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The New York Lottery today announced there were multiple
top-prize winning tickets sold for the Feb 9 TAKE-5 drawing. The tickets were
sold in Oneonta, Jamaica Queens, & Tonawanda. The Oneonta tickets were sold at the
Mirabito's at 167 Oneida Street, which sold 1 prize winning ticket worth
$17,859.50. Take 5 numbers are drawn
every evening at 11:21 PM, winning tickets at all prize levels may be cashed up
to one year from the date of the drawing.
22 year old Brandon Clark pleaded Guilty today in Oneida
County Court for the murder of 17-year-old Bianca Devins of Utica. Clark pleaded guilty to 2nd-degree murder, he
admitted to stabbing and killing Devins on July 14 in Utica and posting photos
of her body on social media. Clark faces 25 years to life in prison when he is
sentenced later this year.
2 proposals have been forwarded in the State Senate
regarding changes to the Daylight Savings Time system. State Senator Jim Seward introduced a bill
that would create a task force to study the impact and effects of eliminating
Daylight Saving Time in New York, while State Senator James Skoufis of the 39th
Senate District introduced a bill that would move the state to Atlantic
Standard Time, eliminating the need to turn clocks ahead or back. Both bills would have to still be passed by
the State Assembly and State Senate before being delivered to Governor Andrew
Cuomo for him to either veto or approve.
Governor Cuomo proposed to put together a task force to
study the issue of bringing High Speed rail to the state. The first high-speed rail system began
operations in Japan in 1964, with the famous “bullet train.” High speed rail is also prevalent across
China & throughout Europe, in the US, the closest to a high speed rail line
is the Acela Express, running between New York City and Washington D.C. & reaches
a top speed of 150mph, but averages only 66 miles per hour.
Attorney General Letitia James today filed a lawsuit against
the Trump Administration over a new federal policy that prohibits New Yorkers
from enrolling or reenrolling in the federal government's Trusted Traveler
Programs. The suit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security & the
U.S. Customs and Border Protection argues that the policy change was made as a
result of an arbitrary process that poses a threat to New Yorkers' safety and
the state's economy. Economists have
estimated that border delays on the U.S./Canada border have already cost
American businesses billions of dollars & resulted in jobs loss, especially
in Western New York, where New Yorkers seeking to commute across the border
into Canada & back has been severely hampered by the Trump policy.
Lawmakers continue to work on a variety of issues in Albany,
including the controversial Bail reform Law, Local Assemblyman Cliff crouch
comments:
(Crouch 2-10-20)
So far, there have been numerous
instances of people leaving court after being freed on only an appearance
ticket, and immediately committing a crime, something that would not have
happened last year. In Delaware County,
a suspected MS-13 Gang member was released from the County Jail, Stole a County
employee's vehicle in the parking lot & was arrested in Stamford about 30
minutes later.
Fire destroyed a mobile home at 2571 Colesville Road in
Harpursville Friday night. Firefighters
responded to the 6:30 PM call & the structure was full involved, no one was
home when the fire broke out, the cause of the blaze remains under
investigation.
Samples from 22 New Yorkers have been sent to the CDC, so
far 16 have come back negative for the corona virus, 6 were pending, and there
are still no confirmed cases of the coronavirus in New York State. The State Health Department said that the
number of flu cases continues to rise, Last week 1,889 New Yorkers were
hospitalized with lab-confirmed influenza; there have been 13,460 flu-related
hospitalizations. Last week, 17,231
laboratory-confirmed flu cases were reported to the State Department of Health,
a 15% increase from the week before.
There have been a total of 89,597 lab-confirmed cases in New York State
this season, with 3 flu-associated pediatric deaths.
