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6 Cold Cases With Rewards In New York
New York State Crime Stoppers is offering rewards for information that helps solve these 6 cold cases. If you have any information about any of these cases, please contact the NYS Crime Stoppers tip line at 1-866-313-TIPS (8477). 1. Suspected Killer: Mtayari Z. Dixon. (NYSCS Case #2022-108) Mtayari Z. Dixon...
Shocking Map Predicts Major Parts of New Jersey Underwater by 2050
We have heard for years how climate change will cause rising water levels. A new map shows a densely populated area of New Jersey expected to be underwater by the year 2050. Even though climate change is a much-debated topic, some facts just can't be ignored. According to Climate Central,...
Negotiations yet to begin on latest 'Grieving Families' bill
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The New York State Legislature for three consecutive sessions has overwhelmingly passed what supporters call the Grieving Families Act. The governor has twice vetoed the bill and lawmakers have not yet delivered it to her this year. "To be candid, negotiations haven't begun in earnest. I...
Gov. Hochul secures federal aid for Suffolk as storm ravages county
Suffolk County Executive Ed Romaine (R) and Town of Brookhaven Supervisor Dan Panico (R), declared a State of Emergency, following the Aug. 18-19 devastating storm. Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) responded by procuring President Joe Biden’s (D) approval for a federal Emergency Declaration. This allows for federal resources and assistance to be provided for the necessary repairs, prevalent in hard-hit western and middle Suffolk. FEMA will provide emergency protective measures, such as the protection of critical infrastructure facilities. According to the state’s website, “with this Emergency Declaration secured, New York’s disaster recovery experts are continuing to work with local and federal partners, to determine the state’s ability to also request a federal Major Disaster Declaration and low-interest loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration.”
NYS bills propose changing maximum age limit for police civil service exam
ALBANY, N.Y. (WTEN) — With police departments across the state struggling with recruitment, two competing bills are working their way through the legislature that could increase the pot of candidates. Right now the maximum age limit to take the civil service exam to become a police officer is 35. If Republican Senator George Borrello has […]
NYS Fair lost and found boasts an eclectic collection of items from dentures to car keys
GEDDES, N.Y. — Each year at the Great New York State Fair, a collection of lost items grows each day at the New York State Police Headquarters. Right across from the train tracks at the fairgrounds state police dispatch comes in, along with all sorts of other random items.
Relocation for Resilience: Protecting Homes and Businesses from Climate Change
This is a companion piece to Retrofit for Resilience: Protecting Homes and Businesses from Climate Change. In the United States, relocation as a method of flood-risk negation has a lengthy history dating back to Tennessee in the 1930s. Towns would purchase properties out from owners in order to install dams that would ideally mitigate further water damage from heavy storms.
New York Man Busted for Attempting To Sell This Leopard
You can search New York State far and wide and you will not find a leopard in the wild. Not in Buffalo, Ballston Spa or Beacon. The only place that you might find a leopard in New York is at the Bronx Zoo, Seneca Zoo, Staten Island Zoo, etc. So how did one appear in Delaware County?
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