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Official: Officer biased or inept Spa City senior commander refused to file charges after Black student allegedly was beaten by 3 white teenagers By WENDY LIBERATORE
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SARATOGA SPRINGS - The city’s public safety commissioner wants to discipline a high-ranking police officer over the decision to not press charges against three white teens who allegedly beat an African American student so severely that he sustained a brain injury. James Montagnino said the senior commander refused to press charges because the 17-year-old victim, who is under the care a neurologist, shoved his attacker first and was “prone to concussions.” The officer “said that the medical records the victim provided (showed he) had previously had a number of concussions and therefore he was prone to concussions,” said Montagnino, who is not naming the officer. “I know the law. The fact that this young man is more susceptible to concussions doesn’t justify the assault that caused the concussion. … This is either gross incompetence or some bias at work there. There is no other rationalization.” The March 4 incident, which took place at a party on Salem Drive where underage drinking allegedly took place, also left the teen with a split lip, loose tooth, black eye and a cut on his back, Montagnino said. After the victim shoved another teen, he was allegedly thrown against a countertop by one assailant and repeatedly punched by two others. Racial slurs were also allegedly being shouted at the victim, the commissioner said. “There is nothing in the law that justifies responding to a shove that causes no injury whatsoever with throwing someone into a granite countertop and causing that type of an injury,” he said. “The evidence is overwhelming this was at the very least a third-degree misdemeanor assault.” After what Montagnino referred to as “a gang assault,” the teen ended up in a basement of the home. He said the victim, who had been accepted into an Ivy League school in the fall, is delaying attendance because of a brain injury. The dispute comes as the state attorney general’s office is investigating Saratoga Springs police’s handling of Black Lives Matter protests last year for possible civil rights violations.
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Jim Montagnino said he was stunned at the officer’s rationale for calling the injured teen a complainant, not a victim.
The officer who declined to submit charges against the teens did not return a phone call seeking comment. The Times Union also reached out to the officer’s attorney, Christopher Silva, but did not immediately hear back. Sean Briscoe, who is the officer’s union representative, said Friday he couldn’t comment on the “unsubstantiated rumors that could be detrimental to an officer’s right to due process.” Saratoga Springs Police Chief Shane Crooks said on Monday he couldn’t comment on the matter. “It’s an internal matter,” Crooks said. “I don’t feel it’s appropriate to comment because there are multiple people involved.” The incident came to Montagnino’s attention after the alleged victim’s family reached out to Saratoga County Supervisor Tara Gaston. She said this was the first time the family was ever involved with the justice system and they had questions that, even as an attorney herself, she could not answer. After Montagnino met with the family at Gaston’s request, he asked Please see OFFICER 8
Park resident gets notice of eviction Clash with owner of Saratoga Lakeview Mobile Home escalates By WENDY LIBERATORE
SARATOGA - Despite a promise to not push out tenants for five years after he purchased the property, the owner of the Saratoga Lakeview Mobile Home Park has sent an eviction notice to the tenant on Lot 15. Tenant Angela Kaufman, who has been battling owner Michael Giovanone to remain in her mobile home for the promised 60 months, received the notification on Monday. She calls it another intimidation tactic from Giovanone, who had her arrested last November for blocking the road while she tried to stop the removal of a tree from the 3.2-acre park. But Giovanone, on Friday, said he has every right to evict her because she is not following the rules. “The list is long,” said Giovanone of the violations he claims she has committed. They include trespassing on other homeowners’ properties, having a carport that interferes with snowplowing and replacing her home’s roof without a town permit. The eviction notice comes after months of disputes between Giovanone and Kaufman, including her arrest for trespassing, a violation, when she stood on the park road to delay
a tree crew while her attorney checked on a town ordinance on tree removal. “I think this is a strategy into bullying people to leave so he can do what he wants to do,” said Kaufman of the eviction letter. Giovanone bought the land in June 2021 with a plan to expand his boat and RV storage facility, Boat N RV Condos, on Route 9P along Saratoga Lake. He said he has a waiting list of 45 people who need boat storage. “It’s a dynamic piece of property in the center of the commercial district,” Giovanone said. “Back in the (19) 40s, a trailer park, it probably belonged. But it’s 2022. It’s in the center of the commercial zone. There is no public water. I’m putting on a use that the town openly said they support.” The purchase agreement that included a provision to allow tenants to stay for five years did not preclude evictions. However, Giovanone made a personal promise not to evict anyone. On Friday, he said, “My decision has changed.” The eviction letter indicated that Kaufman was to contact Giovanone in three days to make arrangements to leave. It also noted that legal action could include “monetary relief for any damage to the property,” as well as a judgment that may impact her credit score and a
