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‘Assassin’ Game Underway at Some New York High Schools
A controversial game involving high school seniors and water guns has begun in some high schools across New York. Should parents be concerned?. As the end of the school year approaches most schools across New York and in the Hudson Valley do different things to celebrate the school's graduating senior class every year. Schools hold graduation ceremonies, some offer seniors the chance to go on a senior class trip to somewhere special and some schools choose to allow seniors to participate in a controversial game involving water guns.
CNY Food Truck Battle 2024: And the winners are ...
Geddes, N.Y. — The 2024 food-fest season started this weekend with the annual Food Truck Battle at the New York State Fairgrounds. Some 60 portable chefs set up shop at Chevy Court Friday and Saturday to remind us foodies what Central New York really has to offer. These food trucks offered their full-priced menus and gave newbies a shot at their samples items for $3 to $6.
Groups call for investigation into NY state pension funds over possible ties to ‘predatory’ legal lenders
New York’s pension funds should be investigated to probe whether the massive accounts are supporting the shady world of third-party legal lending, a newly united coalition of critics said. The wide-ranging group – representing business, labor and government – called on state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli and city Comptroller Brad Lander to dig into how their pension funds may be investing in hedge funds that profit off of legal lending. “This industry’s pernicious business model employs usurious interest rates to prey on injured New Yorkers – and our cities and towns, schools and hospitals, and other public entities are footing the bill,” the...
Bus crash reporting opens window on lives of migrant workers in our midst (Editorial Board Opinion)
Migrant laborers are here in Central New York but are largely invisible to us until we are forced to look — as in the horrific North Country bus crash in January 2023 that left six men dead and nine injured. A box truck traveling in the opposite direction crossed...
Masked protests target of N.Y. legislation criminalizing face coverings
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A piece of state legislation would criminalize face coverings in certain group settings, in part to crackdown on masked protestors. Assemblyman Michael Reilly (R-South Shore) introduced the legislation that would make it a crime to cover one’s face when engaged in protest, rally or other public assembly.
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