Franklin County’s representatives in Albany took a generally cautious approach to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s 2020-21 executive budget, which was unveiled Tuesday.
Tedra Cobb, who’s running for Congress in New York’s 21st district, released a reform agenda…
ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday presented his budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal …
By GRIFFIN KELLY
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ALBANY — While states across the nation are gearing up to make sure all their residents are counted in the 2020 Census, for which representation and billions of federal dollars are at stake, recently released population data from the U.S. Census Bureau has brought projections that New York m…
By AARON CERBONE
ALBANY — The start of the second year of a Democratic-controlled state Legislature has the majority excited and optimistic about the passage of bills on their agenda, and on Tuesday, some Democratic lawmakers were certain the Protect Our Courts Act would be one such bill.
ALBANY — The state Senate Democratic majority proposed and passed a package of voting reform bills during the Senate’s first day of session.
ALBANY — A few days after a Supreme Court judge issued a temporary injunction on Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s executive ban on flavored electronic cigarettes, New York legislators gathered with activists, educators and medical providers in Albany to push for the passage of two bills that would eff…
MALONE — Scott Rogers did not apologize to Town Justice Stephen Stone on Thursday for his profanity-laced outburst in Malone Town Court on Tuesday.
BRUSHTON –– For village Mayor Kevin Pentalow, it was back to business as usual Thursday –– his first Village Board meeting since his release from the Franklin County Jail.
ALBANY –– In the week since New York officially ended cash bail for many nonviolent criminal defendants, concerns over a spate of anti-Semitic incidents and other recent alleged crimes committed by those released under the law have spurred calls to undo parts of the legislation.
MALONE –– New York must encourage growth, state Sen. Betty Little said in response to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s State of the State address Wednesday.
MALONE –– Town officials are considering following Franklin County’s lead by allowing snowmobilers to cross all town roads to gain access from one trail to another.
ALBANY — Unity, equality and progressiveness were themes and values heavily stressed by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo during his 10th State of the State Address at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center on Wednesday.
U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-Schuylerville, and Democratic challenger Tedra Cobb broke fundraising records in the fourth quarter of 2019, with Stefanik pulling in $3.2 million and Cobb $2.05 million, the candidates said in separate news releases issued Wednesday.
MALONE--Donald Dabiew says it was no surprise that he was re-elected as chair of the Franklin County Legislature.
ALBANY — Continuing the theme of tackling the health care industry, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s latest 2020 State of the State proposal is to increase transparency in health care costs.
By MICHAEL GOOT
Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-Schuylerville, said she supports President Donald Trump’s decision to kill the head of an Islamic group the United States designates as a foreign terrorist organization. Her opponent is saying the mission will further escalate tensions in the region. And the president …
DICKINSON –– Dickinson Town Supervisor Sherry Smith learned that a car had careened into her front yard as a result of another crash at the dangerous intersection she lives near while she waits to hear what the New York State Department of Transportation might do about the crossroads.
Another Republican has thrown his hat in the ring to compete for retiring state Sen. Betty Little’s New York 45th District seat.
U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-Schuylerville, last week voted against a bill that would have increased the state and local tax deduction from $10,000 to $20,000 for people filing a joint return and hiked the top marginal tax rate.
MALONE –– It looks like Franklin County Sheriff Kevin Mulverhill is losing two more deputies in the ongoing feud between lawman and lawmakers.
KINGSBURY — Farmers are taking their own lives at 3 1/2 times the rate of the general population, which U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer said is a problem that needs to be addressed.
MALONE –– Cutting two Franklin County Sheriff Department positions could negatively impact all programs offered at the Franklin County Jail and create a dangerous situation there, says Sheriff Kevin Mulverhill.
ALBANY –– Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s feud with President Donald Trump has covered all manner of topics, including taxes, immigration policy and whether America was ever “great.”
AKWESASNE –– The St. Regis Mohawk Tribe has officially given medical marijuana the green light and is moving toward legalization of recreational marijuana for adult use.
MALONE –– What’s another year or two of flooding when it’s been decades, right?
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo may be spending much of the new year explaining how he was caught off-guard by a $6.1 billion hole looming in his next state budget, caused mostly by rising Medicaid costs.
MALONE –– The impeachment of President Donald Trump is nothing but a circus, according to Kari Martin of Brushton.
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Even as New York state’s “Green Light” law that will enable undocumented immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses goes into effect, 27 county clerks who oversee Department of Motor Vehicles offices in their counties are calling on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to stop implementation of the law.
PLATTSBURGH — Speaker Nancy Pelosi and fellow House Democratic leaders announced two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump Tuesday morning: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
QUEENSBURY — Republican Assemblyman Dan Stec on Wednesday officially announced his candidacy to replace the retiring Sen. Betty Little, triggering a wave of people lining up to replace Stec in the Assembly.
ALBANY — The Trump administration has weighed in on behalf of Rensselaer County Clerk Frank Merola in his lawsuit against the Green Light Law.
PLATTSBURGH –– Sunrise Adirondacks activists marched through downtown Plattsburgh as snow dusted their yellow beanies and matching signs etched with calls for action on climate change, chanting as they pushed toward congresswoman Elise Stefanik’s office at the Clinton County Government Center.
MALONE –– Early voting proved costly for the Franklin County Board of Elections.
MALONE –– It’s not about vaccinations, it’s about parents’ rights, a group protesting pending legislation that would mandate additional vaccines for children said.
ALBANY — The number of vaping-related lung illnesses reported to health officials has now reached 200 cases in New York, a fact that could complicate the intense debate at the statehouse over Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s push to legalize the adult use of marijuana.
MALONE –– Village Trustee Archie McKee has been plugging away the past few years to free up hundreds of thousands of dollars trapped in limbo.
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MALONE –– Andrea Dumas presided over her first meeting as the village of Malone’s newest mayor on Monday, completing part of a personal goal she set for herself 10 years ago.
The text messages arrived on a snowy January afternoon, a few hours after New York’s state ethics commission privately debated whether to investigate a disgraced former aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo. They were from a high-ranking government lawyer, sent to one of the commission members.
NEW YORK — New York is joining three other states in appealing a court decision against their lawsuit over a federally-instituted cap on state and local tax deductions, otherwise known as SALT.
By MICHAEL GOOT
PLATTSBURGH –– Malone Village Police Chief Christopher Premo cannot imagine rape or burglary victims forced to allow defendants back into their home.
ALBANY –– For years, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and some Democratic leaders have had an antagonistic relationship with the left-leaning Working Families Party, a labor-backed group whose increasing influence and independence have only widened the divide.
WASHINGTON — Federal political candidates will no longer be able to receive campaign contributions from opioid manufacturers if a new bill introduced by U.S. Rep. Antonio Delgado, D-Rhinebeck, is passed.