freeze of her bank accounts. “We sincerely hope to avoid taking this costly and intrusive action,” the letter from attorney Justin Grassi read. “I will sit down with her and ... offer to help her relocate and get on with her life,” Giovanone said. He also said her violations include her walking around nude and trying to throw herself into a wood chipper. Kaufman laughs at the claims that she was walking around unclothed. She said that she took a photo in her enclosed backyard of her bare back on which was scrawled, “People need homes not boats.” Also, she said she was dropping off materials at other tenants’ homes, informing them of the rental relief available during the pandemic. Giovanone contends that is trespassing. As for the new roof and the carport, town of Saratoga building inspector Gil Albert said he was invited by the park owner to cite Kaufman, but said he didn’t write any violations. “I was asked to come over and take look at things,” Albert said. “(The carport and roof ) were pre-existing. I chose not to do anything about it. It was there before my time.” Please see NOTICE 8
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This Week in Saratoga County History - The Old and New Burnt Hills Submitted by Rick Reynolds, March 31, 2022 Rick Reynolds has been the Ballston Town Historian since 2004. He is a retired social studies teacher at Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake Middle school and is the author of the book “From Wilderness to Community: The Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake Central School District. Rick can be reached at rreynolds@townofballstonny. org In the late 1950s, Veeder and Yelverton Pharmacy moved their thriving pharmacy business from Schenectady to Route 50 in Burnt Hills. At the time, the Burnt Hills area was just beginning to grow and the area to which they moved was not a major commercial center in the Burnt Hills area. But that move seems to have been one of the signals that a “new” commercial center of was starting to grow! Driving along Route 50, most people today do not even know that an “old” commercial center ever existed! For many years, even before the 20th century, the center of Burnt Hillsthe commercial hub of the area, the meeting area for people from around the
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region, the transportation center- had been at the intersection of what is today Lakehill Road and Kingsley Road. This commercial center of Burnt Hills was along the route that came from Schenectady and travelled north to Saratoga and, even before that, the same route for the stagecoaches well before the 20th century. Even the railroad which started in the early 1830s was not far away from this same area. Johnson’s Store, a general store, was located in this central area and, within it, the Post Office. A barber shop was there. The flagpole, proudly displaying the American Flag, was near the middle of the intersection, the flagpole at which all kinds of Halloween tricks occurred over the years. The Kingsley Inn, a stopover for travelers, was on the northwest corner of the intersection and the building still stands today. A one-room schoolhouse, also still standing today, was just south of the intersection, and the entire area was surrounded by residential homes. A bit further south was the Doll Factory which later became Fo’Castle Farms fruit stand and country store. Residents from the areas surrounding this commercial hub would talk of “going to the hill,” ie., Lakehill and Kingsley, ie., Burnt Hills, to take
care of whatever business they needed to do. This was so obviously the center of Burnt Hills that the 4 roads coming out of that Kingsley and Lakehill Roads early 20thC intersection at intersection grew even Lakehill and more numerous. The Kingsley were named by Burnt Owl, a craft store way of that intersection; known throughout the they were known simply area, opened. The Counas North, South, East, and West Streets, each going in try Kitchen Restaurant, later to be known as the their respective direcOlde Homestead, opened tions. for business in the early But, that slowly 1970s. Both of these places changed. In the 1930s, were at this new, growing Route 50 was built as a intersection. In 1972, a new, faster, more efficient bit further south but still way to get to and from along the new growing Schenectady and to allow more travel between Sche- Route 50 corridor, Grand Union established its nectady and Saratoga. In store. 1950, the Burnt Hills Fire So, it seems that the Department moved into 1950s was when this a new building on Route intersection became the 50 just north of Lakehill “center” of Burnt Hills in Road. At about the same replacement of the former time, the Burnt Hills “center” at Lakehill and Diner started serving Kingsley. The recognition people in this same area. of that reality seems to be A few years later, in 1958 confirmed by the official thr Veeder and Yelverton use of the name “Burnt drug store was built in the Hills Center” in 1969 for growing business district. the shopping plaza that Endicott Johnson Shoes had previously been creatmoved into a shopping ed at the intersection. All plaza at Route 50 and Lakehill Road. This “new” this growth, started in the 1950s, continued for over Burnt Hills, was certainly becoming the commercial 20+ years. However, with the excepcenter attracting people tion of the firehouse, all from both the Town of of these establishments Ballston and Glenville in are no longer in business Schenectady County. By the 1970’s, the or in existence. Just as businesses around this time changed the locale of
