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Dirty license plates in NYC must be cleaned and cleared starting April 16 — or else

Bronx Times 14 Apr 2025
New York City's crackdown on illegally obscured license plates— including mandates to keep those plates clear and visible — begins this Wednesday, April 16, with the enactment of new rules every driver should know ... The rules have one common theme ... .
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'Discovery' is a key issue holding up NYS budget talks: Here's what to know about it

Newsday 13 Apr 2025
ALBANY – It’s not strictly a dollars and cents issue, but the debate over “discovery” – an element of criminal trials – is one of the main stumbling blocks for New York lawmakers trying to settle the state budget for the year ... Q ... A ... Q ... A ... Q ... A ... Q ... A ... Q ... A ... Q ... A.
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NYS and Long Island county park passes: How to get them

Newsday 12 Apr 2025
COUNTY PARKS ACCESS PASSES. NASSAU. Visitors come to the 9/11 Memorial in Eisenhower Park. Credit. Daniel Brennan. Suffolk County parks are open to all, but Green Key cards often provide discounted fees for Suffolk residents ... INFO ... Sign up ... INFO ... INFO ... INFO.
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NYS must increase distracted driving penalties

Newsday 11 Apr 2025
Is driving distracted deadly? You bet it is. So why doesn’t Albany treat it that way?. In New York State, a first-time conviction for driving while using a cellphone carries a fine between $50 and $200 ... So why the disparity in New York’s penalties? ... ....
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NYS Department of Health celebrates National Public Health Week

The Record 11 Apr 2025
Improving Maternal Health ... Measles ... The New York State Quitline is a service of the Department based at Roswell Comprehensive Cancer Center in Buffalo that provides free help to any NYS residents who want to quit commercial tobacco and vape products.
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Danger at sea — NY’s offshore wind power will kill whales, ground ships and more

New York Post 11 Apr 2025
New York’s offshore waters are on the brink of a man-made disaster, one that threatens marine life, coastal economies and even national security ... The damage may be irreversible — and New Yorkers will be footing the bill ... A deaf whale is a dead whale.
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NYS budget is overdue; it's time for action in Albany — again

Newsday 10 Apr 2025
The 2025-26 state budget was due more than a week ago. Albany lawmakers have authorized $1.8 billion in emergency spending to keep the state government running and will likely need yet another stopgap measure soon ... Gov ... Well, time's up ... Sign up ... ....
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Hey kids! NYS Fair bringing back one of last year’s most popular shows

The Post-Standard 10 Apr 2025
NYS Fair)NYS FAIR ... Join the Band Tour,” is free to attend with admission to the NYS Fair ... Blippi first appeared at the NYS Fair last year, drawing 15,000 fans ... NYS Fair)NYS FAIR ... 2025 NYS Fair concert lineup.
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NYS Fair, Erie County Fair to feature same concert — at very different prices

The Post-Standard 10 Apr 2025
31 show at the NYS Fair’s Suburban Park stage in Geddes (near Syracuse) ... Shaggy’s NYS Fair concert, on the other hand, is free to attend with admission to the Fair ... his NYS Fair concert for just $44.
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NYS Legislature passes a $2.4B extender as frustrations mount over late state budget

Newsday 10 Apr 2025
The emergency spending bill includes pay for state employees, including Gov. Kathy Hochul. Pay for state legislators is suspended until a budget is in place — a rule Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D-Bronx) proposed changing this week ... Assemb ... Sign up.
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Republicans in Congress — like NY's Mike Lawler — think Medicaid doesn’t matter | Opinion

Observer-Dispatch 10 Apr 2025
Rally against threats to Medicaid funding at Clover Stadium in Pomona NY. Rally in the Valley against threats Medicaid funding at Clover Stadium in Pomona March 7, 2025 ... Health care is on the chopping block. Congressional Republicans — including Rep.
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NY’s chaotic transition for Medicaid home-care program gets another extension

The Post-Standard 10 Apr 2025
Updated. Apr. 10, 2025, 3.00 p.m. Mark and Irene Cornue are pictured here at their home in Jordan, N.Y. After leaving Van Duyn in autumn 2024, Mark transitioned to CDPAP with a family friend, James Patterson, caring for him. October 17, 2024 ... Disclaimer.
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The Parting Schotts Podcast: Rene Leroux on NYS Basketball, Hockey and Baseball Halls of Fame; ...

The Daily Gazette 09 Apr 2025
On the 450th edition of “The Parting Schotts Podcast,” I talk to Rene Leroux about Sunday’s New York State Basketball Hall of Fame induction ceremony, and they look ahead to the NYS Hockey and Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremonies ... .
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NYS to pay $1.2M to former Auburn inmate who accused CO of waterboarding, assault

Auburnpub dot com 09 Apr 2025
A $1.2 million settlement was reached last month in a 2018 federal lawsuit by an Auburn Correctional Facility inmate who said a correction officer there waterboarded him and assaulted his genitals ... .
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Hochul, NYS lawmakers eye raising threshold to qualify for public campaign funds

Newsday 09 Apr 2025
ALBANY — As part of state budget talks, lawmakers are discussing new rules for publicly financed campaigns, making it slightly harder for candidates to qualify for public matching funds, according to sources with knowledge of the negotiations. Gov.
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