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Hochul aiming to boost reserves Governor is hoping to build up state’s rainy day funds to better prepare for crises ByLINE: MICHELLE DEL REY
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CAPITAL DISTRICT - Domestic abuse is also called Domestic violence (DV). It is a crime under the Violence Against the Women Act of 1994/96 which affords equal protection to women and men. DV can be emotional, financial, verbal, psychological, physical, sexual, and technology-facilitated abuse. It is affecting millions of individuals across the United States regardless of age, gender, economic status, religion and education. We can prevent DV by spreading awareness, challenging the myths and confronting the abusers. INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY LEVEL NEVER BLAME THE VICTIM: We tend to ask “What did the victim do to deserve the abuse?”. Instead, we need to ask: “why does the abuser choose to abuse?”. TRUST THE VICTIM’S PERSPECTIVE: Listen to and believe the victim to empower them to make their own decisions. Tell the victim that the abuse is not their fault and they deserve safety and respect. Ask them what they need to be safe. TAKE A CLEAR STAND THAT DOMESTIC ABUSE IS NOT A “PRIVATE FAMILY MATTER.”: One in three women and one in four men will be a victim of severe physical violence at some point in their lifetime. Each day, an average of three women die at the hands of someone who claims or claimed to love them. Every abused person is someone’s sibling, parent, friend or co-worker. TELL THE VICTIMS about the DV Hotlines: Equinox 518.432.7865;
ALBANY - At a sit-down with the Times Union's Editorial Board last month, Gov. Kathy Hochul declared her intentions to prepare New York for crises in the coming years by stashing away money in state savings. "I cannot leave future elected officials, whether it's myself or anybody else, in that situation where we spent it all this year, and well, good luck with the future," Hochul said at the roundtable. "I'm responsible for the future as well." A significant part of that promise requires the boosting of New York's rainy-day reserve funds, set to hit $3.3 billion this year, a fraction of the $6.4 billion that is recommended. The amount is inadequate if the state needed to mitigate a severe disaster, according to a 2019 report from the comptroller's office. Recently, lawmakers have expressed interest in using the state's reserves for permanent social change. Last week, state Sen. Gustavo Rivera, D-Bronx, advocated pulling a few
billion dollars out of the funds to increase the salary of health care workers. Before that, Democratic Queens Assemblyman Ron Kim suggested using state savings for a COVID-19 nursing home victims compensation fund, something Hochul left out of her executive budget. State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli did not agree with the use of the finances for those reasons. "The purpose of a reserve is to be there for a fiscal emergency, a significant budget shortfall," DiNapoli said. "To spend down reserves, if it's a good government purpose, then that should be the commitment of the government to support that." DiNapoli outlined measures the state had to take during the COVID-19 pandemic because reserves were so depleted, saying that if federal funds hadn't come through, 20 percent in spending to schools, nonprofits and local governments could have been indefinitely withheld. Defying increasing pressure, Hochul remains firm on her decision to add to the funds, with plans to increase them up to 15 percent of the state's budget by 2025, a number recommended by the New York Government
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Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks at a Times Union Editorial Board meeting on Jan. 18 at the Hearst Media Center in Colonie.