2022 Ballston Spa Farmers’ Market Seeks Vendors, Volunteers BALLSTON SPA - The 2022 Ballston Spa Farmers’ Market, sponsored by the Ballston Spa Business and Professional Association (BSBPA), will run from June 11 through September 29, 2022. The markets will be held on Thursdays from 3-6 pm and Saturdays from 9 am-1 pm in Wiswall Park on Front Street, in the heart of downtown Ballston Spa. The markets have been serving the local community since 2003. Our mission is to bring together local farms and food/craft producers with consumers and to promote locally created products. The market is now accepting vendors for the 2022 season. New and returning vendors can apply online at https://www.ballston.org/category/farmers-market. The market bylaws are posted on the application
Rt 50 in Burnt Hills in the 1950s
the main business center, change continues to show its face today. The new Burnt Hills intersection has seen its share of change in the last 20 or so years. The introduction of a CVS, actually doing business in different buildings at the same intersection over time, has changed the character of Burnt Hills. The closure of the Olde Homestead in 2006; the addition of an ice cream and food store, Mama’s, in place of what had been Pa’s Gas Station; and the 2022 demolition of a dilapidated gas station on the northeast corner of the intersection have all added to the ever-changing landscape of Burnt Hills The center of Burnt Hills certainly didn’t start where it is now. No, the center of Burnt Hills was not at Route 50 and Lakehill Road. Long before that intersection even existed, the “land of the burnt hills,” as the Dutch in “Skinictidy” originally called it, was a block further east, at the intersections of North, South, East, and West Streets. Who knew?
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Susan Waters has dedicated her entire 30-year career to supporting people with developmental disabilities. That alone would qualify her to be an Empire Whole Health Hero. But in addition to her impact on the individuals and families she serves through the Center for Disability Services, based in Albany, Waters also possesses an enthusiasm, empathy, and team-based philosophy that is infectious to her co-workers. In short, Waters is the team member that makes everyone around her better. “I learn something new every day,” says Waters. “I am one of the lucky people that loves their job and the people I provide healthcare to.” Waters is especially proud of the job the Center has done over the past two years, ensuring continuous care during a global pandemic. “With the pandemic it certainly has been hard, but in my role as the Director of Health Care for the OPWDD programs within the Center, it’s important to maintain the care of our folks to keep them safe and healthy,” says Waters. “It has been a challenge in this day and age of telehealth, especially with our population, but we have strived to do the best. The Center couldn’t have done it without all the hard work of the DSPs, management, nursing, clinic support staff, and so many more. And at the end of the day, I think we did an awesome job.” “The future of the Capital Region is growing at lightning speed — not only in the tri-city areas, but also in the outlying areas,” says Waters. “I live in Saratoga County, and I cannot believe how much the area has grown. With this growth, there will always be a need for employment and services. As a community, we need to continue to look outside of the box and plan for this growth. It is amazing to see the change that is occurring and what the possibilities can be with this area.”
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AROUND YOUR COMMUNITY Plastic Fantastic? A Look at a Growing Environmental Problem CAPITAL DISTRICTDate/Time: April 20, 7 pm on Zoom Synopsis: Plastic - miracle molecule or environmental scourge? Plastics transformed transportation and electronics, revolutionized medicine, and saves lives daily. But plastics have a dark side: they leach toxic chemicals, litter our landscapes, and imperil marine life. Our growing problem with plastic pollution is causing a host of negative human health and environmental impacts. Are there solutions? Bio: Anne Ernst is a senior lecturer in the Environmental Studies and Sciences Program at Skidmore College. She teaches both a science course and first-year seminar on plastics, as well as several introductory ESS courses. Prior to Skidmore, she worked as a research biologist at the US Geological Survey. Anne is also a Sustainable Saratoga board member. This free event is co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Saratoga County and Sustainable Saratoga. Register here: https:// us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMrcu6uqj8vGNJ1IuXz7epMFou8ZO9h6FMx
Ballston Spa Lions Club New Member Induction BALLSTON SPA - The Ballston Spa Lions Club on March 16, 2022 inducted a
new member, Dr. Andrew Hurd residing in Clifton Park. Dr. Hurd is an Assistant Professor in the Masters of Information Technology specializing in Cybersecurity at Empire State College. The ceremony was held at The Hideaway Restaurant at Saratoga Golf Club. Lions Club President Lion Frank Blair presented Andrew to the District Governor Michele O’Hare who inducted him into the Ballston Spa Lions Club. Andrew was sponsored by his uncle, Lyle Hurd who is a 59-year charter member of the Camden, NY Lions Club. If you would like more information about this topic, please email Info@BallstonSpaLionsClub.org .
