Archive for 'State Government News'
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
Posted: March 7th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Political News, State Government News.
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NY officials offer striking corrections officers a deal, bypassing union
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Posted: March 7th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Political News, State Government News.
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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 […]
Posted: March 5th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Political News, State Government News, State Legislator News.
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More than half of corrections officers still on NY prison strike statewide
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Posted: March 5th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, State Government News.
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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 […]
Posted: March 5th, 2025 under Law Enforcement News, Regional NY-VT News, State Government News.
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State to offer $80 million for flood resiliency projects
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Posted: March 4th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Environmental News, Northern NY News, State Government News, Statewide News.
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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
Posted: March 4th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Business News, General News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, State Government News.
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Corrections officers fired as tentative deal fails to end wildcat strike
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Posted: March 3rd, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Community Events, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Peru News, Political News, State Government News, State Legislator News, Statewide News, Upstate New York.
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Health insurance ending for corrections officers still on strike; National Guard still deployed
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Posted: March 3rd, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, State Government News, State Legislator News, Statewide News, Upstate New York.
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Prison guards on strike have a list of complaints. Does NY’s deal address them?
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Posted: March 2nd, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Political News, State Government News, State Legislator News, Statewide News.
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Gov. Hochul addresses corrections mediation agreement
Hochul said the “resolution is just the beginning” to address systemic issues Click here for the Sun Community News story
Posted: March 1st, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Political News, State Government News.
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APA 2024 Annual Report Highlights Include Efforts to Enhance Science, Public Engagement, and Community Outreach
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Posted: March 1st, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Environmental News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, State Government News.
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Here’s what conditions inside NY prisons have been like during the strikes
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Posted: February 28th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, State Government News.
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Mediator for state, union announces tentative agreement to end prison strikes
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Posted: February 28th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Political News, State Government News, State Legislator News, Statewide News.
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Environmental Conservation Police on Patrol
Animal Abuse Investigation in Jefferson County, Long Haul Violations in Sullivan County, and Ice Fishing Violations on Oneida Lake Animal Abuse Investigation – Jefferson County On Jan. 30, Environmental Crimes Investigator Jackson responded to a call from a concerned resident who reported finding the carcass of an animal believed to be a coyote near Skinner […]
Posted: February 27th, 2025 under Business News, Environmental News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, State Government News, Upstate New York.
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New York State Police changing color of troopers’ patrol cars
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Posted: February 27th, 2025 under Law Enforcement News, Peru/Regional History, State Government News, Statewide News.
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Labor relations expert weighs in on NY prison strikes
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Posted: February 26th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Political News, State Government News, State Legislator News, Statewide News.
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Successful Youth Deer Hunting Pilot Program Report Released
Feb. 14 – New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Interim Commissioner Sean Mahar announced another safe year of hunting seasons, with 2024-25 seasons being the second safest on record. DEC released its annual report documenting hunting-related shooting incidents (HRSIs) and tree stand/elevated hunting incidents and the numbers are consistent with the low incident […]
Posted: February 26th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Environmental News, Law Enforcement News, State Government News, Statewide News.
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Correction officer families take to Albany
Assemblyman Billy Jones and other lawmakers met with families as mediation continued Tuesday Click here for the Sun Community News story
Posted: February 26th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Political News, State Government News, State Legislator News.
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DOCCS, NYSCOPBA update ongoing mediation
Further updates expected in the coming days Click here for the Sun Community News story
Posted: February 26th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, State Government News, Statewide News.
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Snowmobiler loses consciousness, reports pain after Fourth Lake crash; Chapel Pond climber injures leg after slipping on ice, receives carry-out rescue
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Posted: February 26th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, State Government News.
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DOCCS serving striking corrections officers with ‘legal papers’
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Posted: February 25th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, National News, Northern NY News, State Government News, Statewide News.
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Mediations begin as New York prison protests, strikes continue statewide
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Posted: February 25th, 2025 under Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Political News, State Government News, State Legislator News.
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New York Senate shuts down attempt to repeal the ‘HALT Act’
Sen. Dan Stec tried to repeal a law from 2022 that placed restrictions on solitary confinement. Click here for the MYNBC5 story
Posted: February 25th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Political News, State Government News, State Legislator News, Statewide News.
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Lt. Gov. abandons reelection ticket alongside Hochul
Delgato expected to run for governor Click here for the Sun Community News story
Posted: February 25th, 2025 under Northern NY News, Political News, State Government News.
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