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Hochul pushes for parent forums, more voices, fast movement in pursuit of phone ban
Gov. Kathy Hochul visited East Syracuse Minoa Central School Thursday, and she discussed various school-related issues including her potential ban on cell phones in the classroom. School districts, students and parents have asked for this, she says, and "we just have to work out a lot of the mechanics of how this will happen."
Changes to NY poll sites and hours face new scrutiny under 2022 voting rights law
Westchester and Monroe counties and other New York jurisdictions will soon need permission from the state attorney general or a judge before moving a voting site or making other election changes. Under part of a 2022 state law that takes effect this month, certain counties and other jurisdictions must get what is known as preclearance to alter their election procedures. That means applying to the Attorney General's Office or going before a state judge for approval for...
Prize-Winning Ticket Worth $50,000 Sold In Central New York
A third prize winning ticket worth $50,000 was sold in Central New York. Was this your Powerball ticket?. The New York Lottery announced one third-prize-winning ticket was sold for the September 4th Powerball drawing here in Central New York at the Byrne Dairy in Liverpool. According to CNY Central, a...
NY enacts panic button law despite retailer pushback
A bill intended to increase retail worker safety and prevent workplace violence, which was heartily opposed by a major retailer earlier this year, was signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul Wednesday. The Retail Worker Safety Act would require the adoption of a violence prevention plan, workers to be trained in de-escalation and the installation of panic buttons throughout corporate retail stores. The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), who spearheaded the act, touted its passage...
New York State Forcing Businesses To Stop Doing This
New York State has new rules about using gift cards. This is great if you have gift cards that have been sitting in your drawer and you live in New York State. You know how you have had them there are they are sitting there for a while and you are wondering if they expire? Maybe your gift cards take money off every year that it sits there.
Warning: ‘Do Not Touch’ These Venomous New York Caterpillars
An eagle-eyed Hudson Valley hiker recently spotted one of the coolest caterpillars in New York State... then came the warnings. Caterpillars can be a touchy subject in New York. From the spongy moth caterpillar catastrophe earlier in the summer to the fickle weather predictions of the woolly bear caterpillar, these little insects can cause quite a fuss. Some, however, can be dangerous.
Mayor Of New York State’s Second Largest City Offered New Job
The rumors on the internents that have been swirling for the last few days appear to be more factual than not, as the Mayor of New York State's second-largest city is being offered a new job in Western New York. READ MORE: Will Byron Brown Be Stepping Down As Mayor...
Kathy Hochul ‘devoting an enormous amount of energy’ to flipping lost House seats back to Democrats
Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) has been blamed for the Democratic Party losing control of several New York House seats in the 2022 midterm elections. Hochul ran for her first full term as governor that election cycle and narrowly won the blue state against Republican former Rep. Lee Zeldin while the GOP flipped several New York […]
House Republican urges probe into ‘full impact’ of former Hochul aide’s China ties
Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.) pushed for a probe into a former aide for New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) and the “the full impact” of her “influence on the New York State government and economy” in the wake of the aide being charged with and arrested for acting as an agent of China. “I write…
Do you want to work on the I-81 project? The state is making it easier to apply
Do you want to work on the Interstate 81 project in Syracuse?. The New York State transportation and labor departments have made it easier to put your name in. The transportation department now has a form on its I-81 website for applicants to express interest. It may seem like a small thing, but it is going to be “transformative,” Labor Commissioner Roberta Reardon said during a news conference Wednesday, overlooking construction.
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