Philip Casabona To Be New Larac Director CAPITAL DISTRICT - The Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council (LARAC) is pleased to announce that Phil Casabona will take over as Executive Director when current Executive Director, Candice Frye, moves on from her role at LARAC March 1st. Phil is currently LARAC’s Gallery Curator and Festival Coordinator, and has worked at LARAC since July of 2014. At LARAC Phil has been in charge of both the Annual June Arts Festival and the Annual Fall Arts Festival as well as LARAC’s year long gift shop and annual Holiday Shop. For the past four years Phil has also been LARAC’s Gallery Curator, bringing seven different gallery exhibitions to LARAC’s Lapham Gallery each year. LARAC Board Chair
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and their family members, is being offered by Cornell Cooperative Extension Saratoga County. Wednesday, April 6, 13, 20 at 1 pm. Fee: $15, financial assistance available upon request. To register call 518-885-8995. 50 West High Street, Ballston Spa, NY Presented by Diane Whitten, Cornell Cooperative Extension. Participants will learn how to fit carbohydrates into a healthy menu, effectively use food labels, choose meals at a restaurant and adopt other healthy habits to help manage diabetes through healthy eating. Recipe ideas provided. Time provided for Q&A. For program details email Diane at dwhitten@cornell.edu.
Ch. 60, Korean War Veteran’s Association April Meeting SARATOGA - The meeting will be held on Thurs., April 7th, at 1:30 p.m. at the VFW home in Saratoga Springs, which is located at the end of Veterans’ Way, just off the Arterial, North of Saratoga Springs. Veterans who served anywhere during the Korean War, in Korea at any time, spouses, widows, relatives and friends are all invited to attend. For further information or an application to join the organization, please contact Comm. Paul O’Keefe at 518-603-4186. New members are always welcome. Annual dues are $10 for veterans and $5 for all others.
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Christ the Savior Church Pieroghi Sale BALLSTON LAKE - 349 Eastline Rd., Ballston Lake is having a pieroghi sale on Tuesday, April 12th. As usual we will have potato/ cheese, sauerkraut, and farmer’s cheese pieroghis. All pierogi orders are $10/ dz.. Please call early at 518-363-0001. P/U will be from 11:30- 1 p.m.
LAKE LUZERNE - The event starts at 9am on Saturday, April 16th. The children hunt for plastic eggs by age group, so they will do Easter crafts while they wait for their turn. The annual Easter piñata will again make an appearance, so get ready for the extra excitement! For more information call Fr. Lou at 518-696-3030.
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HOME SOLUTIONS Pros and cons to open-concept homes Open-concept homes have become increasingly popular in recent years. An open-concept home is one in which the rooms flow into one another with limited obstruction from walls or other barriers. According to the National Association of Home Builders, 84 percent of new single-family homes have fully or partially open layouts.
Smoke and smells are another thing to consider. When something on the stove spills over, a small range hood will not be practical for clearing smoke from a large space. Though the aroma of freshly cooked food is enticing, it can make it hard for cooks to keep guests out of the kitchen. Open-concept homes are popular, but homeowners should weigh the pluses and minuses to see if this trend is truly right for them.
used a few times per year. This eliminates underused spaces and opens up sight lines in the layout. The value of real estate has risen dramatically since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and prospective buyers may prefer an open-concept plan because it can help them minimize building costs.
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Open layouts are not for everyone. The same sense of space that occurs when walls are taken down may make rooms feel cavernous and less cozy, particularly in homes with ample square footage. In addition, privacy can be hard to come by when all rooms feed into one another. When the kitchen is not separate from the family room space, that makes it easy for noise to compromise the area’s comfort levels. There is no hiding from noise in an open floor plan, as sounds from voices, television shows and appliances tend to echo and blend together. And if the home is a single-story layout, those noises from the main living areas also may carry to adjacent bedrooms.
