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Cuomo loses Upstate NY again, but holds onto big cities | syracuse.com

Source: Cuomo loses Upstate NY again, but holds onto big cities | syracuse.com

New York Election Results – The New York Times

Source: New York Election Results – The New York Times

2018 Local, County, State and Federal Election Results in the Town of Peru

Peru – 2,412 votes were cast not including 48 affadavits and unopened absentee ballots. Approximately 58% of Peru’s 4,295 registered voters cast ballots, up from 49% in the last non-presidential election year (2014). Town Council: Rick Barber – 1,210; Kregg Bruno – 1,150 Town Justice: Lawrence Cabana – 2,213 Town Clerk: Dianne Miller – 2,223 […]

Governor Cuomo Announces Completion of $42.9 billion modernization of Plattsburgh International Airport

Revitalized Airport Offers New Customs Facility and Air Cargo Receiving and Distribution Center, Easing Travel and Encouraging Business Growth  Photos of the New Airport Are Available Here Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the completion of a $42.9 million project to modernize the Plattsburgh International Airport. The upgraded facility will improve the passenger experience and better […]

Champlain Valley Family Center opens Clinton County’s first detox, rehabilitation facility

Located in Schuyler Falls Source: Champlain Valley Family Center opens Clinton County’s first detox, rehabilitation facility

State Dept. of Transportation Set to Hire Nearly 500 Maintenance Workers

Snow and Ice Staff Needed in Advance of Winter Weather Season New York State Department of Transportation Acting Commissioner Paul A. Karas today announced that applications are available for approximately 470 positions as permanent and seasonal maintenance staff all across Upstate New York and Long Island. Beginning in September each year, the Department begins to […]

Statewide Survey of NY Landowners About Black Bears is Underway

DEC is partnering with the Center for Conservation Social Sciences (CCSS) at Cornell University on a survey of roughly 11,000 randomly-selected New York landowners to better understand public perceptions of and preferences for black bear population levels. The survey is being sent out this fall to owners of both large and small residential properties, and […]

How was fatal limo allowed to stay on the road? – Times Union

Source: How was fatal limo allowed to stay on the road? – Times Union

NORTH COUNTRY AT WORK: Forest rangers gear up to tackle growing number of backcountry emergencies 

Source: NORTH COUNTRY AT WORK: Forest rangers gear up to tackle growing number of backcountry emergencies – LakePlacidNews.com | News and information on the Lake Placid and Essex County region of New York – Lake Placid News

Limo company failed to obtain DOT ‘authority’ to transport passengers – Times Union

Source: Limo company failed to obtain DOT ‘authority’ to transport passengers – Times Union

Former Cuomo political ally pleads guilty to setting up illegal donation to governor’s 2014 campaign – 

Source: Former Cuomo political ally pleads guilty to setting up illegal donation to governor’s 2014 campaign – NY Daily News

Pressure grows on Cuomo to hire more Adirondack forest rangers | NCPR News

Source: Pressure grows on Cuomo to hire more Adirondack forest rangers | NCPR News

Limo failed inspection, driver not properly licensed, Cuomo says – Times Union

Source: Limo failed inspection, driver not properly licensed, Cuomo says – Times Union

Is there evidence to support New York’s marijuana-opioid law? – Times Union

Source: Is there evidence to support New York’s marijuana-opioid law? – Times Union

$7 million verdict raises questions about state litigation practices 

Source: $7 million verdict raises questions about state litigation practices – Times Union

Potential state Senate power shift offers big implications for upstate 

Source: Potential state Senate power shift offers big implications for upstate – The Buffalo News

How Sheldon Silver Manages to Brush Off Challenges, Including Prison 

Source: How Sheldon Silver Manages to Brush Off Challenges, Including Prison – The New York Times

Editorial board meeting with Marc Molinaro: 6 takeaways

GOP Candidate for Governor of NYS Source: Editorial board meeting with Marc Molinaro: 6 takeaways

Law Banning Stand-Alone Mausoleums Signed

Legislation sponsored by Senator Betty Little and Assemblyman Billy Jones banning the construction of stand-alone mausoleums in New York State was signed into law yesterday by Governor Andrew Cuomo. The North Country lawmakers proposed the measure in the wake of the abandonment of Whispering Maples Memorial Gardens in the towns of Plattsburgh and Ellenburg.  Both […]

Senate GOP reviews New York’s parole process – Times Union

Source: Senate GOP reviews New York’s parole process – Times Union

DEC Rangers Are Quiet Heroes

Here is an example of the service DEC Forest Rangers provide to us each and every day. Town of Newcomb Essex County Wildland Rescue: At 5:36 p.m. on Sept. 30, DEC’s Ray Brook Dispatch received a call from a hiker reporting his partner had injured his knee descending a steep, eroded section of the Mount […]

Cuomo Searches for New Chair of the Adirondack Park Agency 

Source: Cuomo Searches for New Chair of the Adirondack Park Agency – – The Adirondack Almanack

Comptroller: City of Plattsburgh in ‘moderate fiscal stress’ 

Source: Comptroller: City in ‘moderate fiscal stress’ – Sun Community News & Printing

New Adirondack Welcome Center enthralls visitors, area officials 

Source: New Adirondack Welcome Center enthralls visitors, area officials – Sun Community News & Printing

He Was Governor Cuomo’s Closest Aide. Now He’s Going to Prison for 6 Years 

Source: He Was Governor Cuomo’s Closest Aide. Now He’s Going to Prison for 6 Years. – The New York Times