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New York State’s recently-passed 2024-2025 budget included a lot of changes for the disability community. Direct Support Professionals, or DSPs, did not get the cost of living increase they were asking for in this year’s budget. Advocates say wages are too low for this profession, which leads to people seeking jobs elsewhere. In today’s episode, we talk about what DSPs provide to people with disabilities and the challenges of recruiting and retaining workers.

New York has been the first state to make the rebates available to those who implement specific home energy efficiency upgrades.

93-year-old West Point custodian makes history as one of the military academy’s oldest, longest working employees. Francis Ispeky credits his activeness and longevity to job. He says despite his age, he has no plans to retire. Francis Ispeky started working for West Point in 1969 when Lyndon B. Johnson...

Governor Kathy Hochul says she will seek reelection in 2026 and has already begun preparing her campaign.

CROSS RIVER, N.Y. - On June 18, friends, family, and faculty gathered at Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts for the graduation of the John Jay High School Class of 2024. Leading the class academically were valedictorian Alice Cai and salutatorian Shayna Kar, who along with student speaker Sofia Verone offered words of wisdom for their classmates and reflected on their time at John Jay High School.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER Valedictorian - Alice Cai  Good evening to the family, friends, faculty, and John Jay Class of 2024. The world is full of unanswered questions....

WAYNE, NJ – The North Jersey Chamber of Commerce's annual charity golf outing - this year benefitting the Passaic County 200 Club, will be held at the award-winning Ballyowen Golf Course on July 17th and there is still time to register your foursomes. The deadline for registration is July 10. To register to play, click here.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER For each of these annual North Jersey Chamber of Commerce outings, a benefactor, who will recieve the proceeds from the event, is randomly chosen. This year's benefactor is the Passaic County 200 Club, an organization...

CROSS RIVER, N.Y. - In his first public remarks since being announced as the Katonah-Lewisboro School District’s next superintendent, Dr. Raymond Blanch has promised to prepare students for “whatever challenges will come their way.” “Wherever they decide to go, whatever the pathways they lead, they must be prepared to find the next best opportunity going forward,” he told the school board’s June 20 meeting. Moments earlier, the board had voted unanimously to name him KLSD’s superintendent of schools, the same post he’s held since 2011 in neighboring Somers. “I’m just so excited to come to Katonah,” he said....

Two cannabis dispensary stores in Port Jervis have been shut down by state authorities following regulatory inspections of the businesses and products being dispensed from each. The inspection was conducted as part of a collaborative enforcement effort between the State Office of Cannabis Management, the State Department of Taxation and Finance, and law enforcement officers. State Police and Port Jervis Police officers were stationed outside of each store to ensure a peaceful process as is standard protocol for such visits. Port Jervis Police Chief William Worden noted that there were no issues at all in conducting the on-site inspections or the closing of the businesses by the enforcement team. He said this was a civil enforcement of new laws relating to cannabis sales and that such visits are being conducted all over the state. On-site regulatory inspections are part of new state initiatives relating to cannabis operations throughout the state. Stepped-up efforts to tackle the illicit cannabis marketplace include the power to immediately padlock a business if an inspection reveals the selling of illicit cannabis or an imminent threat to health and safety. Seals were placed on the doors of Smilies at 23 Front Street and Port Jervis CBD, located at 78 Front Street. Notices posted on the doors state that the businesses have been sealed by order of the Cannabis Control Board, that illicit cannabis has been seized from each, and that pursuant to state cannabis law and regulations, the businesses have been ordered to close and cease the sale of unapproved and unauthorized products. Business owners have the right to request a hearing to appeal the closure. The closures in Port Jervis are just two such enforcement actions that have taken place throughout the region over the past several months.

CARMEL- By reducing its carbon footprint and mitigating climate change, Putnam County has become certified as a Climate Change Community. Putnam’s Climate Smart has reduced greenhouse gas emissions and increased the usage of renewable energy. Specific steps included encouraging residents to practice sustainable habits such as recycling and preserving energy.

CARMEL- By a vote of 8-0, Legislator William Gouldman was absent, the Putnam County Legislature has approved applying for more than $700,000 in grants to repair and renovate facilities countywide. The action came at this week’s full meeting of the legislature when Legislator Greg Ellner who chairs the Physical Services...

NANUET - Two people have been arrested on multiple felony counts of possessing illegal firearms following the seizure of two handguns, ammunition, and ghost gun parts during a raid on their home, authorities said Wednesday. Authorities arrested Vivian Wu and Tao Zhang on multiple weapons possession charges, as well as...

The Clarkstown Police Department Detective Bureau is actively investigating two attempted car larcenies involving luxury vehicles in the New City area. The incidents occurred on Preakness Lane and Gable Road. Authorities are urging residents to review any camera footage they may have captured between the hours of 2:00 AM and...

State police say one person was seriously injured in a school bus crash in Orange County on Wednesday.

OAKLAND — A man already behind bars was charged with making online threats against law enforcement officers. Todd Gentile, 55, of Oakland, was charged after the office's Cyber Crimes Unit discovered "an emerging pattern" of posts on social media threatening to shoot law enforcement, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.

The family and the village of Montgomery held a special ceremony for Air Force Maj. John Nave, 93, who died earlier this year.

Three New York men were arrested Tuesday in connection to an home invasion in Teaneck in January in which the victims were allegedly held hostage for almost 4½ hours while their captors ransacked the home. After a six month investigation, Frank Salcedo, 43; Francisco Sandoval, 42; and Brian Arias,...

A person was fatally struck by an NJ Transit train Wednesday afternoon in Bergen County, officials said. The person, who was not identified, was struck by a Port Jervis Line train at 3:29 p.m. near the Plauderville Station in the vicinity of Van Winkle Avenue in Garfield, according to an NJ Transit spokesperson. The train had departed Port Jervis at 1:35 p.m. and was originally scheduled to arrive in Hoboken at 3:54 p.m.

A Connecticut man was killed following a crash with a garbage truck in Fairfield County.New Haven County resident Carlos Davila, age 30, of Ansonia, was killed around 6 a.m., Wednesday, July 3, in the area of 14 Mill Plain Road in Danbury.According to Erin Henry of the Danbury Police, Davila was dr…

On Monday, July 1, Erin Meehan-Fairben officially began her position as superintendent of Putnam County's Carmel Central School District, to which she holds deeply personal ties. A native of the area, Fairben was born in Putnam County Hospital and was raised within the Carmel community until she was around 5...

The events leading up to the rescue began in Putnam County on Sunday, June 23, when a microburst slammed the area of Lake Mahopac around 5:30 p.m., bringing heavy rains and high winds and knocking down trees and power lines. During this time, the owner of Mahopac's Freight House Cafe,...