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• Schoharie DA not available to discuss NTSB concerns

  21-12-2018 23:52 via timesunion.com
  SCHOHARIE – Schoharie County District Attorney Susan Mallery on Friday continued to avoid responding to criticism from the National Safety Transportation Board that she has delayed federal investigators access to the limo that crashed on Oct. 6, killing 20 people.When a Times Union reporter stopped by the district attorney's office at 157 Depot Lane on Friday, the district attorney's secretary said Mallery was in a meeting and unavailable. The secretary, Carola Tripsas, even denied the rep
  
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• Destructive Storms Pound U.S. From Coast to Coast

  21-12-2018 23:27 via nytimes.com
  Storms in Washington, tornadoes in Florida and flash floods in New York are causing problems for residents and travelers right before the holidays.
  
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• State drops charges against Kaloyeros

  21-12-2018 23:23 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY — The state attorney general's office is dropping its corruption case against Dr. Alain Kaloyeros less than two weeks after he was sentenced to three and a half years in prison for federal bid-rigging crimes.Kaloyeros, the former president of SUNY Polytechnic Institute, was charged in 2016 by then-state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman with three felony counts for allegedly steering development contracts to the Albany-based Columbia Development Corp.
  
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• Rensselaer County hunts for new senior citizens center site in Troy

  21-12-2018 22:33 via timesunion.com
  TROY – Rensselaer County is searching for a new home for its Troy Area Senior Services Center that's currently located downtown in the former Masonic Temple at 19 Third St.The county has issued a "request for information" as it seeks places in the city where a new senior center can be located. Richard Crist, a spokesman for County Executive Steve McLaughlin and county director of operations, said Friday another downtown location would be good, but that the county will consider sites throug
  
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• Trump, Schumer exchange shots as shutdown looms

  21-12-2018 22:30 via timesunion.com
  WASHINGTON — With the clock ticking down to a midnight deadline Friday, Senate leaders including Sen. Charles E. Schumer of New York were scrambling to reach a deal that would avert a partial government shutdown.The Republican-controlled Senate late Friday side-stepped consideration of a House-passed measure that would give President Donald Trump his long-sought $5 billion border wall, which Schumer and other Democrats have derided as expensive, ineffective and unnecessary."I hope Senate D
  
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• CDPHP, St. Catherine's team up to house the homeless

  21-12-2018 22:05 via timesunion.com
  On Friday, CDPHP announced it's formalizing a partnership with St. Catherine's in order to offer housing support and critical services to some of its most vulnerable members — adults like George who have chronic conditions, and are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless in Albany, Columbia and Greene counties.
  
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• St. Mary's and Samaritan hospitals merger in Troy effective with new year

  21-12-2018 22:02 via timesunion.com
  TROY – After 168 years, St. Mary's Hospital will no longer exist as a stand-alone hospital when it merges effective Jan. 1, 2019 with nearby Samaritan Hospital into one legal entity, St. Peter's Health Care Partners announced.Instead, the former St. Mary's Hospital will become the St. Mary's Campus. The hospital at 1300 Massachusetts Ave. will be renamed Samaritan Hospital.
  
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• Troy burglary interrupted by police

  21-12-2018 21:48 via timesunion.com
  TROY - A burglary at Romanation Jewelers on Thursday night in downtown Troy was interrupted by police.
  
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• Fuzehub webinar to aid farm, food start-ups

  21-12-2018 21:46 via timesunion.com
  Fuzehub, a non-profit organization with the New York Manufacturing Extension partnership, will host a Jan. 22 webinar to connect farm, food and beverage entrepreneurs with state funds.
  
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• Retired Columbia County sheriff dies

  21-12-2018 21:41 via timesunion.com
  —COLUMBIA COUNTY - Retired Columbia County Sheriff Paul J. Proper died on Thursday evening, according to a press release from the county sheriff's office.
  
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• Court rules against paddler in Adirondack case

  21-12-2018 21:36 via timesunion.com
  JohnstownA state judge has ruled against a canoeist who paddled an Adirondack creek claimed as private property, the latest twist in an eight-year-old legal challenge.State Supreme Court Justice Richard Aulisi ruled Thursday in favor of landowners who had sued Phil Brown, former editor of Adirondack Explorer magazine, after he paddled a remote creek in Long Lake, Hamilton County in 2009 that adjoining landowners argued was not open to the public.
  
