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Labor Seeks Influence in New York’s Mayoral Race
In a war room high above Lower Manhattan, leaders of the http://www.uft.org/">United Federation of Teachers are plotting a comeback. After more than a decade of sitting out the fiercest race in town the union is expected on Wednesday to throw its sophisticated political machine behind a candidate for mayor of New York ...
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New NYC evacuation zones include almost 3 million people
NEW YORK Nearly 3 million New Yorkers' homes are now in evacuation zones that cover more than a third of the city's population, under new maps released Tuesday. In the wake of Superstorm Sandy, officials said last month, the number of zones would double and encompass about 600,000 more residents. Few storms are likely to require evacuating all six new zones, and the scheme is designed ...
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Former WRVO General Manager John Krauss dies at 64
John Krauss , a longtime staple of public broadcasting in Central New York, has passed away. The former WRVO general manager and on-air host died Monday, June 17, in Oswego at the age of 64. He retired in 2010, after 14 years as GM and longer as the host as "The WRVO Playhouse," a nightly rebroadcast of national programs from the golden age of radio. Krauss was the first person on ...
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Tied to rope Madison County deputy rescues suicidal woman from Chittenango Falls
Courtesy of the Madison County Sheriff's Office Cazenovia, NY -- A Madison County deputy, tied to a rope, rescued a suicidal woman late last week who threatened to jump off a cliff at Chittenango Falls state park. Deputies were called to the top of the gorge after a woman climbed over the fence on a cliff about 150 feet above the base of the falls, Undersheriff John Ball said in a news ...
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Development agency still eying eminent domain to acquire Hotel Syracuse
The Syracuse Industrial Development Agency met with its attorneys behind closed doors Tuesday to discuss taking ownership of the historic hotel by eminent ...
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New York lawmakers restore money for disabled that they cut just three months ago
Albany, N.Y. -- New York lawmakers this week voted unanimously to restore up to $90 million in money they had cut from programs for the developmentally disabled just three months ago. The New York State Senate approved the change today, 62 to 0. The New York State Assembly approved the bill 140 to 0 on Monday. In late march, the legislature approved cutting $90 million out of privately-run ...
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Off-track betting off the table for Syracuse for now
Albany, N.Y. -- A proposal to allow Syracuse officials to decide if off-track betting parlors should open in the city will not pass the New York State Assembly this session, according to Assemblyman Bill Magnarelli. Magnarelli, D-Syracuse, said there were "internal concerns" from other members of the Democratic-controlled Assembly that couldn't be worked out before the ...
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Company news Sean Fahey has been appointed as the assistant principal at Camillus Middle School
assistant principal/district data coordinator. Fahey, a graduate of West Genesee is currently a district data coordinator at OCM BOCES. He earned a bachelor's degree in vocational technical education, a master degree in education, and his certificate of advanced study in educational administration from SUNY Oswego. ...
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Radio programmes that address global issues honoured by UNNew York Festivals Awards
18 June 2013 – A message of hope from a boy on the war-torn streets of Kabul, a profile of Danish efforts to help the elderly live the way they choose and an investigative story on the cruel reality of human trafficking are the winners of this year’s awards for outstanding radio programming presented by the United Nations as part of the 2013 New York Festivals Awards. ...
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NY regulators fault Deloittes bank consulting
ALBANY, N.Y. -; New York regulators have reached agreement for Deloitte Financial Advisory Services to pay $10 million and cease consulting for one year at state-regulated banks to settle an investigation into ...
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Man pleads not guilty in NYC hate-crime shooting
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance says the 33-year-old Morales had been charged with second-degree murder as a hate crime in the May 17 shooting of Mark Carson. He also is charged with criminal possession of a weapon, menacing, and menacing a police ...
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Supreme Court wont hear NY anti-abortionist case
BUFFALO, N.Y. -; The U.S. Supreme Court has decided not to take up a petition from anti-abortion extremist James Charles Kopp, who is serving a life sentence for the 1998 sniper-style slaying of an abortion doctor in upstate New ...
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Psychiatrist who accused Lohan doc of turning her into addict busted for selling oxy for cash
Terence Stamp doesn't think the new 'Man of Steel' stacks up Don’t expect to see Terence Stamp - who played baddie General Zod in ...
