SCHOHARIE — Nauman A. Hussain, the owner of the limousine that crashed in 2018, killing 20 people including a Watertown couple, will spend at least five and up to 15 years in prison for his role in the accident. Read More ⇒Hussain sentenced to maximum, 5 to 15 years in prison, for 2018 limo crash that killed 20
ALBANY — 10th Mountain Division leadership and familiar north country faces filled the state Capitol Tuesday for this year’s annual Fort Drum Day. Read More ⇒Albany hosts 10th Mountain Division for annual Fort Drum Day
MALONE — The Franklin County Fairgrounds kicked off Memorial Day weekend with a free event Saturday afternoon. Read More ⇒‘Test and tune’ tractor pull held in Malone
NEW HAVEN — An Oswego County man died Sunday morning after his car left the road and crashed into some trees, the Oswego County sheriff’s department reported. Read More ⇒Oswego County man dies in single-car crash
ALBANY — In recognition of World Turtle Day on May 23, state Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos reminded New Yorkers that turtles are nesting in May and June, and asked motorists to “give turtles a brake.” Read More ⇒DEC urges New York drivers to ‘give turtles a brake’
LAKE PLACID — AdkAction’s Adirondack Pollinator Project is celebrating its 6th annual Native Plant Sale with a Pollinator Festival next Saturday. Read More ⇒Adirondack Pollinator Festival is this Saturday in Lake Placid
JAY — Adirondack Life magazine and the Adirondack Land Trust announce My Adirondacks, a project that invites kids ages 5 to 17 to photograph an aspect of the natural world within the Adirondack Park and share why it matters to them. Read More ⇒New collaboration lets kids photograph and interpret nature experiences
SYRACUSE — State officials say scammers are asking New Yorkers enrolled in Medicaid and other public health insurance programs to pay hundreds of dollars to maintain their insurance coverage. Read More ⇒Telephone scammers ask N.Y. Medicaid enrollees to pay money or lose their health insurance
State police will increase patrols to combat drunk, impaired, and reckless driving throughout this Memorial Day weekend, according to a news release. The special enforcement period started Friday and runs through Tuesday. Memorial Day is one of the busiest travel holidays of the year and pol… Read More ⇒State police on the lookout for impaired drivers
WATERTOWN — Two projects in Watertown failed to receive Restore New York funding this week. Read More ⇒YMCA, Factory Square project not awarded state money
SALINA — A judge in Syracuse on Tuesday afternoon approved two temporary orders blocking a Salina hotel from housing migrants and blocking New York City from transporting them to Onondaga County. Read More ⇒Judge temporarily blocks Salina hotel from housing migrants sent from NYC
WATERTOWN — The U.S. Supreme Court has exonerated two Cor Development Co. executives of wrongdoing in connection with state-led developments in Syracuse and Buffalo. Read More ⇒U.S. Supreme Court clears Cor executives of wrongdoing on state projects
SALINA — New York City plans to transport migrants who need temporary shelter to Onondaga County this week, despite the county’s emergency order that attempts to ban such transfers, according to a town official. Read More ⇒Onondaga County expects first bus of migrants, Salina supervisor says
SARANAC LAKE — Melinda Fredenburg said farewell to some of her Bio 104 students at North Country Community College’s commencement ceremony this weekend. On Friday, she said farewell to a different crowd: More than 100 Atlantic salmon that students raised with her this semester on campus. Read More ⇒School of fish: North Country Community College salmon released
Paul Smith’s College not closing, but acquisition is in limbo Read More ⇒Paul Smith’s College not closing, but acquisition is in limbo
Onondaga County Sheriff Toby Shelley said Friday that he won’t enforce an order directing his department to stop people suspected of transporting migrants seeking asylum into the county. Read More ⇒Sheriff won’t enforce order to stop migrants coming to Onondaga County
SARANAC LAKE — The village is in for a busy construction season this year as several public Downtown Revitalization Initiative projects funded through a $10 million award the village received from the state in 2018 are kicking off or nearing completion through the spring, summer and fall. Read More ⇒Saranac Lake’s DRI projects resume: Busy summer ahead as parks, bathrooms and trees are planted around downtown