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• Hunter charged with felony after bullet hits Ghent house

  21-12-2018 21:22 via timesunion.com
  GHENT - A home in Columbia County was struck by an errant bullet from a hunter firing multiple times at a nearby deer, according to a press release from the Columbia County sheriff's office.
  
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• Cops: NJ Woman Stole From Senior Citizens in Assisted Living

  21-12-2018 20:40 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  An assisted living facility worker in New Jersey is accused of stealing from senior citizens, including a blind victim and a 96-year-old one, police say.Photo Credit: South Brunswick Police Department
  
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• Schenectady schools await word on state oversight

  21-12-2018 19:55 via timesunion.com
  SCHENECTADY - They won't know for sure until next month, but Schenectady schools superintendent Larry Spring says "it's possible" that some of the districts elementary schools could end up in state receivership.The state has shared some test results and data that shows district schools could end up under state oversight but nothing will be finalized until next month, when the district is expected to address the findings with state education officials.Spring said the district is trying to come up
  
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• Opinions differ on need for Saratoga County Prosperity Partnership

  21-12-2018 19:48 via timesunion.com
  BALLSTON SPA – Support for the Saratoga County Prosperity Partnership, the taxpayer-funded organization that is meant to boost the county's economy, is divided.Jonathan Schopf, one of Clifton Park's two representatives on the Saratoga County Board ofSupervisors, said that the county's 2019 budget, in which SCPP was allotted $775,000, will be the last one he supports. He said he finds SCPP "problematic," citing its President Marty Vanags' spending on travel ($154,000 in 35 months, a Times U
  
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• Police: Cobleskill woman steals relative's identity, racks up bills, traffic tickets

  21-12-2018 19:22 via timesunion.com
  COLONIE - A Cobleskill woman is accused of stealing a relative's identity and racking up traffic citations and over $200,000 in medical bills.Christan Vezeau, 32, was charged in Colonie with falsifying business records and identify theft, both felonies, as well misdemeanor criminal impersonation, according to State Police in Latham. Vezeau also was charged in the city of Albany on the same three charges.
  
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• Raging Flames Leap From High-Rise Office in Midtown

  21-12-2018 18:22 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Dozens of firefighters are on scene battling a fire that broke out at a high-rise in the heart of Manhattan Friday morning.Photo Credit: Citizen App/Handout
  
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• Disgraced ex-surgeon faces multiple fraud charges

  21-12-2018 18:22 via timesunion.com
  NISKAYUNA – A medical supply company and its founder stand charged with defrauding the Empire Plan, the primary health insurance plan covering state employees.According to the office of state Inspector Catherine Leahy Scott, the fraud was accomplished through inappropriate charges, forged prescriptions and falsified insurance claims for orthotics and compression stockings provided to government employees.Union Foot Solutions, LLC, of Niskayuna (also known as Union Orthotics and Pedorthics)
  
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• Tempers rise when Siena basketball meets Holy Cross

  21-12-2018 18:16 via timesunion.com
  The Saints haven't played a nonconference opponent twice in the same year since a pair of losses to Purdue on Nov. 24 and Dec. 1, 2013 as part of the Old Spice Classic.Now Siena gets another crack at Holy Cross in a game that was already scheduled as part of Siena's series contract with Holy Cross.In the November meeting, there were separate altercations just 24 seconds apart in the second half between Siena's Jalen Pickett and Holy Cross's Austin Butler and Siena's Evan Fisher and Holy Cross' J
  
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• Newly elected senators take on Cuomo over school funding

  21-12-2018 18:14 via timesunion.com
  Even before they've taken office in January, five newly elected Democratic Senators are taking aim at Gov. Andrew Cuomo over school funding.
  And while state aid is a perpetual bargaining chip between lawmakers who want more and governors who want to spend less, remarks this week by these senators-elect suggest that this year's school spending discussion will be even more contentious than usual.
  