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Man who ran barbaric dog fighting arena faces seven years jail
Terence Stamp doesn't think the new 'Man of Steel' stacks up Don’t expect to see Terence Stamp - who played baddie General Zod in ...
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Appeals court backs opening of tony Union Sq. Park eatery
Leasing a portion of crowded Union Square Park to a swank eatery that sells $18 omelets does not violate the public trust doctrine, an appeals court ruled today.The Appellate Division reversed a lower court's decision from January that barred the tony Chef Driven Market from opening in the 14th Street oasis.The five-judge panel also approved the popular holiday market that operates in the ...
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Police NJ 8th-grader brought pot to graduation
BAYONNE, NJ - Authorities say a Bayonne, NJ, student was arrested at her eighth-grade graduation after marijuana cigarettes were found in her purse.City police tell The Jersey Journal that a teacher supervising Monday's ceremony at the Midtown Community School was holding some students' purses as they went to get their diplomas.When she smelled marijuana coming from one of them, she ...
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Espada Jr. says dad pressured him into looting non-profit as judge gives senator six months jail
He says his daddy made him do it. The son of disgraced ex-state Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada, Jr., today blamed his father for pressuring him into participating in the looting of their Soundview Healthcare nonprofit as a judge sentenced him to prison time."Over the past year we have been at odds, as he wanted to fight this," Pedro Gautier Espada, 39, whined as he was sentenced ...
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Accused homophobic West Village killer pleads not guilty
Signs and flowers are left at a memorial for Mark Carson who was killed after Elliot Morales allegedly yelled homophobic slurs at Carson before shooting him in the head on May 22, 2013 in the West Village. A homophobic accused killer pleaded not guilty at his arraignment today in the gay hate crime slay of Mark Carson, 32, who he allegedly shot in a bias attack in the West Village last month. ...
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Man stabbed in chest near Times Square Disney store
Terence Stamp doesn't think the new 'Man of Steel' stacks up Don’t expect to see Terence Stamp - who played baddie General Zod in ...
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Delays expected on LIRR evening commute
NEW YORK - The Long Island Rail Road says commuters should brace themselves for evening rush hour delays.Tuesday's tough commute was the result of damage from a tunnel derailment.The railroad had to cancel or divert about three dozen of its 144 morning rush-hour trains.No injuries were reported Monday night when a slow-moving, Long Island bound train derailed.The disabled train blocked one ...
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Stop the unfair ticketing of these New York bicyclists
In the next few days, New York State could be making an important vote for bicycling. The vote relates to electric bikes ("e-bikes"), which currently are considered "low powered motorcycles" by state ...
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Govt claims spying programs stopped plot to bomb New York Stock Exchange
The deputy director of the FBI claimed Tuesday that a controversial electronic surveillance program revealed in media reports earlier this month helped thwart a plot to blow up the New York Stock ...
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U.S. Taliban to start talks on ending Afghan war
After months of delays, the Taliban opened a political office in the Qatari capital of Doha, paving the way for talks to begin. The decision was a reversal of months of failed efforts to start peace talks while Taliban militants intensified a campaign targeting urban centers and government ...
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Just how much of a Redneck are you Find out at Jordans Redneck Rally
Jordan, NY-- Do you spit watermelon seeds for distance? Play horseshoes with a toilet seat and a plunger? You might be a Redneck! Find out at Jordan's Canalside Redneck Rally on June 29. The event takes place from 1-7 p.m. at various sites around the village. The games that include spitting seeds, playing toilet seat horseshoes and a toilet paper throw through an outhouse hole take place ...
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Nojaim supermarket in Syracuse gets tax breaks for $2.7 million remodel and expansion
An employee stocks produce at Nojaim Brothers Supermarket in Syracuse. The Syracuse Industrial Development Agency approved tax breaks Tuesday for a $2.7 million remodel and expansion of the ...
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Buffalo Zoo goes ape for the gorillas
The Buffalo Zoo is a historic landmark in Buffalo city. It is the third oldest zoo in the United States and has an amazing array of over 1000 species of animal. The zoo is also a tourist attraction, bringing in 400 000 visitors each year.
Zoos are an important educational facility for children, a means by which younger generations can see wild and endangered animals in real life, in an environment as close as is reasonably possible to what their natural surroundings would be, and by seeing a real-life image, rather than a picture in a text book, children develop a more intimate understanding of the challenges facing these rare and beautiful creatures. Read more
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