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5 Questions for MVP CEO Denise Gonick
MVP Health Care through a time of great change. In the five months she has been CEO of the Schenectady insurer, Gonick, 46, has overseen preparations for the state health insurance exchange, ...
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Turkish parade in New York is a show of power Turkish Minister
Turkey's EU Minister Egemen Bagis said Turkish parade was a cultural show of power NEW YORK - Turkey's EU Minister and Chief Negotiator Egemen Bagis said, " Turkish Day Parade is a signal of Turkey's power, a cultural show of power." Federation of Turkish American Associations (FTAA) organized the 32thTurkish Day Parade in New York.Addressing the crowd after the parade, ...
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New York losing out on $6 million in uncollected lease payments comptroller says
New York state is losing out on $6 million of lease and permit payments because the Department of Transportation is behind on collections, the state Comptroller's Office said today. Some of the lease payments have been owed to the state for six years, said the audit by Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli's office. "The department is not effectively collecting all unpaid lease and permit ...
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Burning dispute Personal care trade group at odds with health advocates sunscreen report
The Environmental Working Group questions SPF levels and chemicals used in some blocking products; the Personal Care Products Council Sunscreen Committee questions EWG's ...
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Sleepy Hollow high school talks to its seniors about Hofstra shoot slay
The high school alma mater of the Hofstra University student accidentally killed by a police officer is discussing the shooting with its graduating seniors.Sleepy Hollow Principal Carol Conklin-Spillane said Monday that graduating is a "scary proposition" in itself. So school staff is talking informally with the seniors about "any extra anxiety" related to the ...
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Man wants pay for snakes seized in Miss. porn case
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- A man serving 30 years after pleading guilty to enticing a teenager to pose for pornographic pictures with venomous snakes has filed a federal lawsuit seeking compensation for the loss of his ...
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Former Niagara Mohawk CEO William Donlon dead at 83
William J. "Bill" Donlon, 83, who made his way up from meter reader to chairman and CEO of Niagara Mohawk Power Corp., died Saturday at a Charlotte, N.C., hospital after a short illness. Donlon joined Syracuse-based Niagara Mohawk in 1947 as a meter reader. After serving in the Navy during the Korean War, he returned to the utility company as a lineman and then worked his way up ...
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Restaurant inspections by the Onondaga County Health Department from April 28 to May 4
The following restaurants were found by the Onondaga County Health Department to be operating within acceptable standards at the time of the inspection from April 28 to May 4. American Legion Post ...
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Sylvan Beach warned for 22 years to do annual audits but still doesnt
Back in 1991, the state comptroller told Sylvan Beach that the village board must conduct an annual audit of the clerk-treasurer's financial records. The comptroller said the same thing in 1994. And again in 1997. In a report released today, the Comptroller's Office notes once again that Sylvan Beach is still not complying with state law. "Four of the five board members told us ...
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Allstate Sues 6 Physicians Medical Corporations in New York
Allstate Insurance Company is seeking to recover $3.8 million against six physicians and five medical professional corporations in its third insurance fraud lawsuit of 2013. Since 2003, Allstate has filed 47 fraud lawsuits in New York State seeking more than $235 million in damages. Allstate alleges that the defendants routinely submitted fraudulent billing for medical examinations and ...
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NFP PC Services Hires 2 Account Executives in New York
NFP Property & Casualty Services (NFPPC) recently hired two account executives in its New York office. NFPPC said Janine Fleury joined the firm as a senior account executive in the commercial lines department, handling a $6 million book of business. For eight years prior to NFPPC, Fleury was employed at York International Agency LLC, specializing in property and casualty lines of business, ...
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NYC No racial motivation in stop-frisk tactic
By Colleen Long Associated Press NEW YORK - The federal civil rights challenge to the contentious New York Police Department tactic of stop, question and frisk is winding down after more than nine weeks of testimony from men who say they were wrongly stopped because of their race and police officials who believe the nation's largest force operates with integrity. City attorney Heidi ...
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$2M in meth heroin seized in Queens
Almost 20 pounds of heroin and crystal meth -- worth a combined $2 million -- have been seized from a trio of Queens drug dealers, prosecutors announced today.The dealers had operated out of a stash house on 96th Street in Corona, Queens, officials said, and were arrested after an alleged drug and cash exchange last month in a car at East 212th St. and Dekalb Avenue in the Bronx. . Miguel ...
