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• Winds remain powerful through the day

  08-02-2019 23:50 via timesunion.com
  RotterdamRising waters from the Mohawk River closed off a nearby state road Friday evening, as strong winds were expected to continue across the region overnight into Saturday.Rotterdam police wanted that part of Route 5S at Old Crawford Road were impassable Friday night due to Mohawk flooding, police said. Waters were expected to begin receding after 11 p.m.Meanwhile, Capital Region residents should be ready to hold onto their hats, with high winds expected to continue through mid-afternoon Sat
  
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• T’s Wellness Guide to New York

  08-02-2019 23:10 via nytimes.com
  A shortlist of places to find wholesome food, a good workout and all-natural beauty treatments — with or without crystals.
  
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• Man, 19, Shot Dead on Street Near Bronx School: NYPD

  08-02-2019 23:05
  
  A 19-year-old man has died after being shot in front of a school in the Bronx, police said.Photo Credit: News 4 NY
  
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• No threat found after 2 loud bangs heard near Colonie school

  08-02-2019 22:16 via timesunion.com
  COLONIE -- No threat was discovered after the report of two shots fired was called in at Sand Creek Elementary School Friday just after noon, town police said.
  
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• Enrollment in NY's Obamacare marketplace hits record high

  08-02-2019 21:54 via timesunion.com
  A record number of New Yorkers obtained health coverage through the state-based health exchange during the most recent open enrollment period, defying a national trend of enrollment declines on the Obamacare marketplace.
  
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• Albany Water uncovers two-century-old wood water main

  08-02-2019 21:43 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY — City water department employees were about five feet beneath the asphalt on Broadway when they came across something they weren't expecting.A log."As soon as we saw it, I thought, 'Well, that can't be an old telephone pole,'" said Joseph Coffey, the department's commissioner.They pulled out the log, which was about six feet long and hollowed out, only to learn that it was a piece of Albany's history as well as a testament to how far we've come in water infrastructure over the past
  
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• Saratoga Springs residents fear revival of hospital expansion plans

  08-02-2019 21:13 via timesunion.com
  SARATOGA SPRINGS - The prospect of a zoning change on Myrtle and Morgan streets has neighborhood residents concerned that a proposed hospital expansion, which was killed in 2016, will be revived.The change from residential to institutional as part of a larger Unified Development Ordinance plan, residents say, means that the hospital can again seek approval for its plan to eat up 8.52 acres with 300 parking spaces and a 75,000 square-foot, three-story medical building."It's a peaceful neighborhoo
  
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• Saratoga Sprigns residents fear revival of hospital expansion plans

  08-02-2019 21:13 via timesunion.com
  SARATOGA SPRINGS - The prospect of a zoning change on Myrtle and Morgan streets has neighborhood residents concerned that a proposed hospital expansion, which was killed in 2016, will be revived.The change from residential to institutional as part of a larger Unified Development Ordinance plan, residents say, means that the hospital can again seek approval for its plan to eat up 8.52 acres with 300 parking spaces and a 75,000 square-foot, three-story medical building."It's a peaceful neighborhoo
  
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• Tensions Over Political Resistance to Amazon Boil Over in New York

  08-02-2019 20:59 via nytimes.com
  Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo increased pressure on critics of the planned campus in Queens as executives inside the company chafed at new roadblocks.
  
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• Amazon HQ2 Deal Stirs New Tensions in New York

  08-02-2019 20:59 via nytimes.com
  Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo increased pressure on critics of the planned campus in Queens as executives inside the company chafed at new roadblocks.
  
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• NYC Gang Members Indicted for Waging Deadly Retaliation: DA

  08-02-2019 20:55
  
  Twelve alleged Chico gang members are facing numerous charges, including murder, for “waging a deadly campaign of retaliation for a 2016 death,” authorities say.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• March 1 prison date for Aiello, Percoco

  08-02-2019 20:50 via timesunion.com
  NEW YORK – Ex-top gubernatorial aide Joseph Percoco and Syracuse developer Steven Aiello must report to federal prison in less than three weeks to begin serving time for political corruption.U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni on Friday ordered Percoco and Aiello report to prison no later than March 1 at 2 p.m. The judge rejected arguments from the defendants' attorneys, who had tried to convince the judge their clients should remain free as they appeal their convictions.Federal law allows
  
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• $20M in state funds sought to cover St. Clare's pensioners

  08-02-2019 20:38 via timesunion.com
  State legislators are proposing a $20 million state budget request to help bail out the over 1,100 former St. Clare's Hospital employees who were told last year their pensions would be either reduced or eliminated because the pension fund didn't have enough money.
  
