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For some reason I've become obsessed with NYS Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's recent order ending «English - only» elections in ten upstate counties by applying a federal law enacted to ensure voter participation by American citizens of Puerto Rican heritage that are illiterate in English.

Sources say the leading plan would raise the current minimum wage of $ 9 per hour to $ 12.50 in upstate counties by 2021 followed by an economic study to determine whether the wage level should keep rising to an eventual cap of $ 15 per hour, possibly by 2023.

Not exact matches

After failing to get any offers the last two times around and dropping the minimum required bid by $ 300,000, the state has sold one of its empty upstate prisons: The 31 - acre Camp Georgetown in Madison County.

UPDATE: The change was unanimously approved, I'm told by an upstate GOP county chair who attended the meeting.

The January 2016 letter from Risa Sugarman, the state Board of Elections» chief enforcement counsel, accuses de Blasio and his team, including top aide Emma Wolfe, of purposely violating election law by routing donations to three upstate senate candidates by using county committees to avoid donation limits.

A January 2016 letter from Risa Sugarman, the state Board of Elections» chief enforcement counsel, which was leaked to the Daily News in April, accused de Blasio and his team, including top aide Emma Wolfe, of purposely violating election law by routing donations to three upstate senate candidates by using county committees to avoid donation limits.

However, the presence of any potentially disease - causing organisms in drinking water supplies is of concern, particularly to upstate communities that receive water from that part of the Catskill / Delaware system that has not been treated by the City's UV disinfection facility in Westchester County.

The Assembly last month approved a bill that extended mayoral control for two years packaged with the extension of sales and other local taxes — many of which impact districts in upstate and suburban counties that are represented by Republicans in the Senate.

Malpass was endorsed last week by a slew of upstate county committees, including Wayne, Oneida and Essex.

Donald Trump will be making his way back upstate next month, attending an event in East Syracuse hosted by the Onondaga County Republican Committee.

Both the House and Senate bills include a provision by Rep. Chris Collins, R - Clarence, and Rep. John Faso, R - Kinderhook, that would bar the state from charging its upstate and Long Island counties for a share of Medicaid.

The state investigation has focused on whether de Blasio or his aides violated state election law by funneling donations to Democratic candidates through upstate county committees during the party's ultimately unsuccessful attempt to control the State Senate.

The investigation launched after the state Board of Elections accused de Blasio and his team, including top aide Emma Wolfe, of purposely violating election law by routing donations to three upstate senate candidates using county committees to avoid donation limits.

The upstate county chairman, meanwhile, said he believed the possibility of an independent slate was being pushed by some local party leaders close to former Gov. George Pataki, who has repeatedly promoted himself as a potential candidate for president.

Albany, NY — Host Alan Chartock is joined by Republican Assemblyman Peter Lopez, who represents parts of seven upstate counties.

Timothy Kennedy, a conservative upstate Democrat, ranked second at $ 208,550, followed by Bob Cohen, an unsuccessful 2012 Republican candidate for a Senate seat in Westchester County, at almost $ 200,000.

Three months later, eleven upstate county chairs contemplating a special election settled on Dede Scozzafava, a thoroughly moderate Republican who had previously been endorsed by the Working Families Party.

One of these defines «upstate» as any county north of New York City that isn't serviced by Metro - North.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, flanked by Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente on his left and Utica Mayor Robert Palmieri, discuss the state's response to the massive snowstorm that blanketed the Mohawk Valley and other areas of upstate.

A January 2016 memo from Risa Sugarman, the state Board of Elections» chief enforcement counsel, accuses de Blasio and his team, including top aide Emma Wolfe, of purposely violating election law by routing donations to three upstate senate candidates using county committees to avoid donation limits.

Schumer, who sources said made four calls to officials in upstate Schoharie County to check on the progress of the waterlogged Gilboa Dam, is expected back in the country by week's end and has trips scheduled to areas of the state affected by Irene and post-Irene flooding.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo will today visit the three upstate counties selected for new casinos by the state's Gaming Facility Location Board.

And she acknowledged that upstate counties were won by President Donald Trump in the 2016 election in part due to economic concerns.

Flanagan's candidacy to succeed Skelos had been opposed by upstate county Republican chairmen as well gun - rights advocates, who had sought to mobilize around DeFrancisco.

It also includes dairy farms and university cities, and in nonpresidential elections it leans Republican: 43 of 51 upstate counties voted for the Republican challenger to Gov. Andrew Cuomo two years ago, driven partly by opposition to tough new state gun restrictions he championed after the Sandy Hook school massacre in Newtown, Conn..

