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NY Judges to Get More Power in Setting Bail, Part of $229B State Budget Deal: Hochul
Judges in New York will have more discretion to jail people awaiting trial for alleged crimes, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Thursday night, a policy change fiercely resisted by some of her fellow Democrats.
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NY State Allowing 12 Weeks Paid Parental Leave for Some Employees
More than 10,000 New York state employees will be eligible for 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave starting Tuesday under a new policy from Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul's $227 Billion State Budget Helps NYC Transit, Migrant Response
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed dramatic spending to help New York City handle a wave of international migrants and to stabilize its reeling public transit system with her $227 billion state budget Wednesday, even as she warned of tougher economic times ahead.
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New York Man Seen Smoking Cigar During Capitol Riot Charged for Breaking Window: FBI
Dominic Pezzola, 43, was charged in the federal complaint with destruction of government property, obstruction of an official proceeding and illegally entering a restricted building.
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NY Town Built on Guns Ponders Future After Remington Plant Sale
Workers at the sprawling Remington factory in this upstate New York village took pride in a local gunmaking tradition stretching back to the days of flintlock rifles. Now they’re looking ahead with uncertainty. Jacquie Sweeney and her husband were among almost 600 workers fired by the company this week, a few months after Remington Outdoor Co. sought bankruptcy protection for…
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De Blasio to Vote Early Tuesday as Calls to Expand Voting Hours Grow
New Yorkers lined up to vote early for a third consecutive day Monday, many waiting under umbrellas, after a weekend that saw a crush of more than 400,000 voters statewide.
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Feds Fault Operator, State Regulators in New York Limo Crash That Killed 20
Federal investigators examining the upstate New York limo crash that killed 20 people attending a 30th birthday in 2018 said Tuesday that state regulators repeatedly failed to properly oversee a poorly maintained vehicle with corroded brakes that hurtled down a road at more than 100 mph and slammed into an embankment.
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Car Drives Through Crowd in NYC as Protests Erupt Over Death of Black Man Put in ‘Spit Hood' by Cops
The man who suffocated after police in New York’s third-largest city put a “spit hood” over his head was the loving father of five adult children, had some mental health issues but was harmless, and had just arrived in Rochester for a visit with his brother, his aunt said. Daniel Prude, 41, known to his big Chicago-based family by the…
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We Fear It'll Never Be the Same: NYers Fleeing COVID-Ravaged City Fuel Housing Boom
If the outbreak roars back in New York City, Anil and Joyce Lilly will not be sheltering again in their Bronx apartment. They just bought a house an hour north in the Hudson Valley. “We need more elbow room,” said Joyce Lilly, explaining their move to Washingtonville, New York. “Because we were locked into the apartment for three months, a…
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To Battle Opioid Crisis, Some Track Overdoses in Real Time
Overdose tracking systems are giving near real-time glimpses into the ravages of the opioid-fueled drug crisis. The Hudson Valley Interlink Analytic System in New York is among a number of surveillance systems being adopted around the country by police, government agencies and community groups.
