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In light of issues surrounding the Albany Airport Authority Board, lawmakers raise questions about the state’s authorities (again)
The late Assemblyman Richard Brodsky, who once called New York state’s hundreds of authorities “quasi-public, Soviet-style bureaucracies” that constitute a “shadow government,” helped create the five-member Public Authorities Control Board (PACB) which helps oversee the state’s hundreds of authorities, and which must receive a resolution of approval prior to entering into any project-related financings.
Picente and Edge Comment on Wolfspeed’s Investment in Marcy
The Mohawk Valley learned about Wolfspeed's decision to invest more in the Mohawk Valley and to accelerate plans to build its 200-millimeter chip factory in the Marcy area, according to their quarterly earnings report. According to the company report, the new Mohawk Valley plant is producing results at “significantly” lower...
Deputies ask for help finding missing 16-year-old Oneida County girl
Vienna, N.Y. — Oneida County sheriff’s deputies are asking for help finding a missing 16-year-old girl. Lillianna S. Clark was last seen around 11:45 p.m. Friday night leaving her Vienna home in an unknown vehicle, deputies said. She left without her cell phone and her family has not...
Police made contact with alleged killer of Utica principal the night before her death
UTICA, N.Y. — On August 19, an Oneida County Sheriff's Deputy responded to a call from someone concerned about a stranger following them and acting strange. That stranger was Jeremy Kirch. He was eventually brought to the house of his girlfriend, Elizabeth Gerling, who told the deputy she had been waiting for Kirch at home.
First-Year Students Arrive at MVCC
UTICA, N.Y. -- MVCC welcomed first-year and transfer students to campus on Thursday. The college moved in 200 first-year students on the first day of orientation, which is an increase compared to last year. The school hopes new students will have a fun three-day orientation that including a food truck,...
Rare equine virus that can infect humans found in 7 more NY counties
Albany, N.Y. — The state Department of Health said it had confirmed cases of Eastern equine encephalitis in horses in seven more upstate counties this week, days after confirming that a horse in the town of Newburgh had died of the virus last week. Testing confirmed that the virus...
Mobile Vaccination Clinics for School-Aged Children in Oneida County
UTICA, N.Y. -- The Oneida County Health Department, in partnership with the Rome City School District and the City of Utica, is organizing mobile vaccination clinics throughout Oneida County. These clinics provide vaccines to school-aged children. The following locations will offer vaccinations:. Rome Free Academy, 95 Dart Cir., Rome, on...
$646 Million Investment to Transform New York’s Health Care Workforce
Paving the Way for Future Health Care Professionals. New York has announced a transformative initiative for its health care sector, allocating up to $646 million over the next three years to the Career Pathways Training (CPT) Program. This program, supported by Workforce Investment Organizations (WIOs) such as 1199SEIU Training and Employment Funds, Iroquois Healthcare Association, and the Finger Lakes Performing Provider System, aims to recruit and train thousands of new health, mental health, and social care workers. This investment will address critical workforce shortages and enhance career advancement opportunities for existing professionals across the state.
Day 4 of the Great New York State Fair
GEDDES, N.Y. — Saturday is the fourth day of the Great New York State Fair. Mostly sunny morning then a partly sunny sky at times with high thin clouds around, a dry day. Even warmer temperatures, even a little above the normal high. Little to no wind. High of 82 degrees.
New York: Watch Out for These Dancing Insects – They Hurt!
This summer, New Yorkers may come across a curious sight: thousands of white fluffy insects dancing on local beech trees. While these tiny dancers (check out how they shake it in the video below) may look fun, their name, as well as their painful defense mechanism, are no joke. Dancing...
New York civil rights champion Alice Green dies at 84
ALBANY, N.Y. — Alice Green, a prominent civil rights advocate from the Adirondacks, died this week from cardiac arrest at the age of 84. Born in South Carolina, Green and her family fled the Jim Crow South for the Adirondacks. In 1985, she founded the Albany-based Center for Law and Justice, a nonprofit civil rights organization.
ANDRO in Rome selected for federal contract award
ROME — ANDRO Computational Services, of Rome, has been selected for a prime slot under the first set of competitive One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services Plus (OASIS+) contract awards by the U.S. General Services Administration, according to company officials. OASIS+ Small Business is one of six competitively awarded...
Hochul declares disaster emergency on Long Island after historic storms
SMITHTOWN, N.Y. - Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a disaster emergency for Suffolk County following this week's record rainfall. Grants of $50,000 will be available to eligible homeowners in Nassau and Suffolk Counties to address health and safety-related repairs not covered by insurance or other disaster relief programs.Nursery school "was a disaster"On Long Island, there were numerous reports of flooded basements, abandoned cars, and even some water rescues. In Smithtown, St. Andrew's Nursey School's classrooms in St. Andrew's Lutheran Church were destroyed. but rebuilding has begun. "The water had receded, but there was mud and furniture and everything just strewn all about the...
New testing requirements at New York State Fair to prevent bird flu spreading in cows
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Matt Sharpe and his cows from Truxton are regulars at the New York State Fair, used to all of the testing and veterinarian checks that need to happen in order to get through the gates. This year, there's a new requirement thanks to an unprecedented concern;...
Former Trump advisor Steve Bannon must face NY criminal fraud trial, judge rules
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former Donald Trump advisor Steve Bannon must face trial in New York on criminal-fraud charges over a push to fund the former U.S. president's signature wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, a judge ruled on Friday.
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