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Cuomo will make decision on hydrofracking before next years election
In an editorial board meeting at The Post-Standard/Syracuse.com, Gov. Andrew Cuomo also talked about enforcing the NY Safe Act, Indian gaming compacts and Interstate ...
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Albert Sales is Green Party candidate for 3rd District Syracuse Common Council
Syracuse, NY - The Green Party has designated Albert Sales to run for the 3rd District on the Syracuse Common Council against incumbent Bob Dougherty, a Democrat. Sales, 39, of 216 May Ave., said he left the area in 1992 and, when he returned in 2011, it seemed to lack the strong sense of community pride that he remembered. He said he does not know Dougherty, but believes he could be doing ...
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315 p.m. update on showers and thunderstorms in Central New York
At 3:00 p.m. a line of heavy showers and a few thunderstorms stretched from Brewerton southwest to Watkins Glen. To the southwest of that, showers and thunderstorms are beginning to mass over western New York. This new area of developing weather will need to be monitored during the ...
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New York Senate seeks 5 casinos video slots on Long Island
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Senate Republicans are proposing five Las Vegas-style casinos including up to three in the Catskills with two video slot machine sites on Long Island. The bill released Thursday also calls for a casino in the Southern Tier's Tioga County, one near Albany, and one in Westchester County or Queens. The bill sponsored by Sen. John Bonacic (BAH'-nah-chek) calls for ...
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Court rejects unions effort to block sale of Onondaga Countys Van Duyn nursing home
Syracuse, N.Y. - A judge has rejected a lawsuit seeking to block the transfer and eventual sale of Onondaga County's Van Duyn nursing home. The legal challenge ...
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Judge to Pat Bombard Pay victim in 90 days or go to prison
ADA Beth VanDoran (kneeled) explains to Erma Jerva and family members what happened in court in the Pat Bombard case. Bombard swindled Jerva out of thousands of ...
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Ononondaga County agrees to pay $15000 in jail deputys sexual harassment complaint
Syracuse, NY -- Onondaga County officials have agreed to pay $15,000 to a Justice Center jail deputy to settle her claim that she was sexually harassed on the job. The county legislature voted two weeks ago to pay that amount to Deputy Susan Drew, who filed a sexual harassment complaint with the state Division of Human Rights. The legislative motion proposing the settlement says only that Drew ...
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230 PM Strong thunderstorms approaching Onondaga County
National Weather Service/weatherTap As of 2:30 PM, showers and thunderstorms were lining up from Fulton in Oswego County southwestward across western Onondaga County to around Penn Yan in the Finger Lakes. The storms are moving northeast at about 35 mph. They will be accompanied by frequent lightning and gusty winds. If you get some storm photos, pass them ...
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School did not respond fast enough Father of cyberbullied Queens 12-year-old girl
Gabrielle Molina The tragic Queens girl who hanged herself in her bedroom yesterday afternoon was mercilessly teased by classmates who called her a slut, a whore and mocked her failures with boyfriends and choices in music, friends and family said.Gabrielle Molina, 12, was found by her screaming sister at 2:30 p.m. yesterday in the small Queens Village home she shared with her parents and two ...
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Edward Hopper painting of NY island sells for $19M
"Blackwell's Island," a large-scale oil painting from 1928, sold at Christie's on Thursday. Christie's identified the seller as a private American collector. The buyer wasn't ...
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NYPD questions 1 in shooting death of 14-year-old
NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly says detectives are questioning a person of interest in the shooting death of a 14-year-old girl on a ...
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Schools can learn from CEOs who launch first and learn later
Robert Corcoran, president and chairman, GE Foundation thinks educators should push ahead with the Common Core initiative, even if all the kinks haven't been worked out. Educators should push ahead with the new nationwide standardized Common Core initiative, regardless of if all of the details are ironed out or not. Thats how private companies operate, Robert Corcoran, president and chairman ...
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Fitch Affirms State University of New York Lease Revs at AA- Outlook Stable
Fitch: Sub-Saharan Africa Has Gradual Upgrade Potential Fitch Ratings says in a newly-published report that targeted reforms and policy initiatives could see Sub-Saharan Africa's (SSA) sub-investment grade ratings gradually upgraded, despite per capita income falling well short of peers. The challenge for Africa from a rating perspective is the low level of GDP per capita - most SSA ...