PLATTSBURGH — An audit from the state Comptroller says that a program inside state prisons allowing inmates to use computer tablets and kiosks has not been monitored well enough. Read More ⇒Audit: Prison computer tablets not monitored well enough
NEW YORK — New York City may be sinking by a couple millimeters every year due to the weight of its skyscrapers. Read More ⇒Report: NYC may be sinking thanks to its skyscrapers
NEW YORK — The Rev. Al Sharpton delivered a fiery call for justice Friday as family, friends and and total strangers packed a Harlem church for a heartfelt farewell to subway chokehold victim Jordan Neely. Read More ⇒Sharpton speaks at funeral for subway chokehold victim
SCHOHARIE — After nearly five years, the owner of the limousine that crashed on a Saturday afternoon in October 2018 has been found guilty for the deaths of the driver, 17 passengers, including a young Watertown couple, and two pedestrians. Read More ⇒Limo owner found guilty of 20 counts of manslaughter from 2018 Schoharie limo crash
ALBANY — As New York struggles to house the tens of thousands of immigrants and asylum seekers being bused to New York City from the southern border, Gov. Kathleen C. Hochul has said she is weighing the possibility of using SUNY campus dorms for temporary relief. Read More ⇒As migrants come to New York, state considers using SUNY campuses for temporary shelters
SYRACUSE — Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon said Thursday that he is issuing an emergency order that will block local motels and other properties from temporarily housing groups of migrants amid an influx of new arrivals in New York City. Read More ⇒McMahon issues emergency order banning migrant transfer to Onondaga County
LOUDONVILLE — Gov. Kathleen C. Hochul has hit the lowest point in public opinion of her governorship, according to the latest poll from the Siena College Research Institute. Read More ⇒Hochul favorability drops to lowest point in latest Siena poll
PAUL SMITHS — The state is renewing its contract with the Paul Smith’s College Adirondack Watershed Institute for protection of Adirondack waters from aquatic invasive species with a $13 million, five-year partnership, the state Department of Environmental Conservation announced Monday. Read More ⇒DEC renews contract with Paul Smith’s Adirondack Watershed Institute to fight aquatic invasive species
Exactly a year to the moment when a white man who drove more than 200 miles to Buffalo with the sole purpose of killing as many Black people as he could carried out a deadly rampage at the Tops Markets on Jefferson Avenue, Buffalo paused to remember. Read More ⇒Buffalo pauses to remember Tops shooting victims
ALBANY — As New York’s counties prepare to absorb the loss of millions of dollars in federal Medicaid funding that is set to be taken by the state government, a group of Republican legislators have introduced a measure to give the money back to the counties. Read More ⇒Walczyk, Albany Republicans introduce bill to undo state’s interception of millions in federal Medicaid funds
WATERTOWN — Six months ago, Carolyn Neely moved here from New York City to welcome the birth of her first child, wanting to give the baby a life away from the violence of a big city. Read More ⇒Watertown resident mourns nephew killed in New York City subway incident
Deputies responded at 2:30 a.m. Saturday to a call of a domestic disturbance on Village Boulevard in Van Buren, Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Tom Newton said in a news release. Read More ⇒Man steals SUV with 4-year-old in it, gets in wrong-way crash on I-81, deputies say
ELIZABETHTOWN — In celebration of Earth Day 2023, the Adirondack Park’s largest environmental organization recently awarded 12 micro-grants totaling $26,000 to local farmers and value-added food/beverage/fiber producers. The initiative is an effort to support climate-friendly economic activi… Read More ⇒Adirondack Council awards micro-grants to farms
NEW YORK — The anticipated surge of migrants after a federal border restriction expired was more of a slow drip Saturday as only three buses with 124 new arrivals pulled into Midtown. Read More ⇒Fewer migrants than expected arrived this weekend at NYC bus terminal
The New York State Department of Transportation this week is sending warning notices to at least 3,500 drivers for speeding through 176 work zones in the past month. Read More ⇒New speed cameras are catching some New Yorkers driving 99 mph in work zones
Animal shelters in the north country are set to receive hundreds of thousands of dollars in state funding, Gov. Kathleen C. Hochul announced Friday. Read More ⇒North country animal shelters get $800K in state grants as they prepare to meet new statewide standards