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Two Albany-area schools ask voters to override tax cap
The affluent Niskayuna School District is among two districts in the region that are seeking to exceed the state's 2 percent tax cap. Pictured here is a class of second graders from Craig Elementary School in ...
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I-81 open house Tuesday will present plans proposals for highways future
Traffic crosses Harrison Street on the Interstate 81 overpass in this file photo. State and local transportation officials will hold their third open house Tuesday on I-81 ...
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Police release photos of Syracuse bank robbery suspect
Syracuse police are investigating a bank robbery attempt at the Chase Bank located at 801 James St. about 10:25 this morning, according to Syracuse police. A man handed over a threatening note to the teller that demanded money. The teller refused to give the man any money, police said. The suspect then ran out of the bank. He fled ...
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New York Pennsylvania Rank High for Opioids Among Injured Workers
Opioid Epidemic Plagues Workers' Comp The epidemic of opioid abuse and its impact on workers’ compensation in the Northeast is particularly noticeable in New York and Pennsylvania, where the percentages of injured workers that become longer-term users of opioids are among the highest in the nation. In its recent study, the Workers Compensation Research Institute found that in New ...
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Suspect in Greenwich Village ‘gay slay’ was laughing when arrested
The homophobic ex-con accused of "executing’’ a gay man in Greenwich Village laughed and boasted about the murder, prosecutors said yesterday."Yeah, I shot him in the head," Elliot Morales, 33, sneered while "laughing on the ground" as cops were handcuffing him for fatally shooting Mark Carson, 32, early Saturday morning, according to prosecutors.Morales ...
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Stray Bullet Kills Girl On New York Bus
A 14-year old girl was the victim of a random act of gun violence on Saturday after a gunman opened fire when a city bus was stopped at a traffic light. The gunman fired ten shots into the bus, one of which hit Deja Robinson in the head. New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly commented on the girl’s tragic death, saying, "Terrible - this is, as I say, another senseless ...
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Plug Power closes sale of preferred shares to Air Liquide
Plug Power, a Latham, NY company that makes fuel cells used to power fork lifts, sold 10,000 shares of preferred stock to Air Liquide for $2.6 million. Pictured here are Plug Power CEO Andy Marsh and a senior technician Bill Farrell on the company's manufacturing room ...
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Reported bank robbery attempt in Syracuse on James Street
Syracuse police are investigating a bank robbery attempt at the Chase Bank located at 801 James St., according to 911 dispatchers. The call came in at 10:29, according to dispatchers. A man handed the teller a note. He wasn't given any money and showed no weapons, according to reports. According to the police scanner, the man was wearing a tan hat and sunglasses when he entered the bank. ...
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Ready to vote on your school budget Tuesday See how it compares to others in CNY New York state
Thousands of Central New Yorkers will vote Tuesday on their school budgets for 2013-14. We've created two databases that let you compare your districts budget and spending to other districts in Central New York and across the ...
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Gillette Road Middle School student to be honored with Civilian Life Saving Award
North Syracuse -- The Clay Fire Department and the North Area Volunteer Ambulance Corps will honor a Gillette Road Middle School student for her role in saving her grandfather's life. Samantha Duvall, a fifth grade student in the North Syracuse Central School District, will receive the Civilian Life Saving Award at the board of education meeting tonight. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. ...
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Experts officials China has resumed hacking U.S. companies agencies
Computer security experts and U.S. officials say Chinese hackers have resumed attacks on companies and agencies they stole data from three months ago. A unit of China's People's Liberation Army had stopped computer intrusions in February after the administration of ...
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New York investor buys Fairborn senior living facility
Fairborn Senior Housing, located near Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, sold last week for $1.9 million. A senior living facility in Fairborn now has a new owner. Fairborn Senior Housing, located at 221 North Central Ave. near Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, sold last week for $1.9 million. DHorn Fairborn Senior Housing LLC, an investor in New York, bought the 84-unit independent living facility ...
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New York's community gardens creating tension once more
Community gardening in New York is under threat again, but what are the ideas and opinions surrounding this ongoing battle between the people and the city?
Community gardening is a well-known term and idea in New York City thanks to the much-publicized opposition between former Mayor Giuliani and members of the New York City public, who brought a lawsuit to have the gardens protected. The issue was eventually resolved when Mayor Bloomberg replaced Giuliani and introduced the Garden Settlement of 2002. Read more
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