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Business gives mixed audit of Cuomos tax-free pledge
Mark Eagan . Eagan, president of the Albany-Colonie Regional Chamber, is not alone. Other business leaders, and economists spanning the political spectrum, also say Cuomo's plan to waive taxes for 10 years ...
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Albany mayoral front runners Corey Ellis and Kathy Sheehan have message for business community
May 23, 2013 -- Albany, NY mayor candidates Corey Ellis and Kathy Sheehan share their message for the local business community. Ellis and Sheehan, both Democrats, are the only announced candidates so far in the race to succeed Jerry Jennings, who is not seeking a sixth term. (Michael ...
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Sen. DeFrancisco on NY tax-free I think there are better ideas.
"I think the state of New York would be better served with across-the-state tax cuts, not just for new companies," Sen. John DeFrancisco, R-Syracuse, ...
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Cayuga Nation Oneida Indian-New York deal violates federal law and treaties
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Oneida Indian Nation leader Ray Halbritter announce an agreement in Albany last week to resolve land, tax and casino issues. The Cayuga Nation says it may sue to stop the ...
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Central New York churches to help Oklahoma tornado victims
Six Central New York churches are joining forces to provide relief for victims of the May 20 tornado that leveled Moore, Oklahoma, and surrounding towns. Abundant Life Christian Center, of East Syracuse, Church on The Rock, of Oneida, People's AME Zion Church, River of Life Church, Syracuse Salt of the Earth Ministries, all of Syracuse, and Southern Tier Family Life Church, of Binghamton ...
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Report Knicks forward Anthony has torn shoulder muscle
New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony during Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals against the Indiana Pacers at Madison Square Garden in New York, May 16, 2013. UPI/John ...
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Anthony Weiner Is Too Liberal to Be New York City Mayor
Since 1993, New York's mayors have been Rudy Giuliani, a Republican, and Mike Bloomberg, who won his first two terms as a Republican and last as an independent. The result has been a city which has blossomed, with crime plummeting, real estate prices rising and the standard of living on a steady upswing. All this has been achieved while living, and persevering through, two major terrorist ...
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Video New York congressman rebounds from scandal announces run for mayor
Former Congressman Anthony Weiner, who resigned two years ago after posting a lewd photo online, announces he is running for New York City mayor. Lindsey Parietti ...
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Police question teen in shooting death of 14-year-old girl on Queens buss
Queens detectives picked up a 16-year-old boy for questioning, in connection to the shocking slaying of a 14-year-old girl, killed on a city bus this past weekend, police said. NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly disclosed this latest development, after appearing at City Council budget hearing today. New Yorkers were outraged after learning about the death ...
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Gov. Cuomo says if Weiners elected mayor shame on us
Gov. Cuomo ALBANY - Gov. Cuomo stuck it to mayoral wannabe Anthony Weiner yesterday when asked what he thought about the disgraced former Congressman's bid for Gracie Mansion. During a interview with The Syracuse Post Standard's Editorial Board yesterday, Cuomo said it's fine if Weiner wants to run, but "shame on us" for electing him. Question: "So if Anthony ...
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Taxi big files suit against Bloomberg after mayors profanity-laced tirade
The taxi magnate who said he was subjected to a profanity-laced rant by Mayor Bloomberg has filed a federal lawsuit charging the mayor with threatening him and siccing TLC inspectors on his fleet in retaliation for his opposition to the "Taxi of Tomorrow" plan.The suit, filed in Manhattan federal court late yesterday, accuses Bloomberg and TLC chief David Yassky of ordering inspectors ...
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More than 2000 people sign Hofstra petition asking for better off-campus security
UNIONDALE - More than 2,000 people have signed a petition asking Hofstra University to beef up off-campus security following the killing of a student.Andrea Rebello, a Hofstra junior, was accidentally shot by a police officer during a May 17 home invasion. The intruder, a prison parolee, was also killed.The petition was launched by a former Hofstra homecoming king and queen. It demands that ...
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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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