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OPINION
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Joe Biden is engaged in the most extensive test of whether an American president can survive elevated levels of inflation since Jimmy Carter, and it's not going well. The latest NBC News poll has Biden at a dismal 40% approval rating that, if it doesn't change, will end the careers of Democrats up and down the ballot in November's midterm elections. According to the poll, only a third of people approve of Biden's handling of the economy, a low that most presidents have needed a recession to hit. This number has sunk steadily -- along with Biden's overall standing -- from 52% in April of last year. Inflation, which increased 7.9% from February 2021 to February 2022, is top of mind for voters. In the survey, 35% of people said cost of living is the first or second most important issue to the country. Climate change, in contrast, is at 17% and the pandemic at 8%. Given the choice, 68% would rather see Biden make reducing inflation and improving the economy his top priority, not the war in Ukraine. Elevated inflation represents a trifecta of doom for incumbent presidents. Does it impact the lives of people in a discernible way that they will notice no matter what the president says or the media covers? Yes. Does it cut the pay of workers unless there are steep increases in wages? Yes. Does it make the president seem powerless to control events? Yes. It was a common question in the media a while ago why people felt badly about a good economy? Paul Krugman wrote column last year headlined, "The Making of a Feel-Bad Boom." The question, though, was miscast. An economy where wages are effectively falling is not a good economy, at least it isn't going to be felt by most people as such. Even though wages grew by a robust 5.1% year-over-year this February, that wasn't enough to keep up with rising prices. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, real average hourly earnings declined 2.6% from February 2021-2022. During that 12-month period, the month-to-month change in real hourly wages was only positive in two months. This is presumably why the NBC poll found that 62% say that their family income is falling behind, 31% say that it is staying about even, and just 6% believe it is going up faster. Biden could combine the political talents of FDR and Reagan, the oratorical skills of Lincoln and JFK, and the common touch of Jackson and Truman, and this sense of falling behind would still be eating away at the foundations of his presidency. Biden's default has been to reassure the public that inflation is only transitory, to place it in the context of global supply chain issues beyond the control of any one person, and to blame various malefactors, whether meat companies or Vladimir Putin, for surging prices. But the buck still stops with the president, even if the dollar has less purchasing power than it did a year ago. Biden hasn't resorted to anything as readily mockable as President Gerald Ford's "Whip Inflation Now," or WIN buttons in 1974, but is flailing around nearly as badly (inflation did, by the way, drop steeply from 1974 to 1976, but it took a recession to achieve this momentary gain). He's mostly trying to rebrand spending initiatives he already supported as steps toward curbing costs. Regardless, the Federal Reserve has a huge role and, so far, it, like the administration, has been slow to catch up to the new inflationary reality. The American public has had no such luxury. For it, increased prices are a daily lived reality, and no amount of spin is going to change that. Unless conditions markedly improve soon, Biden's experiment is going to end very badly for him and his party. Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review.
