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GREENPORT — Police are investigating the death of a child Tuesday morning in Greenport, according to Trooper Aaron Hicks, public information officer for State Police Troop-K. The 1-year-old boy died at Columbia Memorial Health after he was taken there by Greenport Rescue Squad, Hicks said. The cause of the boy’s death is under investigation, Hicks said. Greenport Rescue Squad and Greenport Police were
sent by Columbia County 911 at about 9:11 a.m. to 156 Ten Broeck Lane, apartment No. 2, for a reported medical condition involving the boy, Hicks said. When Greenport police arrived on the scene they determined the emergency was in apartment No. 1 and requested assistance with the investigation from state police, Hicks said. The state police Bureau of Criminal Investigation is handling the case, after it was turned over to them See DEATH A8
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Greenport Rescue Squad rushed a 1-year-old boy to Columbia Memorial on Tuesday morning.
‘Today’ visits Hudson, praises city’s resilience
Richard Petty looks on after NASCAR drivers pushed Wallace to the front of the grid as a sign of solidarity PAGE B1
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Savannah Guthrie, left, and Al Roker of “Today” share a laugh as they reunite on air for a special broadcast from Nolita’s Cafe in Hudson.
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HUDSON — The city woke up to a pair of familiar faces Tuesday. Al Roker and Savannah Guthrie filmed “Today” on Warren Street in the early hours of the
morning, surrounded by Hudson’s picturesque shops and church steeples. The broadcast, which marked the first time that Roker and Guthrie had been together in person in more than three months, put a spotlight on the
reopening efforts of local businesses. Guthrie praised downtown Hudson’s beauty and said “Today” sought to highlight a quintessential river town in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. “I hope there’s traffic on the
Taconic, all the people driving up here right now,” Guthrie said. Production managers first scouted locations on Thursday and spent the following day walking on Warren Street with Mayor Kamal Johnson to plan
the logistics of the shoot. The location in front of Nolita’s Cafe was chosen for its hillside view of the river, said Production Manager David Naggiar, who oversaw the See TODAY A8
Greenberg runs as write-in after court ruling By Kate Lisa Columbia-Greene Media
Greene County activist and former Democratic senate candidate Gary Greenberg will continue his campaign for the 46th District seat as a write-in candidate this November, he said, as absentee ballots cast in Tuesday’s primary election were expected to outnumber in-person votes for the first time. Tuesday marked the state’s Primary Election Day, including the Democratic presidential primary race and a special election to fill a vacancy in the 27th Congressional District 27 in Western New York. Greenberg, of New Baltimore, expected to face fellow Democrat Michelle Hinchey, of Saugerties, in Tuesday’s
primary to secure the Democratic nomination for the 46th Senate District seat held by Republican George Amedore Jr. Hinchey Amedore announced in December he would not seek re-election. Richard Amedure, of Rensselaerville, is running on the Republican, Independence and Conservative tickets. Greenberg was kicked off Tuesday’s primary ballot last month after acting state Supreme Court Justice David Weinstein Jr. upheld the state Board of Elections ruling that Greenberg’s March 20 petition
had several invalid signatures, which disqualified his candidacy. R e n s selaerville Democratic Party Chair- Greenberg man Hebert Joseph initially challenged the sufficiency of Greenberg’s 328 signatures April 2. The judge ruled Joseph was ineligible to sue a candidate as a Democratic Party chair, but the board deemed 291 of Greenberg’s signatures valid and 37 invalid because of incorrect addresses, dates or other spelling and writing errors, leaving the candidate nine short of the required 300.
Greenberg said Tuesday that Hinchey and her campaign were behind Joseph’s objection, which kept him off Tuesday’s primary, and ultimately the November, ballots. “It is obvious the Hinchey campaign feared a one-onone campaign with me focused on her record of never voting in past primary and general elections,” Greenberg said Tuesday. “My team collected valid signatures with no fraud and the voters have been denied a choice — My constitutional right to run for office has been taken away from me.” Hinchey, the daughter of the late U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey, is an “establishment” candidate, Greenberg said Tuesday, adding
Democratic parties in other areas, including downstate Suffolk and Westchester counties, agree not to challenge each other’s petitions. “Michelle didn’t want to do that,” Greenberg said. “Because of petty clerical errors, the Democratic voters of the 46th state Senate District will not have a choice of who will represent them in the November election... To be denied my right to run at this late stage in a primary is very upsetting.” The write-in Senate candidate criticized old state election laws that invalidate signatures for insignificant reasons. “The election laws were set up decades ago for these purposes to keep insurgents out, See RULING A8
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