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QUEENSBURY
Police say Walmart employee prostituted himself while at work
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
A Warren County man and Walmart employee has been arrested after he allegedly engaged in prostitution while at his job, authorities say.
LAKE GEORGE
State buys land above Lake George’s west side
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
The state has purchased an additional 2,460 acres on the west side of Lake George, including the popular hiking destinations of Cat and Thomas mountains.
ADIRONDACKS
Hudson Gorge scenic purchase completed
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
The state has wrapped up the purchase of 9,300 acres of former Finch Pruyn lands in the southeastern Adirondacks, including OK Slip Falls in the Hudson River Gorge.
ALBANY
MMA fighters plead their case on mat, at Capitol
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Four mixed martial arts fighters from the Ultimate Fighting Championship showed grappling techniques Tuesday to a group of 70 youths after UFC’s executives and a handful of fighters visited the state Legislature to lobby for legalization of the sport.
CAPITOL
Some non-union state employees to get raises promised in 2012
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
A little less than half the state’s management and confidential employees are getting raises owed to them from last year, according to the state’s Division of Budget.
ALBANY
DEC to announce land acquisition in Lake George area
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens will be in Lake George Wednesday to make a land acquisition announcement to benefit the Lake George area, it was announced today.
ALBANY
State political consultant freed after fraud conviction
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
New York’s parole board is setting free a once powerful political consultant convicted in an influence-peddling scandal at New York’s pension fund.
TROY
RPI suicide by chemicals sends 6 other students for treatment
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
A suicide forced six other people to go to Samaritan Hospital Tuesday, police said.
ALBANY
State corrections commissioner to step down
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
The 68-year-old head of New York’s correctional system, who has presided over its operations and closings of a dozen prisons and camps over the past six years, plans to retire at the end of April.
ALBANY
Cuomo appoints new head of ethics panel
Monday, April 22, 2013
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is replacing the chairwoman of the troubled state ethics board he created more than a year ago.
ALBANY
State senator still advocating use of torture on terror suspects
Monday, April 22, 2013
A New York state senator is advocating torture to extract information from terror suspects including the suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing.
ALBANY
Cuomo ready to work with state's troubled cities
Monday, April 22, 2013
Gov. Andrew Cuomo, under pressure from local government and school officials, now says he will join their discussion to address the fiscal crisis facing cities, counties and their taxpayers.
GREENFIELD
Bill to outlaw horse slaughter draws GOP, Democrat sponsors
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Local state legislators, thoroughbred industry professionals and equine advocates want New York to protect horses from slaughter in the face of changing attitudes about this practice around the country.
AMSTERDAM
Tkaczyk proposes three bills to benefit rural constituents
Thursday, April 18, 2013
A few dozen area movers and shakers listened to State Sen. Cecilia Tkaczyk’s economic development plan Thursday in the Amsterdam Castle.
SARANAC LAKE
Four rescued from ice on Adirondack lake
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Authorities say emergency crews have had to rescue four men from the ice on an Adirondack lake after three of them broke through and wound up in the frigid water.
