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For business Cuomo missing in debate on key bill
Andrew Cuomo to publicly lead the charge in scaling back a law they blame for driving up building costs and driving out insurers. Their focus is the scaffold law, which addresses safety and "gravity-related" workplace injuries. The courts have applied the law to mean that ...
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Scranton homicide suspect arraigned in Syracuse criminal court Wednesday
Ryan Harding, 18, a teenager arrested in connection with a May 5 homicide, is being held without bail and is scheduled to appear in county court on Thursday at ...
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Central Square voters approve $68 million budget
Central Square, NY -- Voters in the Central Square Central School District approved a $68 million budget for the 2013-14 school year. The budget was approved by 512 votes; 836 people voted for the budget and 324 people voted against the budget. The public also voted on an additional proposition. Proposition 2 asked voters to authorize a bus replacement proposition of $797,387 for five 65 ...
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Today in Washington Schumer takes heat from gay rights groups
U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., left, flanking Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., right, speaks about immigration reform legislation by the Senate's bipartisan "Gang of Eight" that would create a path for the nation's 11 million unauthorized immigrants to apply for U.S. citizenship, on Thursday, April 18, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Gay ...
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One baby swan in Manlius dies one remains
hatched May 13 at the Manlius Swan Pond has died. The baby swan died about 6:30 p.m. Monday, said Manlius Village Clerk Martha Dygert. The cygnet had been swimming at one end of the pond away from parents Manny and Faye when a bystander noticed it was in distress. The bystander then jumped into the pond to rescue the flailing cygnet, and took it home to care for it. Village officials called ...
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Experimental drug touted as potential game changer for asthma sufferers
Syracuse, N.Y. -- An experimental asthma drug is being touted as a potential game changer for people with the chronic lung disease who do not respond well to existing medicines. The drug, which is designed to attack the underlying causes of the respiratory disease, slashed asthma episodes by 87 percent in a 12-week study, according ...
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Arrest in latest anti-gay attack in New York City
NEW YORK -; A suspect was arrested Wednesday in an assault in Manhattan's East Village that police say was one of several anti-gay attacks in recent ...
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Railroad tracks where Metro-North trains collided were inspected two days before accident
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Federal officials say the section of railroad track in Connecticut where two commuter trains collided last week had been inspected two days before the accident.Robert Kulat, a spokesman for the Federal Railroad Administration, tells ...
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New York Can Fight Airbnb and Uber But the Sharing Economy Is Here to Stay
In today's business world, disruption is a constant force that never lets up. At the annual WIRED Business Conference: Disruptive by Design, we celebrate the creative power of bold new ideas and the people that make them happen. See the event ...
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F-M High School closing due to power outage power has been restored
Fayetteville-Manlius High School is dismissing students at 9:15 a.m. due to a power outage. Power has been restored, but the buses have already left taking the students home. There was no water, so the students can't use the restrooms, district officials said. The district office also has power restored. The high school and district office didn't lose power during the storm Monday ...
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Update Onondaga County voters approve 16 out of 17 school budgets North Syracuse budget rejected
Terry McElroy, resource teacher teacher at Liverpool and Andrew Calderwood, earth science teacher at Liverpool, vote before school starts. They take about five minutes after voting to fill out a survey on how they ...
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Web site sublets illegal - Judge blasts NYers who rent out rooms to travelers
Thousands of New Yorkers who rent out their apartments on the popular traveler site Airbnb.com are breaking the law, a New York judge ruled - and they could be slapped with hefty fines.East Village condo owner Nigel Warren was hit with a $2,400 penalty Monday for subletting his pad to a Russian tourist in December for $100 a night. Judge Clive Morrick ruled that Warren broke a law passed in 2011 ...
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Man turns himself in for allegedly bashing gay man in East Village
A man turned himself in for bashing a gay man in the East Village, cops said today.Gornell Roman, 39, allegedly pummeled victim Dan Contarino and called him anti-gay slurs on Monday while they were walking to a homeless shelter the two were both staying at, authorities said.He was charged with two counts of felony and misdemeanor assault and felony aggravated harassment, all as hate crimes, ...
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Canet seeks gritty New York in Blood Ties
CANNES, France -- The problem with New York these days is there's just not enough litter.At least, that's French director Guillaume Canet's experience. He had to supply his own garbage to recreate the grubby streets of 1970s Brooklyn for his debut English-language feature "Blood Ties.""Every day," the director laughed during an interview at the Cannes Film ...
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Funeral For Hofstra Student Accidentally Shot By Police
SLEEPY HOLLOW, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP)– Mourners will be gathering in Sleepy Hollow Wednesday for the funeral of a Hofstra University student who was accidentally shot by police. Andrea Rebello’s funeralis being held at St. Teresa of Avila Church. The service will be in Portuguese. The 21-year-old ...
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Quinn leads NYC mayoral poll among Democrats
NEW YORK (AP) -- A new poll finds that City Council Speaker Christine Quinn leads candidates for the Democratic nomination for New York City mayor with 25 ...
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Anthony Weiner to run for NYC mayor
Anthony Weiner has announced his candidacy for New York City mayor. Weiner previously resigned his congressional seat in 2011 after revelations that he sent indiscreet photos and messages to a number of ...
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Some remain without power after storm hits Central New York
debris, knocked down power lines and trees . Power has been restored to many of the nearly 12,000 National Grid customers in Onondaga County who were without power. As of 12 a.m., 460 National Grid customers were still without power in Onondaga County. In Cayuga County 190 National Grid customers were still without power. New York State Electric and Gas reported only a few outages in Cayuga ...
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West at a glance school budget results and sewing
Syracuse, NY -- Voters in all of the school districts in Western Onondaga County Tuesday passed their school budgets for 2013-14 and many districts will have new members on the school board. We've written ...
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NY Minute Gov. Andrew Cuomo makes second gaming deal with Mohawks
Cuomo visits Syracuse today; some law enforcement leaders say the governor asked them to cool criticism of the state's gun laws; and guess which Western New York businessman got $630,000 in tax ...
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New mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner has less support among voters than he did last month poll
On the same day that he took the plunge into the mayor's race, voters told Anthony Weiner he's not cutting the mustard with them.The timing was coincidental, but a Quinnipiac University poll was released this morning just hours after Weiner ended months of speculation ...
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Manchester City and New York Yankees launch new MLS franchise - video
Manchester City and the New York Yankees joined forces to create New York City Football Club . MLS commissioner Don Garber says competition between the two New York teams will help soccer make a breakthrough in the city's competitive sports ...
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Countrys most wanted deadbeat parent sentenced
NEW YORK (AP) -- A Long Island man once dubbed by prosecutors as the country's most wanted deadbeat parent for owing more than $1.2 million in child support has been sentenced to two and a half years in ...
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Schumer US needs storm app for tablets phones
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is proposing a national application for smartphones, tablets and the Internet which would quickly update comprehensive storm warnings ...
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April home sales up 6 percent in Albany area
Closed sales of homes increased 6 percent in April in the Albany, NY region while sales contracts, a sign of future activity, rose 15 percent, according to preliminary figures released today. The median sale price increased 4 percent, to $194,600, and the average price increased 5 percent, to $217,340 on homes sold through the Capital Region Multiple Listing Service. Total inventory of homes ...
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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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