BirrichinaSolitary Confinement After False Drug Test, He Was in Solitary Confinement for 120 DaysThe New York Times - Jan RansomMichael Kearney could not understand how he had tested positive for drugs. He stared in disbelief at the corrections officers in an upstate New York prison where he was serving time. Though he had once
BirrichinaElectrical Grid National Grid Gas Nightmare: Cuomo Moves To Revoke National Grid’s Certificate To Operate Downstatecbslocal.com - CBS New York NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Gov. Andrew Cuomo is turning up the heat on National Grid. Cuomo sent a letter to National Grid saying the state intends to …
BirrichinaNews Boat Stuck at Niagara Falls Moves for First Time Since 1918The New York Times - Christina GoldbaumFor generations of visitors to Niagara Falls, the sight of a century-old shipwreck in the rapids was almost as mystifying as the waterfalls themselves. Many parents have taken their children to the rapids
BirrichinaPolitics Can Trump Avoid Taxes by Leaving New York? It’s Not So Simple.The New York Times - James BarronLike a long line of other wealthy New Yorkers, President Trump has decided to establish his legal residence in Florida, apparently at least in part to save money on his taxes. New York State has a platoon
Birrichina Gusty Winds Threaten To Take Down More Trees, Power Linescbslocal.com - CBS New York AMITYVILLE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – Wednesday’s nor’easter brought torrential rain that knocked down trees and flooded streets. Now, Tri-State Area …
BirrichinaNews Cuomo signs law aimed at weakening Trump's pardon power, closes 'double jeopardy' loopholeNBC News - By Allan SmithLawmakers said the measure was necessary to ensure state investigations don't get derailed by the president. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a measure Wednesday that would allow the state to pursue against
Birrichina New Yorkers Have a Chance to Remake How They VoteThe New York TimesIf New Yorkers know one thing, it’s how to choose among a wide array of options: subway routes, pizza parlors, clothing boutiques, Broadway shows. The nice thing about having these choices is that you
BirrichinaItalian Americans Andrew Cuomo uses N-word when discussing Italian AmericansAxios - Jacob Knutson New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo used the N-word Tuesday while quoting a New York Times editorial about racist language used historically against Italian …
Birrichina New York Says End of AIDS Epidemic Is NearThe New York Times - Jesse McKinleyALBANY — There was a time when the diagnosis of H.I.V. was a death sentence, when thousands of New Yorkers, primarily gay men, succumbed to AIDS-related illnesses, and the end of the epidemic seemed both
Birrichina New York prosecutors reject Trump's immunity claim in tax returns casePOLITICOPresident Donald Trump has no “sweeping immunity” from a criminal probe while he remains in office, New York prosecutors said in a court filing Monday urging a federal judge to reject Trump’s effort to
Birrichina Cuomo pushes for flavored e-cig ban, citing risk to youthpbs.org - Associated Press NEW YORK — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo directed state health officials to ban the sale of flavored e-cigarettes, citing the risk of young people …
BirrichinaNews New York moves to enact statewide flavored e-cig banAssociated Press - By DEEPTI HAJELA, Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is pushing to enact a statewide ban on the sale of flavored e-cigarettes amid growing health concerns connected to vaping, especially among young people. The
BirrichinaNew York City Too Much on New York’s Plate?The New York Times - Aaron Randle[Want to get New York Today by email? Here’s the sign-up.] Weather: Dry with mixed sun and clouds, and a high in the mid- to upper 70s. It seems that nearly everyone — Governor Cuomo, the commissioner
Birrichina Rigged or Not, N.Y.’s License Plate Contest Ends With Cuomo’s Bridge LastThe New York Times - Jesse McKinleyALBANY — It seemed, at first glance, to be an innocuous idea. Late last month, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced that he would sponsor a “statewide survey” to allow New York State residents to vote on the
Birrichina Change in New York State law to usher in 'tidal wave' of child sex abuse lawsuitsReuters - By Tom Hals(Reuters) - Thousands of child sexual abuse lawsuits are expected to flow into New York State courts in the coming weeks exposing decades-old misconduct at schools, hospitals, churches and youth clubs,
BirrichinaNews Prosecutors decline to pursue grand jury indictment against father in New York hot car death of twinsABC News - Bill Hutchinson New York prosecutors said Thursday they will not pursue a grand jury indictment at this time against a father whose 1-year-old twins sweltered to …
Birrichina The Last Toll CollectorsThe New York Times - By WINNIE HU[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] Gerry Flint has collected tolls for 40 years on a 570-mile highway that crosses New York State. But he does more than just count
Birrichina Marylou Whitney, Social Queen of the Racing World, Dies at 93The New York Times - By ENID NEMYMarylou Whitney, who fled Missouri for New York with dreams of being an actress and found instead a life of immense wealth and privilege, marrying into two of America’s richest families and reigning for
Birrichina Cuomo Signs a Bill to Allow Release of Trump’s State Tax ReturnsThe New York Times - By JESSE McKINLEY and NICHOLAS FANDOSAs the battle over President Trump’s federal taxes intensifies in Washington, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York signed a bill on Monday to allow congressional committees to access the president’s state
Birrichina Jeffrey Epstein Arrested For Sex Trafficking of Minors: SourcesThe Daily Beast - Pervaiz Shallwani Editor's note: On August 10, 2019, Jeffrey Epstein died in an apparent jailhouse suicide. For more information, see The Daily Beast's reporting …
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Birrichina New York state OKs driver’s licenses for immigrants in U.S. illegallyLos Angeles Times - Associated PressNew York became the 13th state to authorize driver’s licenses for immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally under legislation approved by lawmakers and signed into law Monday night. The Democratic-led
Birrichina In the Hudson Valley, a Drive Back in TimeThe New York Times - By RUSSELL SHORTOSome people travel with a particular objective in mind: to find the past in the present. It’s an impossibility, of course — you never truly succeed, because the present is so very present. But in a wayward,
Birrichina How New York Democrats plan to unlock Trump's taxesPOLITICOALBANY — A tax attorney from White Plains and a state senator whose district is across the street from Trump Tower may have figured out a way to achieve a goal Democrats have had their eyes on for nearly
Birrichina What Happened to New York’s Plans for Single-Payer Health Care?thenation.com - Raina Lipsitz Raina LipsitzThe Albany machine is working to torpedo the New York Health Act—again.The post What Happened to New York’s Plans for Single-Payer …
Birrichina Overlooked No More: Annie Edson Taylor, Who Tumbled Down Niagara Falls Into FameThe New York TimesOverlooked is a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times. Imagine a barrel four and a half feet tall, about as big as an antique ice box
Birrichina New York investigating National Rifle Association's financesAssociated PressNEW YORK (AP) — New York state’s attorney general, who promised during her campaign to investigating the National Rifle Association’s nonprofit status, has begun an investigation into the finances of gun
Birrichina N.R.A. President to Step Down as New York Attorney General InvestigatesThe New York Times - By DANNY HAKIMINDIANAPOLIS — Oliver L. North announced on Saturday that he would not serve a second term as the National Rifle Association’s president, deciding to step down as the organization grappled with a bitter
Birrichina Albany, NY, is coping with a ransomware attackCNN - By Kevin Collier, CNN(CNN) — When Albany, New York, patrolman Gregory McGee went to work last Sunday morning, he got the unpleasant news that hackers had rendered many of the internet-connected tools he relied on for work