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• NJ Teacher’s Aide Accused of Having Sex With 14-Year-Old

  08-02-2019 20:19
  
  A teacher's aide in New Jersey is accused of having sex with a 14-year-old student, prosecutors say.Photo Credit: Handout
  
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• Lego replicas of iconic American structures on display at Crossgates

  08-02-2019 20:08 via timesunion.com
  GUILDERLAND — The Lego Americana Roadshow set up at Crossgates Mall features replicas of some of America's most well-known architectural structures.It will be on display from Saturday through Feb. 24 on the mall's lower level near the Apple store.The show includes the Lincoln Monument, U.S. Capitol and Statue of Liberty.
  
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• Irish coach arrested in Guilderland on hundreds of sex crime charges to be extradited

  08-02-2019 19:51 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY - A fugitive arrested in Guilderland last month, who faces nearly 400 criminal counts stemming from the sexual abuse of two children in Ireland, will be extradited to Ireland, according to court documents.U.S. District Judge Daniel Stewart said in his written decision to extradite Raymond Donlon, issuedearlier this week, that Donlon is a flight risk and "significant danger to the community."
  
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• Norman Seabrook Was Once a Union PowerBroker in New York. Now He Is Going to Prison.

  08-02-2019 19:48 via nytimes.com
  Mr. Seabrook, the former head of correction officers’ union, was sentenced to prison for taking a bribe to steer the union’s money into a risky hedge fund.
  
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• Norman Seabrook Was Once a Union Power-Broker in New York. Now He Is Going to Prison.

  08-02-2019 19:48 via nytimes.com
  Mr. Seabrook, the former head of correction officers’ union, was sentenced to prison for taking a bribe to steer the union’s money into a risky hedge fund.
  
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• SPAC offering Ticket to Rock package

  08-02-2019 19:40 via timesunion.com
  Alice in Chains, Breaking Benjamin, Slipknot could be coming to the Saratoga Performing Arts Center this summer, thanks to a Ticket to Rock package through Live Nation, announced Friday.Three-show packages that could include the artists above — as well as Korn, Shinedown, Behemoth and others — will be available at 19 amphitheaters in the U.S., including the Saratoga Springs venue. (Some venues will have four-show packages available. Alas, 'Toga gets three, according to the Friday new
  
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• Another Troy pol admits using racial slur

  08-02-2019 19:33 via timesunion.com
  TROY – Peggy Kownack, a former City Council candidate, says she left the North Central Little League leadership several years ago after she used a racial slur in a friendly manner and learned that it was not received that way by African-Americans.Peggy Kownack, who is white and ran unsuccessfully on the Working Families Party line in 2015 in the 1st Council District with a slate of Democrats, made her admission during Thursday's public speaking speaking portion of the City Council meeting.
  
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• Kayaderosseras Creek flooding closes Ballston Spa bridge, weather service says

  08-02-2019 19:24 via timesunion.com
  BALLSTON SPA - The Kayaderosseras Creek is flooding near the Ralph Street bridge because of an ice jam that's blocking the flow of water.The bridge is closed at Kent Street because of the rising water. Rain and rising temperatures prompted the National Weather Service to issue a flood warning for small streams.
  
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• With Amazon deal (possibly) in peril, Cuomo attacks Senate Democrats

  08-02-2019 19:07 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY — Amid reports that Amazon may withdraw from the deal to place a massive corporate headquarters in Queens, Gov. Andrew Cuomo defended the $3 billion tax incentive used to lure in the retail giant and its promised 25,000 jobs.Cuomo said at an unrelated event in neighboring Long Island Friday that the deal is not a "corporate handout" as the opposition had characterized it, and blasted Queens politicians like state Senate Deputy Majority Leader Michael Gianaris for pandering to paroch
  
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• Charter gets extension to to reach deal with PSC

  08-02-2019 17:40 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY - State regulators believe they may be just a few weeks away from finalizing deal to keep the Spectrum cable TV network operating in New York state.
  
