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Tuesday February 12, 2008
GOVERNOR SPITZER “LIVE” TODAY ON WAMC NORTHEAST PUBLIC RADIO
- (ALBANY, NY, FEBRUARY 2008) Today, New York Governor Eliot Spitzer joined WAMC’s President and Political Analyst, Dr. Alan Chartock, at the station's Albany studios to discuss issues of concern to New Yorkers on WAMC’s one ...
Commissioner to Address New York Food Stamp Efforts for West Coast Colleagues
State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) Commissioner David A. Hansell has been invited to speak this week to colleagues in California about Governor Spitzer’s Working Families Food Stamp Initiative.
PEF Leader Testifies on Workforce Issues
A top leader of The New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF) testified today before the state Assembly Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committees on workforce issues citing two critical areas of concern.
NYSDOT Announces Availability Of Federal Bus Funding
New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) Commissioner Astrid C. Glynn today announced that applications for Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Section 5310 grants will be distributed beginning February 15. The federal funding will b...
New York State Rifle & Pistol Joins Other State Associations in Filing Brief in Supreme Court Case
The U.S. Supreme Court recently agreed to hear a case in which a 31-year-old Washington, D.C. handgun ban was overturned by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The District Court ruled that the ban violated the Second Amendment to the...
Suffolk County GOP Unanimously Endorses Army Veteran Lee Zeldin for Congress
In a decisive display of party solidarity highlighting the future of the Republican Party on Long Island, former Army JAG captain, Iraq veteran and Shirley native Lee Zeldin emerged today as the unanimously-endorsed candidate for New York’s ...
Elementary School Students at The Albany Academies to Deliver Handmade Valentines to Beverwyck
Lower School students from The Albany Academies will deliver handmade valentines to residents of Beverwyck retirement home this Thursday, February 14 using the Western Turnpike Rescue Squad's ambulance to help spread holiday cheer on Valentine's Day.
Three First-Prize Winning Tickets Sold for Monday’s Take Five Drawing
1st prize – Match 5 out of 5 numbers - $31,449.50 - 3 Winners
Tappan Zee Bridge Update Packet Released To Public Today
New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) Commissioner Astrid C. Glynn today announced that the Tappan Zee Bridge/I-287 Corridor Study Update Packet has been released to the public. The document is available for review on the study̵...
What You Can Do About Underage Drinking
Four 11-year-old girls. Numerous bottles of alcohol. And two adults under arrest for allowing and encouraging the girls to drink what police described as "gross amounts of liquor," to the point of losing consciousness and becoming phys...
State Bar Wins National Support From ABA on Key Recommendation
The American Bar Association’s (ABA) House of Delegates has endorsed a recommendation sponsored by the New York State Bar Association at its mid-year meeting in Los Angeles. The NYSBA recommendation pledging continued support for the Pakist...
Rochester Mom's Last Minute Grocery List: Frozen Potatoes, $1,000,000 Bucks
Sybil Mason of Rochester, NY went to the Chili Avenue Wegmans last month in search of frozen potatoes. She left with a whole lot more. While there, the 43-year-old Mason purchased her potatoes and a New York Lottery Cashtastic instant ticket worth...
PSC Seeks Comment on Merger of Iberdrola and Energy East
The New York State Public Service Commission (Commission) today announced it is seeking public comment as to whether to approve Iberdrola, S.A.’s (Iberdrola) proposal to acquire Energy East Corporation, the parent holding company of New York...
Sheet Metal Workers Recruit Apprentices
The Sheet Metal Workers Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee, Local 112, will conduct apprentice recruitment from February 20, 2008 through January 21, 2009 for three apprentices, State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith announced today.
Cancellation
The meeting of the New York State Firefighting and Code Enforcement Personnel Standards and Education Commission which was to be held today, Tuesday, February 12, 2008, at 3:00 p.m. at the Alfred E. Smith Building, Albany, NY and also by video-co...
SUNY Plattsburgh Mental Health Counseling Program Gains Accreditation
SUNY Plattsburgh's new Mental Health Counseling program, one of the first license-eligible programs in the state, has received accreditation without condition through Oct. 2012 from the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educatio...
SUNY’s SEAC Hosts Arboretum’s Breglia on February 19;
Fred Breglia, ISA Certified Arborist and cofounder of the New York State Old Growth Forest Association, will be the featured speaker at a meeting of SUNY Cobleskill's Student Environmental Action Coalition on February 19. The presentation is free...
Small Business Development Centers Reaccredited by National Association
The New York State Small Business Development Center and the North Country Small Business Development Center, part of its statewide network of 23 regional business assistance centers, have received reaccreditation without condition for the next fo...
Native American Author and Storyteller to Tell Traditional Stories Feb. 19
Joe Bruchac, Native American author and storyteller from the Adirondack mountain foothills, will read from his books and discuss his views on the Native American oral traditional and why it is still important today on Tuesday, Feb. 19, at SUNY Cor...
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