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First reported case of measles in N.Y. outside city confirmed

The first reported case of measles in New York state, outside of New York City, has been confirmed by the New York State Health Department and the Wadsworth Lab in Albany. The department says that the patient is a 5-year-old who lives in Suffolk County. This marks the third case...

Suffolk County, NY · 2025-03-15
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Hochul, Trump fail to reach agreement on congestion pricing in high-stakes meeting — as prez says he won’t divulge ‘private conversation’

Try, try again – if you didn’t succeed in your last Oval Office meeting. President Trump and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul failed to reach a formal agreement on congestion pricing Friday, according to a spokesperson for the governor who nonetheless called the high-stakes White House meeting “productive.” The sit-down came just a week after Hochul cast herself as leader of the anti-Trump “resistance” amid growing tensions with the president, especially after the feds moved to kill congestion pricing, as well as sued the Empire State over its sanctuary city policies for undocumented immigrants. Gov. Hochul’s unguarded prisons and...

New York · 2025-03-14

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Wendel Calls for Full Repeal of HALT Act, Opposes Hochul's Executive Order Blacklisting Fired COs

The end of the 22-day wildcat strike across the New York State prison system and subsequent executive order issued by Governor Kathy Hochul have prompted a response from Chautauqua County's top elected official. In a video message on Friday, County Executive P.J. Wendel said he stands strongly opposed to Hochul's order that bans striking corrections officers from future employment in the state's public service system. He is asking Hochul to reconsider her order...

New York · 2025-03-15
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Guardsmen face ‘awful’ conditions ‘mentally and physically’ in NY prisons

As New York State correctional officers return to work following the official end of the wildcat strike, more than 6,000 New York Army National Guard soldiers and airmen remain in state prisons on an involuntary order to maintain operations. Reports of challenging work conditions for guardsmen in the prisons spread...

New York · 2025-03-14
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N.Y. Gov. Hochul urges residents to prepare for heavy rain and potential flooding

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is directing state agencies to prepare for heavy rain and the potential for flooding this weekend. From Saturday afternoon through the evening, parts of Central and Western New York could experience thunderstorms and gusty winds. On Sunday, heavy rains statewide...

New York · 2025-03-15

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Investigation into officer assault at Altona Correctional underway

Female officer attacked inside a dorm as another incarcerated individual rushed to her aid. IALTONA | An investigation has been launched into a recent assault on a corrections officer at Altona Correctional Facility. According to the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Saturday, the female officer was on duty inside...

Altona, NY · 2025-03-15

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Visitation resumes at some corrections facilities across New York

Visitation resumes this weekend at some corrections facilities across New York state. According to the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, Beford Hills, Fishkill, Green Haven, Hale Creek, Hudson, Queensboro, Shawangunk, Sing Sing and Taconic will allow for visitation only on weekends. Each facility will follow their...

New York · 2025-03-15

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Is It Legal For Officers To Run Your Plates Anytime They Want In New York?

The motto "to protect and serve" started with the Los Angeles Police Department in the 1960's. Today many departments across the United States have adopted the same for their city. New York State Troopers use "serve, protect and defend". For New York State Troopers, as well as city and town...

New York · 2025-03-15

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Funding Cut For Feeding Children In New York

Farmers and children in New York just had funding for food slashed. There's bad news for families and farmers in New York after Trump decided to pull a $1 billion food aid program. A program that benefited New York Farmers and hungry children has had its funding cut by Trump....

New York · 2025-03-15

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Nobody Lives In Upstate New York…Here’s Why

Upstate New York has breathtaking views, charming towns, and magical fall foliage... But if it’s so picturesque, why isn’t everyone rushing to live there?. Before diving in, let’s clarify what “Upstate New York” means. It includes regions like the Capital District, the Mohawk Valley, Central New York, the Southern Tier, the Finger Lakes, Western New York, and the North Country.

New York · 2025-03-15

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New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland Virginia in line for severe thunderstorms Sunday

We have arrived at the doorstep of the weekend and it is going to start out dry but end with showers, thunderstorms and the potential for severe weather. Before we get there however we still have an onshore flow today and this will keep temperatures in check once again. Overnight low clouds will burn off and we should see some breaks of sun especially inland. However that back door front will start to move northward in response to a developing major storm in the Plains. Highs today will be in the 50s with cooler 40s along the immediate coast.

New Jersey · 2025-03-15

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Heavily-Armed “Drug Dealer” With AR-15 Busted in Upstate New York

An alleged heavily-armed drug dealer was arrested in Upstate New York. The man is now facing over 25 felony charges. The East Greenbush Police Department confirmed the arrest on Wednesday. Upstate New York Man Arrested Following Multiple Search Warrants. Reynaldo Gonzalez 48, of East Greenbush was taken into custody by...

East Greenbush, NY · 2025-03-15

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Norwegian company pulls plug on planned battery storage facility in Carmel after protests

An energy company controlled by the country of Norway has withdrawn its proposal to build the state’s largest battery storage facility in Carmel on the Putnam-Westchester line, handing a victory to the grassroots campaign that sought to stop it. The town of Carmel received the news on March 11 in a terse email from Will Frost, senior project developer for East Point Energy, a subsidiary of Equinor, a corporation that's 67% owned by the Norwegian government. “It is with regret that I formally request the removal of the Union Energy Center from consideration within any town approval process,” the...

Carmel Hamlet, NY · 2025-03-14

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NYS Supreme County overturns Real Property Law 575-b

On March 4, 2025, New York’s Supreme Court in Albany ruled that the State’s property tax assessment calculation for renewable energy projects was invalid. This decision has the potential to upend alternative energy projects in the state. The court ruled that Real Property Tax Law 575-b is unconstitutional.

New York · 2025-03-14