Financial Officers' Association. In comparison, Texas' rainy-day reserves were 22.8 percent of general fund spending in 2019; California's, 12.4 percent; Florida's, 4.4 percent, and Michigan's, 10.9 percent. New York's remained at 2.8 percent of general fund spending in 2019. Because the Golden State had so much money in reserves, it supplied its own stimulus checks during the pandemic. Traditionally, New York has held rainy-day money in an informal pot at the discretion of the Division of the Budget, DiNapoli said, Please see RESERVES 8
Form of government referendum looms in Mechanicville Spa City only other city in state using system led by commissioners ByLINE: KATHLEEN MOORE
MECHANICVILLE The city will likely let the voters decide whether to ditch its commissioner form of government, even though some of the commissioners want to keep the system. Saratoga Springs and Mechanicville are the two last commissioner-run governments left in New York. Both cities have put the question to voters before, but the idea that hired department heads would run the city instead
and not elected officials has never taken hold. The four commissioners and the mayor, which make up the City Council currently, will have to vote on whether to place the charter revision on the ballot this year. A charter review committee in Mechanicville will continue its work, which began last month. The committee was charged by chairman and Commissioner Mark Seber to consider other forms of government. If they did not want the form of government to change, the commissioners could simply refuse to let the question go on the ballot. But a majority of the commissioners said this week that they would
vote to put the question on the ballot. "I think it's up to the voters," said Public Works Commissioner Dave Higgins, who just took office last month. He added that the question wasn't new. "They voted on it last time I was here, and it didn't go through," he said. Higgins said he's not sure how he would personally vote at the polls, however, if the vote went to a referendum. The options for noncommissioner forms of government include a fulltime mayor as executive, with four part-time city council members, or five council members and a city manager who is not
elected but is hired by the council. In either case, the elected officials would no longer run a city department. The change could lead to more consistency, experts running departments and a bigger budget to pay for them. Finance Commissioner Keith Johnson said he'd accept a demotion if the voters want a new form of government. "I personally want what is best for the city. So I will go with what the committee proposes and let the city residents decide what they think is best," he said. "I would vote to bring it to the voters of the city, so they can have their say if it is a good idea or not." Seber is also in favor of
placing it on the ballot, and wants to vote to get rid of the commissioner system. But newly-elected Public Safety Commissioner Fred Hosley said that he wanted to keep the system. "Give us a chance," he said, arguing that the system was "working well" under the newly-elected team. Mayor Mike Butler, who also took office last month, did not comment. The charter review committee meets next on Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Mechanicville Senior Center, 178 North Main St. A period of time set aside for public comment is on the agenda.
Advocates push for connector trail Proposal would repurpose paved path behind dealership ByLINE: MASSARAH MIKATI
COLONIE - Residents and bicyclists are advocating for the town to construct a bike path connector from Troy-Schenectady Road down to the Mohawk Hudson Bike-Hike Trail. The proposal comes after the Keeler Motor Car Company, located on Troy-Schenectady Road, switched gears on its expansion plan, no longer needing a 12-foot-wide multiuse pathway that's located behind the building. Now some residents are proposing to use that pathway to finally connect Troy-Schenectady Road to the Mohawk Hudson Bike-Hike Trail. "We hope that the Planning Board takes this opportunity to at least create this long-awaited connection between the existing bike routes throughout Albany County
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Bright sunny skies made for pleasant winter walking along the Mohawk Hudson Bike-Hike Trail last Friday in Colonie. Colonie is exploring options on how to connect the the trail to Route 7 and the British American Boulevard multi use path.
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Stefanik leads fight against Democrats’ Inflation Crisis Stefanik: "Democrats are losing the working class"
rescue plan would set off an inflationary spiral. The White House and the Federal Reserve pushed back, insisting that inflation was a “transitory” phenomenon. But Stefanik had a hunch. “I’m the grocery shopper in my family, so I go by my gut,” Stefanik told us. As a new mother, she also saw diapers and formula growing more expensive. “And I’ll tell you,” she added, “babies use a lot of diapers.” Stefanik had stumbled on a potent issue, and not just at the ballot box. She rallied her colleagues around a new economic message as she sought to oust Representative Liz Cheney from the leadership role. She said Cheney was “leaving these issues on the table” as chair of the House Republican conference. In a May 12 letter to her colleagues, Stefanik promised to go “on offense” every day. Three days later, by a vote of 134-46, House Republicans elected her to succeed Cheney. Soon thereafter, her staff began breaking out the prices of various goods — used cars, frozen chicken, canned vegetables — and emailing them to members each week. In meetings, she would hammer home the importance of talking to voters about the rising prices. “Every time we talked about inflation, I could see the heads nodding,” Stefanik said. As for Democrats, “they