New York’s governor just escalated the measles fight to disaster status. On Monday, Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a statewide emergency, marking the first measles disaster declaration by a US state since the 2025 spike, reports Reuters. New York has logged 108 cases so far this year as of Oct. 3, 92 of them since mid-July, largely in undervaccinated rural areas in 18 counties. Gothamist notes that Otsego, Seneca, and Steuben counties are among the hardest hit, according to a state tracker.
“No one should get seriously ill or die from a vaccine-preventable disease,” Hochul said. The New
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