Daniel Penny, the ex-Marine caught on video placing Jordan Neely in a deadly chokehold aboard a Manhattan subway train, was released on $100,000 bond Friday after surrendering to police. Read More ⇒Suspect surrenders to police in chokehold death on NYC subway
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously overturned the convictions of two men, including a former top governor’s aide, who were accused of corruption in a high-profile 2018 case related to New York state development projects. Read More ⇒U.S. Supreme Court’s reversal of N.Y. corruption cases means likely exoneration for Cor execs
NEW YORK — Daniel Penny, the Marine veteran whose chokehold killed Jordan Neely on a Manhattan subway train, is to be charged with second-degree manslaughter and will turn himself in to police today, sources told the New York Daily News. Read More ⇒Ex-Marine charged in chokehold death on NYC subway
An expected surge in migration at the border with Mexico is setting off alarm bells in states and cities across the U.S. — and stoking tension between Joe Biden and fellow Democrats just as the president’s reelection bid gets underway. Read More ⇒Cities clash over surge of migrants
ALBANY — Gov. Kathleen C. Hochul has declared a state of emergency in New York because of a significant number of migrants seeking shelter in New York City, as city officials plan to send some of those migrants to communities upstate. Read More ⇒Hochul declares state of emergency over southern border migrants being bused to NYC
WATERTOWN — Town officials have arranged to obtain a $5 million state grant to install a new water main at a local trailer park following a water pipe break that caused residents to be without water for more than a week last year. Read More ⇒Town of Watertown will receive $5 million grant for Route 11 water main
Fellow lawmakers Wednesday demanded controversial Rep. George Santos resign or be expelled from Congress after he was indicted on a string of federal charges. Read More ⇒Lawmakers demand Rep. George Santos resign or be expelled, but GOP leaders dig in
NEW YORK — While the truth may not set U.S. Rep. George Santos free, a federal judge did Wednesday. Read More ⇒Rep. George Santos pleads not guilty to 13-count federal indictment
ALBANY — The New York Power Authority is on track to become a major publicly owned green power producer, due to legislation included in the 2024 state budget. Read More ⇒State budget sets NYPA on path to become major green energy producer
ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul said Monday she does not plan to pursue further changes to New York’s bail laws, an issue that has dominated her first two rounds of budget negotiations as governor. Read More ⇒After fight that delayed state budget, Hochul says, ‘We are done with bail’
NEW YORK — A Manhattan jury Tuesday found Donald J. Trump liable for battery and defamation in the civil trial of E. Jean Carroll, finding he sexually abused her but not reaching a definitive conclusion on the allegation of rape. Read More ⇒Trump found liable for battery and defamation in E. Jean Carroll case
Federal prosecutors reportedly filed criminal charges against freshman Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., on Tuesday. Read More ⇒George Santos criminally charged
MASSENA — With the state budget now adopted, Massena Central School Superintendent Patrick H. Brady was able to provide solid numbers during the district’s public hearing on its 2023-24 spending plan. Read More ⇒Massena Central School budget carries no tax levy increase
ALBANY — The state Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is alerting drivers of a “do not drive” warning issued by BMW for 90,000 vehicles built between 2000 and 2006 that have active recalls for defective Takata air bag equipment. Read More ⇒State DMV alerts owners of certain BMWs of recall
SYRACUSE — Juanita Pople’s lower back pain got so bad last month she called 911. Read More ⇒Syracuse ambulance crews make some 911 house calls to ease hospital ER overcrowding
New York’s minimum wage will begin to rise next year thanks to a new policy enacted as part of the state budget, passed last week. Read More ⇒New York minimum wage is going up: See when and how much
Hunters in New York harvested an estimated 231,961 deer during the 2022 hunting seasons, a 10% increase from the previous year, according to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Read More ⇒DEC: New York hunters harvested more than 231,000 deer in 2022