are losing the working class,” Stefanik said. “I feel that in my district. And their dismissiveness will be devastating in November.” Painful inflation memories One Democrat who is not dismissive is William Galston, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution who served as a domestic policy adviser to Bill Clinton. Now 76, he lived through a time of high inflation in the late 1970s and early 1980s. “It was vividly etched in my memory,” Galston said, sounding over the phone as if he was wincing while recalling it all. “It seized the center of domestic politics and wouldn’t let go for years.” Galston watched inflation wreck the re-election hopes of Jimmy Carter in 1980. Then, when he was policy director for Senator Walter Mondale of Minnesota, the Federal Reserve crushed inflation in the early part of Ronald Reagan’s first term, causing a severe recession. In 1983, Reagan’s approval rating was 35 percent, and Mondale, the expected Democratic nominee, was leading him in hypothetical matchups by nine percentage points. Then the economy rebounded, setting Reagan on course for “Morning in America” and the comeback narrative that got him re-elected in the greatest landslide in history. The lesson, Galston says, is that inflation
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Yesterday, The New York Times published a story outlining how Republican House Conference Chair Elise Stefanik recognized the severity of Democrats’ inflation crisis early on and successfully utilized her position as Conference Chair to prosecute the case to the American people about Democrats radical Far-Left policies leading to the skyrocketing costs of everyday items and goods. “In a May 12 letter to her colleagues, Stefanik promised to go ‘on offense’ every day. Three days later, by a vote of 134-46, House Republicans elected her to succeed Cheney. Soon thereafter, her staff began breaking out the prices of various goods — used cars, frozen chicken, canned vegetables — and emailing them to members each week. In meetings, she would hammer home the importance of talking to voters about the rising prices. 'Every time we talked about inflation, I could see the heads nodding,' Stefanik said. As for Democrats, ‘they are losing the working class,’ Stefanik said. ‘I feel that in my district. And their dismissiveness will be devastating in November.’”
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If Democrats lose control of Congress in November, it seems safe to say that inflation will be a major reason for their defeat. Consumer prices have risen by 7.5 percent over the last year — the fastest rate in 40 years. President Biden’s approval rating is just 41 percent, according to the latest CNN poll, and it’s doubtful those two numbers are a coincidence. Food and gas are more expensive, and voters are upset about it. Rocket science it’s not. While Democrats have struggled to deliver a consistent message on the economy, Republicans have been disciplined. Dating back to the spring, they’ve made inflation the centerpiece of their re-election pitch to voters. And that didn’t happen by accident. It began, to no small degree, at the grocery store. Early last year, Representative Elise Stefanik of New York, who was then campaigning to become the No. 3 Republican in the House, began to notice that the prices of fruit, bacon, milk and eggs were creeping up. At the time, economists were still debating whether Biden’s
can be beaten. “The question,” he said, “is whether you’re willing to endure the pain.” ‘You have to be caught trying’ There are signs that some Democrats are beginning to panic. This week, a group of Democratic senators, led by Mark Kelly of Arizona and Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire, called for suspending the federal gas tax, which is 18.4 cents per gallon. The move likely wouldn’t have much impact, said Joshua Linn, an economist at the University of Maryland who studies the relationship between energy consumption and climate change. At most, he said, suspending the tax would save families a few hundred dollars a year. The federal gas tax, which goes to the Highway Trust Fund, hasn’t risen since 1993. That has forced Congress to bail it out repeatedly, because the fund doles out more in spending than it takes in from taxes. Last year, the Congressional Budget Office estimated that it would run up shortfalls of $195 billion over the next decade. But the political calculus for these endangered Democrats is pretty obvious: They want to signal that they’re doing something about inflation, even if the amount is mostly symbolic. As senators, there’s not much else they can do. And once again, Republicans are already ahead of them. Last year in the Virginia governor’s race, Glenn Youngkin ran an entire ad to call for cutting the state’s tax on groceries, which is 2.5 percent. He also proposed rolling back the gas tax by 5 cents a gallon. And it worked. “We saw that in our polling when we tested those messages and we saw it in real time once those ads went up,” said Chris Wilson, the chief pollster for the Youngkin campaign. Governors elsewhere took notice. In Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis has asked lawmakers to “zero out” the state’s 26.5 cents-per-gallon gas tax. In Oklahoma, Gov. Kevin Stitt has called for eliminating the state’s 4.5 percent sales tax on groceries. It’s not really clear, now that his legislative agenda has stalled, that Biden has a plan of his own. In November, he released 50 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, but gas prices have gone up since then. Asked if the president supported suspending the gas tax, a White House spokeswoman, Emilie Simons, gave a two-sentence response. “President Biden is using every tool available to reduce prices,” she said, pointing to the petroleum release. “All options remain on the table looking ahead.”
