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Delaware County Sheriff’s Deputies responded Sunday in the Town of Kortright to a motor vehicle accident on County Highway 29, Deputies made contact with the driver, 23-year-old Jillian Bishop of Newburgh. Deputies arrested and charged Bishop with Driving While Intoxicated, Aggravated Driving While Intoxicated, Failure to Keep right and Open container in a Motor vehicle, among other charges, Bishop was processed and released on appearance tickets for Town of Kortright Court at a later date.

P.M. NEWS FRIDAY 5-12-23

Broome County Executive Jason Garnar declared a state of emergency Thursday after reports that New York City may try to relocate large groups of people to Upstate counties. The state of emergency was enacted due to the extremely limited amount of housing currently available in the County. Broome County Sheriff Fred Akshar announced that they will promptly deal with any busses that may head to Broome County

(Sheriff Akshar 5-12-23)

Similar States of Emergency were issued in Rockland & Orange County, with more to follow, 1 bus of migrants was sent to a hotel in Newburgh from New York City, The Broome County State of Emergency and associated emergency orders can be viewed at gobroomecounty.com.

New York's new Drinking Water Council will hold its first meeting on Long Island to consider setting maximum levels of several contaminants not regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency. the 12-member council will recommend maximum levels for various chemicals which have contaminated drinking water in Rensselaer County and Newburgh. The council will also address dioxane, an industrial solvent that has contaminated water supplies in Long Island and elsewhere.

State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli's office approved the purchase of a $12.5 million, used Sikorsky Helicopter that would be used to fly the governor around the state. The State Police will take delivery of the aircraft next month, DiNapoli initially rejected the proposal earlier this year, they reversed course and gave the State Police permission to pursue the deal, after a state helicopter carrying Cuomo filled with fumes and made an emergency landing at Stewart Airport in Newburgh.

State Police arrested 32 year old Darilyn Cabrera of Rochester for aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. Troopers reported that Cabrera failed to move over as she drove past a trooper responding to a roadside issue on State Route 17 in the Town of Hancock. Cabrera was found to have 25 suspensions on 15 different days& she was wanted on an active bench warrant for assault in Newburgh. Cabrera was arraigned & was remanded to the Delaware County jail on $1,000 cash bail or $2,000 property bond pending future court action.

The FBI has ranked the cities of new York state, in regards to their crime rates, amount of law enforcement, paroled Sex Offenders and other factors, to determine the most dangerous cities to live in. Niagara Falls was named the most dangerous City in New York, followed by Schenectady, Newburgh, Rochester, Gloversville, Buffalo, Jamestown, Albany, then and Binghamton & Auburn.