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• Republican senators scoff at proposal to increase pay of state inmates

  08-02-2019 17:28 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY - A Democratic proposal to increase the pay of New York's prison inmates to at least $3 per hour is prompting outrage from some Republican lawmakers.Inmates in New York are among the nation's lowest paid, earning an average of 62 cents per hour, according to a study from the Prison Policy Institute. The proposed legislation would give the state six months to implement the higher minimum wage for the work inmates perform, including custodial and food services, and the manufacture of licens
  
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• CAP COM beefs up executive team

  08-02-2019 17:12 via timesunion.com
  COLONIE - Cap Com Federal Credit Union has hired three new top executives as it prepares for the retirement of longtime CEO Paula Stopera.Jason Greco, the former chief technology officer at Ayco, was named CTO. Lee Carman, the former vice president of lending at Kinderhook bank was named chief lending officer, and Chris Horne, a former executive at General Electric Co., was named chief experience officer.
  
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• Poll: Thoughts on precalculated tip options on restaurant checks

  08-02-2019 17:08 via timesunion.com
  I can't get too exercised about the whole pretax or tax-included tipping debate. On a $100 check, the difference is $1.60 more. If that's going to break your budget, you shouldn't be having hundred-dollar dinners. If the principle bugs you, see the last sentence of the previous paragraph.What do you think? Add your comments and take a poll on the Table Hopping blog.
  
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• NY Dental Assistant Nabbed for Stealing From Patients: PD

  08-02-2019 17:01
  
  A dental assistant was arrested for allegedly stealing jewelry from patients at an office in Rocky Point, Suffolk County police announced Friday.Photo Credit: Handout
  
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• Customer complaints over Spectrum TV down since merger

  08-02-2019 16:53 via timesunion.com
  ROTTERDAM - Customer complaints over their cable TV service are down significantly since Charter Communications acquired Time Warner Cable nearly three years ago.
  
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• Child lived at Rotterdam home with meth lab, police said

  08-02-2019 16:39 via timesunion.com
  ROTTERDAM - Police said they found a meth lab inside the Van Wormer Road where a man lived with his 7-year-old son.Nicholas P. Ferraro, 35, was charged with felony drug offenses and child endangerment after police raided his 2149 Van Wormer Road at 4:30 a.m. Friday.
  
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• Cohoes confronting major water main repairs

  08-02-2019 16:35 via timesunion.com
  COHOES — The city is performing emergency repairs to fix a major water valve break that is threatening to cut water supplies to one-third of city residents, Mayor Shawn Morse said Friday.A boil water advisory has been issued, meaning the water might not be safe to drinking unless it is brought to a rolling boil first.
  
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• Knife-Wielding Man Shot Dead by Police in LES: NYPD

  08-02-2019 16:16
  
  Two officers fatally shot a knife-wielding man in the Lower East Side while responding to a domestic dispute, police say.Photo Credit: Citizen App
  
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• DEC, Adirondack groups join to cut number of search-and-rescues

  08-02-2019 15:58 via timesunion.com
  Beginning Presidents' Day Weekend, hikers in the Adirondacks will see state Department of Environmental Conservation forest rangers and Adirondack groups on trails trying to reduce the number of search-and-rescue incidents.Forest rangers have seen an increase in backcountry search-and-rescues along with the rising popularity of the Adirondacks, the DEC said.
  
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• Smoke at Subway Station Leads to Train Delays

  08-02-2019 15:52
  
  There are service changes and delays in F and M train service while the FDNY investigates the source of smoke at the 2nd Avenue station, the MTA said Friday morning.Photo Credit: @ericstephenbias / Twitter
  
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• Massive Bridge and Tunnel Delays Snarl Friday Commute

  08-02-2019 15:10
  
  Both the Lincoln Tunnel and Holland Tunnel from New York into New Jersey are closed, snarling the Friday commute.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• Colonie senior citizens rally against proposed cell tower 100 feet from homes

  08-02-2019 14:37 via timesunion.com
  COLONIE — Senior citizens packed a town zoning meeting Thursday to protest the proposed construction of a 70-foot cell tower less than 100 feet from a senior community living building.Two dozen residents of King Thiel Senior Community and about a half-dozen other neighboring homeowners showed up at Colonie's Zoning Board of Appeals public hearing on a special use permit by Verizon to construct the tower, designed to look like a tree, 92 feet away from the senior community on Elks Lane.
  
