National Guard members, retirees and workers outside New York to address potential staffing shortages caused by an approaching vaccine mandate for health care workers.

New Jersey set to shed $182M Unilever assets over Ben & Jerry's boycott

A New Jersey state treasury official said on Wednesday it is set to divest $182 million in Unilever Plc (ULVR.L) stock and bonds held by its pension funds over the restriction of sales by the consumer giant's Ben & Jerry's ice cream brand in Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories.