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Feds NYU researchers from Westchester leaked study results to Chinese
Three New York University researchers from China who all live in Westchester divulged results from a federally funded study to Chinese competitors in exchange for tuition, rent and other expenses, federal prosecutors said ...
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Former High-Ranking Official and New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison
Earlier today, Michael Provenzano, formerly director of Construction Services for the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 18 months followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $30,000 restitution to the city of New York and a $5,000 fine following his corruption conviction for taking bribes. As ...
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More questions in NY Assembly sex harass case
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Details of a sexual harassment scandal that is hitting powerful Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver are leading to more criticism of the investigation that appeared to stop at an already disgraced ...
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NY art dealer charged with tax fraud
NEW YORK (AP) -- A Long Island based art dealer has been charged with tax fraud in connection with the sale of fake works attributed to famous ...
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Bike Share in New York Built From Ideas Around World
Clockwise from top left: Ed Alcock for The New York Times; Alex Wong/Getty Images; Facundo Arrizabalaga/European Pressphoto Agency;and Lourdes Segade for The New York ...
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New York Accounting Foundation Awards $183750 in Scholarships
New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants' (NYSSCPA) Foundation for Accounting Education (FAE) has announced the sixty-seven New York State students who will receive Excellence in Accounting Scholarships for the 2013-2014 school year. scholarships are awarded in order to provide financial assistance and encouragement to accounting majors. Sixty college students received a ...
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Needed 350000 mid-level skilled workers in NY by 2018
New York state faces a shortage of 350,000 mid-level skilled workers, and the Capital Region is especially vulnerable because its technology sector is growing so quickly. That was the message Tuesday from a group of businesses and educational leaders citing a report from America's Edge. The national organization, with 150 members in the Albany area, supports early education as a means for ...
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This company got the most IDA benefits--and its not GlobalFoundries
GlobalFoundries Inc. computer-chip factory in Saratoga County does not receive the most benefits from the Capital Region's industrial development agencies, or IDAs. In 2011, anyway, that title went to a gas-fired generating plant in the town of Athens, in Greene County. The plant received benefits from the Greene County IDA worth $25.8 million, tops of all of the roughly 450 IDA-backed ...
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Saratoga Springs financial advisor establishing $5 million fund for startups
Robert Manasier , managing director of Diamond Point Advisory Group in Saratoga Springs, NY, is looking to raise $5 million to support the entrepreneurs coming out of the state's universities. Manasier was one of the organizers ...
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Citing union rule Albany County scraps bids for SCCC work
SCCC chairwoman Denise Murphy McGraw has said she's worried about "crippling" delays. Albany County says that re-bidding will not prevent renovations from beginning in June or July, as originally ...
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Mild relief in Capital Region unemployment
Unemployment in the core Capital Region dropped last month to its lowest point since the start of the recession. The unemployment rate stood at 6.5 percent, the state labor department says. That's lower than the U.S. and statewide rates. It's also better than nine of the 10 other metro areas upstate (except for the much smaller market of Ithaca, ...
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Survivor tales emerge from rubble of tornado-ravaged Moore Okla.
Moore, Okla. -- Teachers are being hailed as heroes Tuesday for saving the lives of their pupils as a deadly twister bore down Monday on two elementary schools in Moore, Okla. Sixth-grade teacher Rhonda Crosswhite told viewers on NBC's "Today" how she and some students braved the storm that destroyed Plaza Towers Elementary School, ...
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Geddes police investigate robbery at Bank of America
Geddes, NY -- Geddes police are investigating a robbery at the Bank of America on Onondaga Boulevard this morning. Around 10:15 a.m., a man walked into the bank and handed the teller a note demanding money, Geddes Police Chief Vic Gillette said. The suspect did not display a weapon and no one was injured in the incident. A customer and a delivery man were inside the bank at the time of the ...
