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Archive for 'State Government News'

Here’s every bill that Governor Hochul vetoed in 2024

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How New York’s new law will change short-term rentals

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COMMENTARY: Ten Questions to Challenge Business as Usual at the APA

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Man shoots himself in hand while attempting to shoot deer from inside a vehicle

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DMV begins Forfeit after Four penalty for repeat DUI offenders

Drivers convicted of repeated DUIs can now lose their licenses permanently Click here at Sun Community News 

Hochul recaps strides made for New Yorkers in 2024

Minimum wage increase, paid prenatal leave, insulin co-pay ban  Click here for the Sun Community News story 

N.Y. announces expansion of free direct file tax program

Self-service program can help millions of New Yorkers save $260 on average Click here for the Sun Community News story 

Toll evaders could be banned from the New York State Thruway

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Climate Smart Community Grants Awarded

DEC Interim Commissioner Sean Mahar has announced more than $16 million in Climate Smart Communities Grant awards to municipalities across the state. The grant awards represent the largest ever awarded since the program was created thanks to funding from the Clean Water, Clean Air and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act of 2022. The funded projects […]

Adopting instead of shopping: New York makes buying pets in stores illegal

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Hochul highlights highway, bridge improvements made in 2024

1.2M potholes were filled, 3,189 bridges replaced Click here for the Sun Community News story 

Hochul replaces leader of Marcy prison after guards brutally beat inmate

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State Sen. Dan Stec announces bid for New York’s 21st Congressional District

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New laws coming to NY in 2025: Paid prenatal leave, higher wages, bus seat belts, ‘Seinfeld bill’

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New law expands access to home heating aid for seniors

Legislation aimed at helping to get assistance and information to EPIC participants CLICK HERE FOR THE SUN COMMUNITY NEWS STORY 

New York school districts ranked from 1 to 609 based on new test scores in science

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Minimum wage for most of NY rises to $15.50 on January 1

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Inmate who died after ‘use of force’ by corrections workers in Utica area state prison identified

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New legislation looks to protect students from extreme heat

All school districts develop plans to mitigate extreme heat in classrooms and support services spaces and to establish a maximum allowable temperature Click here for the Sun Community News story 

Inside the Adirondack Fish Hatchery in Lake Clear

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COMMENTARY: Is APA OK with ceding its authority over the Master Plan?

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New law supports employees suffering from work-related stress

They can now file for workers’ comp for specific kinds of mental injury Click here for the Sun Comunity News story 

DiNapoli: Critical Pre-School Special Education Services Not Reaching All Students Who Need Them

December 5, 2024 – Thomas DiNapoli News Release  Preschool students in need of special education services are not always getting the help they need or are getting services late, according to an audit released today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. The audit of the State Department of Education (SED) found many local […]

Recent DCE Forest Ranger Actions

Town of Long Lake, Hamilton County, Wilderness Rescue: On Nov. 28 at 10:30 a.m., Ray Brook Dispatch received an SOS activation from a satellite device on the southeast shoreline of Little Tupper Lake. At 12:05 p.m., Forest Rangers Curcio, Nahor, and O’Connor located the 80-year-old subject who had overturned his canoe. Rangers brought the subject to […]

Hochul expands health care coverage for children

More than 800,000 children enrolled in Medicaid and Child Health Plus will benefit Click here for the Sun Community News story