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Shul Jr For Kids, By Kids! CLIFTON PARK - Saturday, February 19th 10-11 am Grades k-4, 11 am-12pm Grades 5+ Kids will have a blast as they take center stage in the synagogue, ready to come back for more! At the club, they’ll join a candyland adventure, collecting sweets and tokens along the way. RSVP at www.cliftonparkchabad. com. For more info contact Leah at 518-495-0779. See you on Shabbat!
Recital Charles Eaton, Baritone ALBANY - Sat, Feb 19th @ 5pm, Albany Institute of History & Art, 125 Washington Ave, Please join us as we present a recital with baritone Charles Eaton in the stunning Hearst Gallery of the Albany Institute of History and Art. Mr. Eaton, who has been a young artist with the Glimmerglass Festival is a recent top prize winner of the
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Celebrating 100 Years of WGY CAPITAL DISTRICT - Musicians of Ma’alwyck and Schenectady Light Opera Company Recreate the Early Days of Broadcasting Sunday, February 20, 2022 ; 3-5 PM; Kenmore Ballroom, 76 North Pearl St, Albany Featuring: 3 PM—Exhibit & lecture from MiSci Archivist Chris Hunter , 4 PM—Recreation of WGY’s first broadcast Join us for the 3pm lecture and pop-up exhibit with Chris Hunter, archivist at MiSci, and learn about the landmark first decades of the radio station and its remote broadcasts from the Kenmore Ballroom. Watch history in the making as Musicians of Ma’alwyck, baritone Charles Eaton,
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Capital District Chapter Columbiette Meeting LATHAM - Sunday, February 27th, 2022 @ 1:30 PM at the Latham-Colonie Knights of Columbus Council, 328,Troy-Schenectady Road, Latham, N.Y. 12110. Capital District Chapter President, Linda Cotch will preside! (Directions I 787 either North or South Exit 8 to 23rd St. in Watervliet and West on Route 2 to Latham. Or I 87 either North or South, Exit 6 East to Route 2 Latham).
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Heritage Hunters February Zoom Program CAPITAL DISTRICT - Heritage Hunters will present a Zoom program, “In Memoriam: Casualties of the Battles of Saratoga.” The program will be Friday, February 18th, at 1 PM. It will be led by Eric Schnitzer, Interpretive Ranger and Military Historian, with the Saratoga National Historical Park in Stillwater. Eric will discuss his research in identifying the American casualties, using a variety of methods including genealogy. Non-members can contact Ginny at 518885-9309 or bhumphre@ nycap.rr.com, for the Zoom link to the free program.
The Royal Challah Bake - a Mega Challah Bake with a Purim Twist CLIFTON PARK Wednesday, March 2nd, 7:00 PM! Mrs. Chana Vigler, co-director of Chabad of Palm Beach Gardens, will speak. She is an inspirational speaker, whose incredible story
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There have been many unpleasant paid jobs throughout history, from executioner to leech collector to nitpicker. Now, to this litany of gruesome and onerous work, must be added being employed by Spotify in the 21st century. The CEO of the streaming company, besieged by a highly motivated cancellation mob out for podcaster Joe Rogan’s scalp, apologized to his employees in a statement for “the way The Joe Rogan Experience controversy continues to impact each of you.” According to Daniel Ek, the Spotif y team has been left “feeling drained, frustrated and unheard.” Yes, following inane and hysterical commentary on Twitter, Instagram, and other social media platforms about the alleged evils of a podcaster who interviews people and listens to their views, then posts the recordings for other people to listen to as they choose, must be wrenching. To his credit, Ek hasn’t canceled Rogan and he backed free speech, although from a defensive crouch. Indeed, his groveling, cant-filled missive is characteristic of such statements by organizations under pressure to suppress unwelcome views. They almost always accept the premises of the cancelers and treat the aggrieved as delicate hothouse plants on the verge of collapse if they don’t get their way. Is it too much, for once, for people in a position of supposed authority to tell the offended to get over it and buck up like adults living in a free society? Ek’s statement suggests the answer is still “no.” He assured Spotify employees that he’s thinking about “what additional steps we can take to further balance creator expression with user safety.” He promised to consult outside experts on this question. He also pledged to devote $100 million, equal to the amount Spotify spent on its licensing agreement for Rogan’s podcast, on licensing, developing, and marketing music and audio content from “historically marginalized groups.” “I deeply regret,” he reiterated, “that you are carrying so much of this burden.” All in all, it was a performance worthy of a college dean trying to