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Police defend officer who shot NY college student
CORRECTS SPELLING OF LAST NAME -- In this photo copied from the 2010 Sleepy Hollow High School yearbook, high school student Andrea Rebello is shown. Police said Rebello, a junior at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., was shot and killed Friday, May 17, 2013, during a break-in near the college campus. (AP Photo/Sleepy Hollow High ...
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Iconic Clubs Team Up to Grow US Soccer League
Major League Baseball's New York Yankees and English Premier League football club Manchester City are joining together to enter an expansion team in U.S. Major League Soccer (MLS). The new team will be named New York City Football Club and expects to begin play in 2015 as MLS's 20th franchise. MLS Commissioner Don Garber said "this is a transformational development that will ...
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Muppets creators items head to NY museum
NEW YORK (AP) — The Muppets may have taken Manhattan, but they're getting a spiffy new home in Queens.Muppet creator Jim Henson's family is donating about 400 puppets, costumes, props and other items to the Museum of the Moving Image.Mayor Michael Bloomberg was on hand for the announcement Tuesday.The museum plans to build a new gallery to house the new contributions. The city is ...
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Knicks unsure about Stoudemires role
New York Knicks' Amare Stoudemire argues with referee Monty McCutchen after being called for a technical foul during the first half of Game 4 of an Eastern Conference semifinal NBA basketball playoff series against the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday, May 14, 2013, in Indianapolis. The Pacers won 93-82. (AP Photo/Darron ...
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Date set to determine if slay nanny fit to stand trail
A June 24 date has been set for an open court hearing to determine if accused killer nanny Yoselyn Ortega is mentally fit for trial.Ortega, 50, is charged with the October bathtub slashing murders of two Upper West Side children in her care. Lucia Krim perished at age 6; her little brother Leo, died at her side at age 2.The hearing date was set this morning, as Ortega appeared briefly before ...
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney and FBI Assistant Director in Charge Announce Arrest of New York Police Department Detective for Computer Hacking
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and George Venizelos, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), announced today the arrest of Edwin Vargas, a detective with the New York City Police Department (NYPD), for computer hacking crimes. Vargas was arrested this morning outside his residence in ...
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Climate change will push up New Yorks heatwave deaths
Radley Horton of Columbia University in New York and colleagues have now calculated the net effect. They matched daily temperature data for Manhattan with death rates between 1982 and 1999 to estimate how sensitive the city's population is to temperatures, then used future temperature forecasts to estimate future death rates. In all their 16 models, temperature-related deaths increased ...
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New York fines Airbnb host $2400
A New York judge has ordered a man who rented out part of his apartment on Airbnb to pay $2,400 for violating a 2011 law barring rentals for periods under 30 ...
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Tickets on sale now for annual Great Seneca River Duck Race
One duck leads the race during the Great River Duck Race in this undated file photo. The duck won the first place in the race. The annual duck race will take place in June. Tickets for ducks are on sale ...
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Three bank robberies in two weeks around Syracuse Crime database
E-mail staff writer Douglass Dowty and he'll check into it. For the last week fully reported in the Crime Database -- May 6 to 12 -- there were 241 serious crimes. Here's the breakdown: Aggravated assaults: 16 Robberies: 7 Burglaries: 42 Larcenies: 165 Car thefts: 8 The database includes a record of aggravated assaults, arsons, burglaries, all larcenies, murders or attempted ...
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Syracuse area unemployment dropped in April
In this April photo, people wait in line before the Dr. King Career Fair at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center in Albany, N.Y. The Syracuse area added 3,500 nonfarm jobs in April. U.S. employers added 165,000 jobs, and hiring was much stronger in the previous two months than first ...
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Severe thunderstorms this afternoon over Central New York Severe Thunderstorm watch in...
A severe thunderstorm watch is in effect for all of Central New York State until 9:00 p.m. As of 1:45 this afternoon a large thunderstorm was tracking southeast across Cayuga County. Hail of 1 to 2 inches in diameter has been reported with this storm. There are signs of rotation up in the storm over Cayuga County. For now, this simply means that it is a well organized storm and will likely to ...
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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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