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Archive for 'State Government News'

Northern New York mom prepares to advocate for Complex Care Assistant Bill in Albany

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As standoff over motel program continues, residents grapple with uncertainty

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State Conservative Party says Stec is preferred candidate for NY-21

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GOVERNOR HOCHUL ANNOUNCES MORE THAN 55,000 TICKETS ISSUED DURING STATEWIDE IMPAIRED DRIVING ENFORCEMENT MOBILIZATION

55,661 Tickets Issued Statewide for Various Vehicle and Traffic Law Violations 1,224 Tickets Issued Statewide for Impaired Driving March 21, 2025 – Governor Kathy Hochul today announced law enforcement agencies throughout the State issued 55,661 tickets for various vehicle and traffic law violations, including 1,224 tickets for impaired driving, during a statewide mobilization targeting impaired […]

AG won’t charge Onondaga County deputy who shot and killed two teens in stolen car

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Stec, Gray announce joint resolution to rescend Governor’s CO employment ban

Senator Dan Stec (R, C-Queensbury) and Assemblyman Scott Gray (R, C-Watertown) today announced a joint legislative resolution to rescind an executive order banning fired correction officers from all government employment. Senate Resolution B515 would eliminate Executive Order 47.3 and restore rights taken away from 2,000 correction officers who went on strike to protest unsafe working […]

Sixty-three children and teens reported as runaways were found safe, due to the efforts of a first-of-its-kind operation in the Capital Region.

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NY lawmakers push to make Daylight Saving Time permanent

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Should seniors only be eligible for rebate checks? NY lawmakers think so

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Snowmobiler travelled approximately 150 feet in the air on the vehicle before being ejected and travelling another nearly 150 feet

Town of Indian Lake Hamilton County Snowmobile Accident: On March 4 at 11:30 a.m., Hamilton County received a 911 call about an unconscious snowmobiler on Indian Lake. Environmental Conservation Police Officer (ECO) Newell arrived first at the scene, followed by Forest Ranger Milano and an Indian Lake Paramedic. The 55-year-old from Hillsdale had hit an ice […]

Common Sense Media supports Hochul’s ‘bell-to-bell’ smartphone restraints

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Former corrections officers speak out after being fired for strike participation

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Assemblyman Billy Jones: Statement on Governor’s Executive Order No. 47.3

            “I strongly oppose the Governor’s recent Executive Order declaring a state of emergency at correctional facilities and barring terminated New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (NYSDOCCS) from future employment at other state, county or local government agencies. This is an absolute ridiculous usurpation of local control and an overreach of executive […]

New York prison strike ends after 22 days, DOCCS says, as 2,000 employees terminated

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Agreement reached between DOCCS and NYSCOPBA, workers could return Monday

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Peru Central School student Connor Baehre selected to attend League’s Students Inside Albany Conference

  Plattsburgh, NY- Connor Baehre, a high school junior from Peru Central School, has been selected to attend this year’s Students Inside Albany Conference sponsored by the League of Women Voters of New York State Education Foundation, Inc. Annika Pair from Northern Adirondack Central School has been chosen 1st alternate and Lino Caputo from Boquet Valley […]

APA: Milfoil-killing herbicide doing its job

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NYSCOPBA: New deal offered by state to striking prison staff is ‘illegal’

DOCCS said anyone off the job who returns to work on March 7 will not face consequences Click here for the MYNBC5 story 

NY officials offer striking corrections officers a deal, bypassing union

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Resolving the corrections officers strike takes more than rhetoric, it needs legislative action

A Legislative Column by Senator Dan Stec (R, C-Queensbury)             We’re now more than two weeks into the correction officer strikes happening across New York State. Thousands of dedicated men and women have risked, and continue to risk, their livelihoods and their health care for one reason: there has never been a less safe time […]

More than half of corrections officers still on NY prison strike statewide

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DEC Forest Rangers and NYS Police rescue three persons injured in Vermont plane crash

Bennington County, Vermont Wilderness Rescue: On Feb. 26 at 9:20 a.m., New York State Police (NYSP) Aviation received a call to assist with a plane crash on Mt. Equinox in Bennington County, Vermont. The report indicated three passengers were aboard the plane at the time of the crash. Forest Rangers Gullen and Thompson were preparing for […]

State to offer $80 million for flood resiliency projects

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Frontier Town becomes catalyst for changing New York state land acquisitions

Frontier Town Campground, Equestrian and Day Use Area is not quite “the gateway to the Adirondacks,” state and local officials had hoped for when they donned cowboy hats for its grand opening in 2018.  Click here for the Adirondack Almanac story 

Corrections officers fired as tentative deal fails to end wildcat strike

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