talk down students who may come for him or her next. What, for instance, does “user safety” mean? Listening to a song or a podcast is not like operating a piece of dangerous heavy machinery. Anyone getting behind the wheel of, say, a mobile hydraulic crane needs absolutely to know what he is doing at imminent risk of causing harm to himself or others. Someone listening to an uncongenial podcast can turn it off and listen to something else or nothing at all, in total safety. As for “unheard,” it is left-wing argot that has seeped into the mainstream. It is a meaningless term in this context. If a coder at Spotify feels unheard, so what? It isn’t his or her job to opine on controversies over content. Moreover, all too often those claiming to be metaphorically unheard insist that the only way to get themselves heard is to make someone else literally unheard via cancellation. The pledge of $100 million for more content is at least a gesture toward the notion that the solution to speech you don’t like is more speech. Yet, it reeks of a shakedown and an implicit bargain throwing resources at the would-be cancelers of Joe Rogan so they will go away and try to cancel someone else. Ek clearly believes that by giving ground, by putting content warnings on some Rogan podcasts and removing others, while making apologetic sounds, he can weather this storm. Maybe. But the fever for cancellations won’t end until the likes of Ek are courageous and tough-minded enough to tell the mob and its whiny fellow travelers that offensive speech isn’t a threat to anyone’s safety or emotional well-being, and that they’re done pretending otherwise. The debate over speech in this country is too often defined by people using their childishness and sense of entitlement as weapons. That won’t change until leaders are unafraid to tell them in frank terms to grow up. Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review.
Are We Surprised? The RNC’s Idea of ‘Legitimate Political Discourse’ Shows How Far Gone It Is Jonah Goldberg, Tribune Content Agency
My first question: What about the feces? I don’t mean figuratively, as in “Wow, the Republican National Committee really stepped in (fill in the blank)” or other colorful idioms. I mean it literally, what about the poop? I should back up. The RNC, the greatest agglomeration of hacks ever seen outside a lumberjack competition, voted to censure Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for serving on the select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. This was dumb enough. But the stated case for censuring them is that talking about Jan.6 divides Republicans and takes the focus off attacking Democrats. Except the censure itself made Jan. 6 the dominant story for days, forcing Republican politicians to talk about the very thing they don’t want to talk about. But where the RNC leaders really stepped in it -- again, figuratively -- is that they wrote the censure resolution so stupidly, people stopped talking about Cheney and Kinzinger and started talking about how the Republican National Committee officially described the Jan. 6 riot as “legitimate political discourse.” RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel insiststhat the resolution wasn’t meant to describe the violent attack on the Capitol and capitol police as “legitimate political discourse” even though there’s nothing in the resolution’s text to support her claim. But let’s give her the benefit of the doubt for a moment and chalk up the poor phrasing to McDaniel’s trademark incompetence instead of her patented Trump sycophancy (this is the woman who, after all, dropped the name Romney to placate the former president). Which brings me back to my question. Does McDaniel think trackingand smearinghuman feces around the halls of Congress qualifies as “legitimate political discourse”? I mean, that wasn’t technically speaking violent activity. Were the Capitol custodians tasked with cleaning up the foulness actually engaged in the rich conversation of American democracy? If someone does that at RNC headquarters, would McDaniel say, “Good for you, exercising your First Amendment right to engage in legitimate political discourse”? And then there’s the problem that the resolution is based on a lie. It states that the Jan. 6 committee is a “Democrat-led persecution of ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse.” But that’s the cowardly spin deployed by apparatchiks desperate to hide behind mythical ordinary citizens. Thousandsof people attended the pre-riot rally, and they aren’t being persecuted, never mind prosecuted. You can scroll through the Department of Justice’s list of 769people criminally charged so far. If protesters didn’t storm the Capitol, participate in violence, steal or destroy property, or conspire to do one of these things, they haven’t been charged. More to the point, the Jan. 6 committee hasn’t charged anybody because that’s not what congressional committees do. The prosecutions have all come from the Justice Department. Yes, the committee has recommended contempt charges to the DOJ for people who refuse to complywith subpoenas. But none of them are “ordinary citizens” persecuted for engaging in legitimate discourse. They’re Trump loyalists stonewalling a committee investigating an effort to overturn an election. And that is what is so grotesque about this entire exercise. The Republican National Committee has always largely been a holding pen for boosters, has-beens and other party strivers who need to be placated with a title but little power. It really only has one significant job to do -- draft a party platform. But, under Trump, committee members opted to skip that, issuing a brief resolution that basically said the media is bad and Trump is awesome. Now they apparently think their job is to whitewash an attempted coup and provide fodder for Democratic ads showing cops getting beaten by American flag poles with the narrator saying: “This is what Republicans officially describe as ‘legitimate political discourse.’ “ And then perhaps the ad will cut to Donald Trump’s recent vow to pardon the goons and vandals, many of whom have argued in court that they were acting on Trump’s wishes. Traditionally, the RNC stable is cleaned out after a presidential defeat. But it is now so thoroughly infested with Trump loyalists that it’s impossible to get fresh blood in there. Most Republicans do not look favorably on Jan. 6, but the cabal running the party would rather endorse a fringe view, further dividing the party and defend an attempt to steal an election, all to protect a defeated president and his accomplices. It will take years to clean the stain Trump has smeared on a party he never cared much about in the first place. And the Republican “leaders” have no one to blame but themselves. Jonah Goldberg is editor-in-chief of The Dispatch and the host of The Remnant podcast. His Twitter handle is @JonahDispatch.
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Stefanik endorses Jacobs for NY-24 Watertown's Channel 7 News reported that Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (NY-21), House Republican Conference Chair, endorsed Congressman Chris Jacobs (NY-27) for the newly formed New York 24th Congressional District. Congresswoman Elise Stefanik said: “I am proud to endorse my colleague and friend, Chris Jacobs for New York’s 24th Congressional District. Since taking office, Chris has been a strong fighter for conservative values and our Constitutional rights. He
stood up for New Yorkers against the unconstitutional SAFE Act and held the line against vaccine mandates and lockdowns. He’s fought reckless spending, failed Far-Left Socialist policies, and to secure our southern border. I have seen his efficacy and dedication firsthand through our work together. I know that he will fight on behalf of the people for the 24th District.” WASHINGTON North country Congresswoman Elise Stefanik has endorsed a fellow Republican for the newly formed congressional district that includes most of Jefferson County. Chris Jacobs now represents New York’s
27th congressional district, which is being eliminated in the redistricting plan adopted by state Democrats. Jacobs has said he plans to move into the newly formed 24th district to run for that seat. “I am proud to endorse my colleague and friend, Chris Jacobs for New York’s 24th congressional district,” Stefanik said in a release. “Since taking office, Chris has been a strong fighter for conservative values and our constitutional rights.” “I am honored to have Elise’s endorsement, the highest-ranking elected Republican in New York state,” Jacobs said in the same release. “Together,
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over the last two years we have taken on the Biden administration and Nancy Pelosi’s reckless spending and liberal priorities, and we will hold them accountable on behalf of the American people.” The new 24th district stretches from Jefferson County to Niagara County and removes most of Jefferson County from the 21st district that Stefanik represents. Republicans Mario Fratto of Geneva and Todd Aldinger of Buffalo have also announced plans to run to represent the new 24th.
The Mechanicville Area Community Services Center Presents Yankees vs Red Sox Bus Ride MECHANICVILLE - Saturday, April 9, 2022 from 7:00 AM to 11:00 PM EDT. (Actual Event Time to be determined by MLB - additional information to follow). The Mechanicville Area Community Service Center is excited to offer community members a chance to enjoy the highly anticipated NY Yankees vs Boston Red Sox Season opener game! We have partnered with Yankee Stadium and will be able to offer affordable tickets and transportation to the NY Yankees vs Boston Red Sox MLB game opening week-
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21st Annual Chopin Piano Competition Call For Participants CAPITAL DISTRICT The Capital District Council for Young Musicians invites area Capital Region piano students ages 6 to 19 to participate in the 21st Frederic Chopin Piano Competition, which will be held on September 17, 2022. The annual event allows serious piano students to showcase their talent.