By name, Cuomo specifically called out Reps. John Faso and Chris Collins, upstate Republicans who had backed a provision in the Affordable Care Act that would shift the Medicaid burden from county governments to the state.

Onondaga County Republican Chairman Tom Dadey called the appointment of Syracuse Sen. John DeFrancisco to the number two post in the Senate a «smart move» by Majority Leader John Flanagan after upstate Republicans grumbled about their representation in the chamber.

Both of New York's U.S. senators traveled upstate last month to voice support for efforts to address Lyme disease and other illnesses spread by deer ticks, including Powassan virus, a rare disease that has infected three Saratoga County residents this year, killing one of them.

Sponsored by Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Morelle, a Monroe County Democrat, the bill authorizes 20 stores, with at least five to be located upstate.

In an article published online Monday morning, NY Post columnist John Crudele reported that upstate FBI agents are reviewing allegations of voter fraud, fraudulent nominating petition signatures and possibly personal use of campaign funds by Bronx officials connected to the Bronx Democratic County Committee.

The amendment, sponsored by Representatives Christopher C. Collins and John J. Faso, both upstate Republicans, would eliminate the burden for the counties — excluding New York City's five boroughs.

Sugarman had previously investigated a coordinated effort by de Blasio and his team to raise money for upstate Senate Democrats by taking advantage of significantly higher donation limits allowed for county committees.

Local officials had cheered the measure by Reps. Chris Collins and John Faso, both upstate Republicans, to shift Medicaid payments from upstate counties to Albany, which they said would relieve them of a troublesome mandate.

At issue in Vance's investigation is whether the mayor or his apparatchiks sought to circumvent state campaign contribution caps by directing their political allies to write checks to upstate Democratic county committees, which do face the same donation ceilings.

Give upstate counties in New York relief from Medicaid payments: Lawmakers added a provision that would ban the federal government from reimbursing New York State for Medicaid funds raised by counties outside New York City.

Bharara's office is also looking into how money raised by de Blasio's team was funneled through several largely dormant upstate county committees to Senate Democratic candidates in 2014, a tactic that potentially circumvented state contribution limits.

The total population of the 50 counties that form upstate New York has declined by nearly 60,000 residents since 2010.

An audit by New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has found that hundreds of inmates in upstate county jails received more than $ 500,000 dollars in improper benefits.

Making good on his promise to step up where the federal government refused aid, Cuomo announced $ 16 million in assistance to flood - stricken individuals in the Mohawk Valley and other upstate counties battered by recent storms.

Last year, Faso resurrected his political career by capturing the upstate 19th Congressional District seat — representing all or portions of 10 counties from the Catskills north and east toward Albany — being vacated by Chris Gibson.

The U.S. Attorney and Manhattan DA are investigating whether the office of New York City Mayor Bill deBlasio knowingly violated campaign contribution laws by funneling donations for some upstate Senate races through county committees, which can accept donations 10 times higher than the limits on an individual Senate candidate.

Those two plants could be the only nuclear facilities left upstate if the FitzPatrick plant in Oswego County, owned by Entergy, closes early next year as planned.

Both of New York's senators traveled upstate last month to voice support for efforts to address Lyme disease and other illnesses spread by deer ticks, including Powassan virus, a rare disease that has infected three Saratoga County residents this year, killing one of them.

The Orleans County Legislature joined a growing voice of upstate New York counties in opposing many of the provisions of the New York SAFE Act, a gun control measure that legislators say was rushed into passage by the state Legislature and Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Sugarman's referral documents extensive efforts by Mayor Bill de Blasio's election campaign to route large contributions through Democratic Party County Committees to Democrats running for the state senate in a handful of contested seats upstate.

The federal proceedings concern whether the administration doled out «pay - to - play» favors to big donors that dumped money into de Blasio's now - defunct «shadow government» nonprofit, the Campaign for One New York — Vance's case concerns allegations the mayor sought to circumvent state contribution limits in his failed bid to turn the State Senate Democratic, by having people seeking city business funnel unlimited cash into upstate county committees instead of into candidates» campaign accounts.

The federal government is now offering funding and resources to upstate counties devastated by the flooding along Lake Ontario this year, after President Trump declared parts of the region a federal disaster area earlier this week.

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Located in Schoharie County, Corbin Hill Road Farm operates as a produce distributor by aggregating fruit and vegetables from several upstate farms.

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