The state’s county clerks issued a statement Thursday on New York’s revamped gun laws, urging lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resist the temptation to shift any costs of enforcing the law to the clerks’ offices. The state Association of County Clerks highlighted seven areas of potential concern with life… Read More →
Grand Central Terminal turned 100 this year and the anniversary is being celebrated with the release of a 224-page coffee-table book about the Terminal, Gannett’s Haley Viccaro reports. “Grand Central Terminal: 100 Years of a New York Landmark” was written by the New York Transit Museum and author Anthony Robins…. Read More →
The owners of Saratoga Casino and Raceway this week closed on its purchase of a casino outside Denver and will rename it “Saratoga Casino Colorado.” The purchase of the Fitzgeralds Casino Black Hawk in Black Hawk, Co., is noteworthy because it gives the Saratoga owners an ability to expand their… Read More →
Assembly Democrats and the coalition of Republicans and Democrats controlling the state Senate say they want to pass a state budget by March 21. Hitting their goal would give the state its earliest budget since 1983, according to Senate GOP Leader Dean Skelos, R-Nassau County. The state’s budget is due… Read More →
Firefighter organizations are pushing for a ban on novelty lighters statewide to prevent fires that have led to injuries and deaths, Gannett’s Haley Viccaro reports. The lighters resemble children’s toys, and kids play with them unaware of the dangers that they pose, said the State Firemen’s Association in a statement…. Read More →
A state Department of Motor Vehicles supervisor was arrested today for allegedly removing the ignition-interlock restriction for an individual who was convicted for driving while intoxicated, Gannett’s Haley Viccaro reports. An interlock restriction requires an individual to breathe into the device, similar to a breathalyzer, to confirm they were not… Read More →
The state Teacher’s Retirement System today voted to hire an outside firm to review Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposal to let the pension system smooth out its costs over the next 25 years. The system, which controls an $88 billion pension fund for New York teachers, is sending out a request… Read More →
Gov. Andrew Cuomo will not back a plan to allow upstate casinos in New York if the process becomes “politicized,” he said in a radio interview Thursday. Cuomo, appearing on public radio’s “The Capitol Pressroom,” expanded on comments he made Wednesday after meeting with legislative leaders on legislation that would… Read More →
The city of Kingston made $23,000 in improper payments to employees for unearned leave time, leading to the arrest of the former police chief, Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli announced today. Former fire chief Richard Salzmann was arrested and charged by Ulster County prosecutors with offering a false instrument for filing in… Read More →
Lt Gov. Robert Duffy has lived in Rochester his whole life. He’s staying there, but downsizing and selling his Browncroft neighborhood home. The governor’s office confirmed today that the former Rochester mayor and police chief is selling the house where he raised his family and is looking for smaller digs… Read More →