Spectrum announced that their service has been restored to
the entire Northeast. Spectrum officials
said a damaged fiber optic cable is what caused the outage, which affected
service in Upstate New York, Maine and New Hampshire. Frontier, Verizon, Sprint, and AT&T were
also affected.
top-prize winning tickets sold for the Feb 9 TAKE-5 drawing. The tickets were
sold in Oneonta, Jamaica Queens, & Tonawanda. The Oneonta tickets were sold at the
Mirabito's at 167 Oneida Street, which sold 1 prize winning ticket worth
$17,859.50. Take 5 numbers are drawn
every evening at 11:21 PM, winning tickets at all prize levels may be cashed up
to one year from the date of the drawing.
22 year old Brandon Clark pleaded Guilty today in Oneida
County Court for the murder of 17-year-old Bianca Devins of Utica. Clark pleaded guilty to 2nd-degree murder, he
admitted to stabbing and killing Devins on July 14 in Utica and posting photos
of her body on social media. Clark faces 25 years to life in prison when he is
sentenced later this year.
2 proposals have been forwarded in the State Senate
regarding changes to the Daylight Savings Time system. State Senator Jim Seward introduced a bill
that would create a task force to study the impact and effects of eliminating
Daylight Saving Time in New York, while State Senator James Skoufis of the 39th
Senate District introduced a bill that would move the state to Atlantic
Standard Time, eliminating the need to turn clocks ahead or back. Both bills would have to still be passed by
the State Assembly and State Senate before being delivered to Governor Andrew
Cuomo for him to either veto or approve.
Governor Cuomo proposed to put together a task force to
study the issue of bringing High Speed rail to the state. The first high-speed rail system began
operations in Japan in 1964, with the famous “bullet train.” High speed rail is also prevalent across
China & throughout Europe, in the US, the closest to a high speed rail line
is the Acela Express, running between New York City and Washington D.C. & reaches
a top speed of 150mph, but averages only 66 miles per hour.
Attorney General Letitia James today filed a lawsuit against
the Trump Administration over a new federal policy that prohibits New Yorkers
from enrolling or reenrolling in the federal government's Trusted Traveler
Programs. The suit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security & the
U.S. Customs and Border Protection argues that the policy change was made as a
result of an arbitrary process that poses a threat to New Yorkers' safety and
the state's economy. Economists have
estimated that border delays on the U.S./Canada border have already cost
American businesses billions of dollars & resulted in jobs loss, especially
in Western New York, where New Yorkers seeking to commute across the border
into Canada & back has been severely hampered by the Trump policy.
Lawmakers continue to work on a variety of issues in Albany,
including the controversial Bail reform Law, Local Assemblyman Cliff crouch
comments:
(Crouch 2-10-20)
So far, there have been numerous
instances of people leaving court after being freed on only an appearance
ticket, and immediately committing a crime, something that would not have
happened last year. In Delaware County,
a suspected MS-13 Gang member was released from the County Jail, Stole a County
employee's vehicle in the parking lot & was arrested in Stamford about 30
minutes later.
Fire destroyed a mobile home at 2571 Colesville Road in
Harpursville Friday night. Firefighters
responded to the 6:30 PM call & the structure was full involved, no one was
home when the fire broke out, the cause of the blaze remains under
investigation.
Samples from 22 New Yorkers have been sent to the CDC, so
far 16 have come back negative for the corona virus, 6 were pending, and there
are still no confirmed cases of the coronavirus in New York State. The State Health Department said that the
number of flu cases continues to rise, Last week 1,889 New Yorkers were
hospitalized with lab-confirmed influenza; there have been 13,460 flu-related
hospitalizations. Last week, 17,231
laboratory-confirmed flu cases were reported to the State Department of Health,
a 15% increase from the week before.
There have been a total of 89,597 lab-confirmed cases in New York State
this season, with 3 flu-associated pediatric deaths.
Spectrum announced that their service has been restored to
the entire Northeast. Spectrum officials
said a damaged fiber optic cable is what caused the outage, which affected
service in Upstate New York, Maine and New Hampshire. Frontier, Verizon, Sprint, and AT&T were
also affected.
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