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• Stunned NYers Watch as Fire, Smoke Engulf Midtown High Rise

  21-12-2018 18:06 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Raging flames and plumes of heavy, dark smoke engulfed a Midtown high-rise office building Friday morning. Dozens of firefighters converged on the scene. Get full details here.Photo Credit: Citizen App
  
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• 2 police shootings offer conflicting choices from Albany DA

  21-12-2018 18:06 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY - Ten years ago, Albany County District Attorney David Soares called for a special prosecutor to handle charges against a robbery suspect from Amsterdam who was shot by police.But on Friday, Soares office would not explain why it did not take a similar approach to the Aug. 20 shooting of Ellazar Williams, the 19-year-old shot in the back and left paralyzed after a foot chase with Detective James Olsen, who now plans to retire next month.
  
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• Park Avenue Armory Receives Nearly $2 Million in City Funds

  21-12-2018 18:00 via nytimes.com
  The funding will allow the Armory to replace its 138-year-old floors in a $4 million restoration project for its 55,000-square-foot drill hall.
  
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• Latham Firehouse Subs to close after this weekend

  21-12-2018 17:10 via timesunion.com
  Deeb said Friday that the restaurant, located near Latham Farms, has not been profitable, and it was located in a "saturated" area with several other sandwich shops nearby, like Subway, Jersey Mike's and Mr. Subb.
  
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• Listen Up: De Blasio's Weed Plan, Taco Bell Cantinas, Zappos

  21-12-2018 16:13 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Get the latest on Mayor de Blasio's vision for legalizing marijuana, Taco Bell Cantinas and Zappos in this Dec. 21 edition of Listen Up
  
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• Signs point to ValleyCats having new manager in 2019

  21-12-2018 16:09 via timesunion.com
  Two possible landing spots for Bell are the Class A advanced Fayetteville (N.C.) Woodpeckers or the Class A Quad Cities River Bandits in Davenport, Iowa.
  
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• Fire Breaks Out at Carmine's in Times Square

  21-12-2018 15:18 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Fire broke out at the iconic Carmine's restaurant in Times Square early Friday, sending smoke billowing out the entrance as firefighters crowded the scene.Photo Credit: News 4
  
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• Smoke Billows From Carmine's in Times Square

  21-12-2018 15:17 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Fire broke out at the iconic Carmine's restaurant in Times Square early Friday, sending smoke billowing out the entrance as firefighters crowded the scene.
  
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• Deputies: Albany man sold drugs out of Myrtle Avenue home

  21-12-2018 14:07 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY - After a two-month long narcotics investigation, a city man is facing multiple charges for selling drugs out of his Myrtle Avenue home.Daymond A. Haynes, Jr., 22, was charged with three counts of felony criminal possession of a controlled substance, one count of felony criminal possession of a firearm, one count of misdemeanor criminal possession of a weapon, two counts of misdemeanor criminally using drug paraphernalia and two counts of misdemeanor endangering the welfare of a child, ac
  
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• State unemployment drops to lowest level on record

  21-12-2018 13:59 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY - The stock market may be in free fall, but New York just reported its best unemployment numbers since the summer of 1988.The state Department of Labor reported Thursday that the number of unemployed New Yorkers fell from 387,500 in October to 379,400 in November.That's the lowest number of unemployed workers since August of 1988, when Mario Cuomo was governor and Ronald Regan was president.
  
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• State unemployment drops to lowest level in 30 years

  21-12-2018 13:59 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY - The stock market may be in free fall, but New York just reported its best unemployment numbers since the summer of 1988.The state Department of Labor reported Thursday that the number of unemployed New Yorkers fell from 387,500 in October to 379,400 in November.That's the lowest number of unemployed workers since August of 1988, when Mario Cuomo was governor and Ronald Regan was president.
  
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• Happening Today: Jim Mattis, Shutdown, Guns, Andy Cohen

  21-12-2018 12:47 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Here's what to know for Friday, Dec. 21.Photo Credit: Getty Images/File
  
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• Downed power lines closes Rotterdam road

  21-12-2018 12:35 via timesunion.com
  ROTTERDAM - Part of Putnam Road was closed Friday after a car crash toppled a utility pole, police said.The closure occurred before dawn in a stretch between Mariaville Road and Currybush Connection.Police said rain was to blame for the crash which did not injury any of the people inside the car. Crash down power lines and National Grid was on the scene to restore service.
  
