Syracuse, N.Y. - Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh is going into a precautionary quarantine after Binghamton Mayor Rich David announced he has tested positive for COVID 19.
David was at an event hosted by Walsh yesterday at Syracuse City Hall Commons. The event was attended by 8 other Mayors along with other people and press, some of those in attendence have also gone into quaratine as a precaution. Walsh's office said the Mayor's contact was minimal and that the quarantine is out of an abundance of caution.
Those in attendance in addition to Mayor Walsh were:
- Mayor Rich David, Binghamton and NYCOM President (has tested positive)
- Mayor Svante Myrick, City of Ithaca
- Mayor Francis X. Murray, Rockville Centre
- Mayor Kathy Sheehan, Albany
- Mayor Robert T. Kennedy, Freeport
- Mayor RuthAnn Loveless, Hamilton
- Mayor Gary McCarthy, Schenectady
- Mayor Richard Milne, Honeoye Falls
- Mayor Mark Olson, Fayetteville
- Peter A. Baynes, NYCOM Executive Director