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• Report: Bones believed to be human found in Lake George

  08-02-2019 12:57 via timesunion.com
  LAKE GEORGE - Human bones discovered at a construction site in the town of Lake George could be decades, if not centuries, old, according to a report by the Glens Falls Post-Star.Warren County Sheriff Bud York told the Post-Star that a construction crew was digging at a site for a new home when the bones, which appear to be human remains, were spotted late Thursday morning.
  
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• Happening Today: Jeff Bezos, Gene Editing, Ariana Grande

  08-02-2019 12:46
  
  Here's what to know for Friday, Feb. 8.Photo Credit: AP/File
  
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• Man who raped child faces decades in prison, DA says

  08-02-2019 12:45 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY - A man faces decades in prison when he is sentenced Friday for sexually attacking a child over the three year period earlier this decade, prosecutors said.A jury convicted Derrick Rosa, 39, of Cohoes, for numerous counts of criminal sex act and rape for attacks that occurredin October 2014 and continued until August 2017.
  
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• Cohoes man gets 50 years in prison for raping child, DA says

  08-02-2019 12:45 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY — A man was sentenced Friday to 50 years in prison for sexually attacking a child over a 3-year period earlier this decade, prosecutors said.Albany County Judge William Carter sentenced Derrick Rosa, 39, of Cohoes to 25 years in prison for felony criminal sex act and a consecutive sentence of 25 years for felony rape, to be followed by 25 years of post-release supervision, according to the Albany County District Attorney's Office.
  
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• Winds will pummel Albany area

  08-02-2019 12:37 via timesunion.com
  The Capital Region is going to get a burst of heavy wind between Friday and Saturday afternoons with gusts hitting 50 mph.The National Weather Service issued a wind advisory that runs from 1 p.m. Friday and 3 p.m. Saturday.
  
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• N.Y. Today: The L Train Stinks

  08-02-2019 12:08 via nytimes.com
  Can anything go right with the L train?
  
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• Report shows historical impact of misdemeanor marijuana arrests

  08-02-2019 12:00 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY — As New York grapples with the question of whether or not to legalize recreational marijuana, it will have to deal with two issues — one for the future, the other rooted in the past.The first involves the need for increased safety and education measures to follow legalization of adult use, the second concerns how to address the fact that for decades minorities have been more likely to be arrested for misdemeanor marijuana possession.
  
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• Where Luxury Meets Accessibility

  08-02-2019 11:00 via nytimes.com
  Features like open kitchens and spacious bathrooms appeal to nearly everyone. So why isn’t accessible housing more readily available in New York City?
  
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• Valerie Reyes Feared for Her Life. Then Her Body Was Found in a Suitcase.

  08-02-2019 11:00 via nytimes.com
  “I feel like somebody’s going to murder me,” Ms. Reyes told her mother the day before she disappeared. She was found days later in Connecticut.
  
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• She Feared for Her Life. Then Her Body Was Found in a Suitcase.

  08-02-2019 11:00 via nytimes.com
  “I’m feel like somebody’s going to murder me,” Valerie Reyes told her mother the day before she disappeared. She was found nine days later in Connecticut.
  
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• Woman's Burned, Decomposed Body Found in Closet; Son Charged

  08-02-2019 07:29
  
  The burned, decomposed body of a woman was found upside down in a closet in her Brooklyn apartment, law enforcement sources say.Photo Credit: News 4 NY
  
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• Listen Up: A Closer Look at Top Stories for Friday, Feb. 8

  08-02-2019 06:51
  
  Get a closer look at the top stories for Friday, Feb. 8.
  
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• With Abortion in Spotlight, States Seek to Pass New Laws

  08-02-2019 06:46 via nytimes.com
  Lawmakers in several states have been busy crafting legislation that would either protect abortion or make it illegal in the event that the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade.
  
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• With Abortion in Spotlight, a Flurry of Legislation Across the Country

  08-02-2019 06:46 via nytimes.com
  Lawmakers in several states have been busy crafting legislation that would either protect abortion or make it illegal in the event that the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade.
  
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• Sex Assault Warnings for Tourists at Popular Vacation Spots

  08-02-2019 04:29
  
  Turquoise water, white sand beaches, and carefree days by the pool -- these are the images of paradise that vacation resorts want you to see. But a shadow has been cast over some of the top vacation spots in the...Photo Credit: News 4 NY
  
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