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• N.Y. Today: The Great Taxi Fee Battle of 2018 (and Beyond)

  21-12-2018 12:22 via nytimes.com
  Cabs and Ubers were about to get more expensive. Then a judge stepped in.
  
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• How Does the Albany Bureau Chief Function in the Dysfunctional Capital?

  21-12-2018 12:00 via nytimes.com
  In the last five years, Jesse McKinley has covered million-dollar corruption scandals, back-room deals and itinerant bison.
  
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• They Bonded as Cabbies in the 1980s. Now One Is Helping his Ailing Friend

  21-12-2018 11:00 via nytimes.com
  As Uber takes over New York, two men, who met when the sitcom “Taxi” was popular, watch out for each other, nostalgic for the city of their youth.
  
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• The Misadventures of an Idealistic Restaurant in Cut-Throat New York

  21-12-2018 11:00 via nytimes.com
  Raising the wages of servers might sound like the right thing to do. But can restaurants actually afford to do it?
  
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• The Misadventures of an Idealistic Restaurant in a Cut-Throat New York

  21-12-2018 11:00 via nytimes.com
  Raising the wages of servers might sound like the right thing to do. But can restaurants actually afford to do it?
  
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• The Misadventures of an Idealistic Restaurant in a Cut-Throat City

  21-12-2018 11:00 via nytimes.com
  Raising the wages of servers might sound like the right thing to do. But can restaurants actually afford to do it?
  
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• Legalized Pot Isn’t Going to Save Us

  21-12-2018 11:00 via nytimes.com
  As New York moves to legalize marijuana use, advocates envision a utopia of big tax revenues and shared equity. Are they high?
  
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• Man on Phone With Pal Hears Him Being Robbed, Runs to Help

  21-12-2018 09:48 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A man who heard his buddy being robbed as the two were talking on the phone jump into action to save his pal and held the suspect down until police arrived, cops said.Photo Credit: Nassau County police
  
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• Listen Up: A Closer Look at Top Stories for Friday, Dec. 21

  21-12-2018 09:21 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Get a closer look at the top stories for Friday, Dec. 21.
  
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• Rain, Winds Threaten Christmas Travel

  21-12-2018 07:32 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A look at what the wet weather could mean for your holiday travel plans ahead of Christmas. Read more here.Photo Credit: Storm Team 4
  
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• The Mystery of the Holiday Fruitcake, Solved!

  21-12-2018 06:00 via nytimes.com
  My father resembled a fruitcake. He also sent fruitcakes. Mine never arrived.
  
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• NYPD: Charter Bus Hits, Kills Woman in Manhattan

  21-12-2018 05:40 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A charter bus struck and killed a 28-year-old woman in lower Manhattan Thursday evening, police say.Photo Credit: News 4 NY
  
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• Bethlehem police arrest two in area larcenies

  21-12-2018 04:00 via timesunion.com
  Bethlehem Police arrested two area individuals in connection with the theft and use of credit cards around the town and surrounding communities.
  
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• College Student Allegedly Tried to Poison Roommate to Death

  21-12-2018 03:14 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A former Lehigh University student is accused of trying to poison his longtime roommate to death and vandalizing the victim's possessions with racist graffiti, Northampton County District Attorney John...Photo Credit: Handout Photo / NBC10
  
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• Missing North Country teen found safe

  21-12-2018 02:44 via timesunion.com
  OGDENSBURG — A missing teenage girl was found safe Thursday night, nine days after she vanished and 90 minutes after police activated an Amber Alert.
  
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• DA: Airport Worker Caught Trying to Film Woman in Bathroom

  21-12-2018 02:26 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A LaGuardia Airport worker has been arrested and charged for allegedly using his cellphone to record women using the bathroom Wednesday.Photo Credit: AP
  
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• Photos: Local students perform live Nativity

  21-12-2018 02:09 via timesunion.com
  Mary and Joseph went door to door Thursday in Bethlehem, asking for shelter. But, each time, the door was closed in their face.This Bethlehem, however, was a town in upstate New York.
  
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