The slim chance of a coronavirus stimulus measure before the November 3 general election was ended on Tuesday as the U.S. Senate adjourned until November 9. 

The adjournment of the Senate by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell ended the possibility of a pre-election relief bill that could have led to money for individual taxpayers, further relief for small businesses continuing to struggle during the pandemic, and billions of dollars in aid for state and local governments. 

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is seeking tens of billions of dollars in direct federal aid to plug a budget gap creating by the pandemic and efforts to control the virus. 

Cuomo has warned the state budget next year could lead to reductions in spending, tax increases on the rich and increase borrowing measures in order to close the gap without aid from the federal government. 

Still, Cuomo has remained optimistic a deal is possible at some point, potentially under a Biden administration and Democratic control of Congress.

But aid to states has been a key sticking point in the talks between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin. McConnell, too, has not been supportive of aiding states who lost revenue while non-essential businesses and schools closed to combat the virus. 

Meanwhile, COVID-19 cases are on the rise once again in parts of the country and in "hotspots" in New York, including the Southern Tier, Hudson Valley and parts of New York City.