The Competition will be held at 250 Old Maxwell Road, Latham and adjudicated by college music faculty. A Steinway model D Concert Grand piano is provided by the local authorized Steinway dealer, Artist Pianos in Latham, for the event. Contestants must perform one piece composed by Chopin, with Apprentice and Master level students selecting an additional composition from a required repertoire. Winners and runners-up will perform for the community in a concert on Sunday, September 18 at 250 Old Maxwell Road, Latham. Online Registration is limited to 12 applicants in Young Chopin and 10 in both the Apprentice and Master categories. The registration fee is $40 and is non-refundable. Previous winners are not eligible to register in the same category. For more information or to register, visit www.cdcym.org. Capital District Council for Young Musicians A 501(c) nonprofit organization
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his week’s house was built like the prow of a ship, ready to set sail on the Great Sacandaga Lake. Designed to take advantage of the view, the home along South Shore Road in Hadley has a wall of windows along one side and a double-decker wraparound deck. The house is on a five-acre lot and has 2,466 square feet of living space, three bedrooms and two and a half baths. Also designed with entertainment in mind, the home has a bar/recreation area downstairs, a 32-foot dock LEIGH and a floating, motorized HORNBECK tiki bar as well as a second HOUSE OF building on the lot with THE WEEK a kitchen. Central air, propane heat and stone fireplace. Hadley-Luzerne schools. Taxes: $5,729. List price: $750,000. Contact listing agent Scott Varley with Keller Williams Capital District at 518-281-6808.
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meaning the finances could be used for multiple reasons. Hochul plans to set aside a portion of the 15 percent in assets for a similar discretionary purpose, he continued, a move that could deter the state's reserves from reaching their maximum authorized balances. New York has two rainy-day funds: the Tax Stabilization Reserve Fund and the Rainy Day Reserve Fund. There are legal barriers to accessing those accounts. According to the comptroller's 2019 rainy-day report, the state last withdrew from the TSRF in 1992, and monies from the RDRF have never been used.
and the Mohawk Hudson Bike-Hike Trail," a coalition of neighborhood, cycling and outdoors associations wrote in a letter to the planning board and Supervisor Peter Crummey. In their letter, the associations referenced when developers of a subdivision in Niskayuna called Flower Hill donated a strip of land in 2017 to connect the neighborhood to River Road and the bike trial. "We suggest Keeler's ... could be similarly persuaded/induced to donate the land they'd proposed for the multi-use driveway for a similar bike path connection to fulfill this long-awaited goal," they wrote. Currently, if pedestrians or cyclists want to get to the Mohawk Hudson Bike-Hike Trail from Troy-Schenectady Road, they have to turn down Rosendale Road to get onto River Road and merge onto the path from there. If the multiuse pathway is turned into a connector, they could get right on the trail from Route 7. SAVE Colonie, a group of Colonie residents that advocates for more green space in the town, also proposed two other options for a connector: converting the utility right of way on River Road to a connector, and using the parking lot of the Riverhill business center to connect to River Road. Bike path connectors have recently been constructed and proposed in other areas. In 2020, the city of Albany opened its 1.5-mile bike and pedestrian trail through the city's South End neighborhood, connecting the Mohawk Hudson Bike-Hike Trail to the county's Helderberg-Hudson Rail Trail. Recently, the Capital District Transportation Committee launched a survey regarding the proposed Patroon Creek Greenway, which would allow bicyclists and pedestrians to get from Six Mile Waterworks park to the Corning Preserve without navigating roads. The majority of that trail would run off-road from Six Mile Waterworks, in the sliver of greenway between Interstate 90 and railroad tracks to the north. Then the trail would link up with Everett Road. The study proposes three options, a mix of on- and off-road paths, to connect the trail with the Tivoli Preserve in West Hill. mmikati@timesunion.com
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