(c) 2022, The Washington Post Joe Biden campaig ned in 2020 as a nuclear arms-control enthusiast, declaring that "the United States does not need new nuclear weapons" and embracing a "sole purpose" policy that would narrow the circumstances in which he might direct the military to use one. Fourteen months into his presidency, he has been forced to abandon both commitments. Two intervening events explain the change. First, in 2021, satellite images made public the construction of as many as 300 silos, apparently for intercontinental ballistic missiles, in western China. The extent of Beijing's nuclear ambitions could no longer be ignored. Then Russia invaded Ukraine while rattling its nuclear saber. Nuclear weapons haven't been used, but they've already set the terms for the conflict: It's only because of these weapons that Russia's military can fight a conventional war in Ukraine without a credible threat of direct Western intervention. Specifically, Vladimir Putin's war has highlighted Russia's yawning advantage over the United States in nonstrategic, or "tactical," nuclear weapons, which have shorter ranges and smaller yields. Moscow's military doctrine exploits its roughly 10-to-1 advantage in the smaller weapons, and greater diversity of delivery systems, by contemplating their use on the European battlefield in a conventional war with NATO. If an A merican president has fewer options for a proportionate response to a limited, tactical nuclear strike, such a strike might look more attractive to Russia. It could gamble that the president (no matter America's official policy) would back down rather than risk escalating toward a full-fledged, or "strategic," nuclear exchange. The administration has responded to the changed circumstances. Biden reportedly
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told European heads of state last week that he would not formally weaken the United States' nuclear-use policy, as some of them feared. Meanwhile, his fiscal 2023 defense budget released this week funds several nuclear weapons programs initiated in the Trump administration that are under attack from disarmament advocates. Unfortunately, it may not be enough. The budget still terminates the Pentagon's development of a tactical nuclear weapon delivered by a sea-launched cruise missile (or SLCM, sometimes pronounced "slick-em"). This decision, announced in the middle of Putin's war on NATO's doorstep, could needlessly create doubt in Moscow about Washington's will in a nuclear standoff. The commander of U.S. forces in Europe is already sounding the alarm. In testimony before the House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday, Gen. Tod Wolters said the United States should continue developing the SLCM. "Having multiple options," Walters said, "exacerbates the challenge for the potential enemies" probing for ways to circumvent our nuclear deterrent. Mu lt iple opt ion s me a n s more than one ty pe of lowyield weapon for a president to choose from to respond to a limited Russian nuclear strike on a NATO ally. The aim would be to restore deterrence without unduly escalating. The defense budget wisely doesn't seek to dismantle the W76-2, a submarine-launched low-yield weapon that Biden opposed when it was first deployed in 2019. In an email, a senior Pentagon official cited "the deterrence contribution of the W762," as well as cost constraints, to explain the cancellation of the SLCM. But the W76-2 is delivered by a long-range ballistic missile, which means it can't be carried on most Navy submarines and would look like a "strategic" weapon on enemy radar. The Pentagon fielded it as a second-best alternative to the
SLCM only because it could be ready earlier. To Biden's credit, the budget maintains funding to develop the planned Long-Range Standoff Weapon, a nuclear cruise missile launched from an Air Force bomber. But planes are easier to detect than submarines and might take longer to get into position. The SLCM - which was also deployed late in the Cold War - is a powerful complement to the Air Force's planned weapon. It's true that NATO's conventional firepower could overwhelm Russia's military. But consider that early in the Cold War, the roles were reversed. The Soviet Union had the more powerful land army in Europe, while the United States, under its doctrine of "massive retaliation," planned to use nuclear weapons to meet a conventional attack. There is nothing especially irrational, then, about Russian threats of nuclear force in a conventional war against a superior opponent. The solution is to show Moscow that it has no hope of victory from a limited nuclear escalation because of NATO's ability to match it at every step. Nuclear deterrence can be debated end lessly bec ause there's mercifully little empirical evidence against which to test theories of how it works (or doesn't). But China's nuclear rise and the simultaneous return of war in Europe have shattered, at least for the foreseeable future, any claim that unreciprocated American nuclear disarmament is a realistic path to peace. If the SLCM could create even marginally more certainty in the minds of adversaries that the United States could and would - respond in kind to any use of nuclear force against allied territory, it's worth funding. In a destabilizing world, even perceived gaps in America's guarantee of deterrence make the unthinkable more likely.
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Stefanik Calls on Hochul to Repeal Dangerous Bail Reform Policies PRESS RELEASE - WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Elise Stefanik led the New York Republican delegation in sending a letter calling on Governor Kathy Hochul to completely repeal New York’s failed bail reform policies and enact a “dangerousness standard” that allows judges to thoroughly consider the danger an individual poses to the community when making bail or pretrial release decisions. “Albany Democrats’ reckless and dangerous bail re-
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ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, daydreams could tempt you away from your work this week. Try to stay grounded, but explore creative pursuits. Make time on your schedule for such activities. TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, call a meeting with business partners or prospective partners and embrace creative collaboration this week. Being part of a team will get the ideas flowing. GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, professional goals can become a reality this week, as the stars are aligned with the sector that governs career matters. Go after the work you want promptly. CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 Take time to analyze any dreams that you remember, Cancer. Symbolism or images could provide clues to events in the waking world as well. LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 Start to purge any feelings or emotional baggage that isn’t serving you well, Leo. This may be a time to reconsider relationships, particularly if they aren’t benefitting you. VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, positive vibes at your place of employment will help you appreciate you are earning a living. Utilize this positive energy as motivation to complete a key project. LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, you may have creative goals spinning around in your head, but this is the time to bring some structure to those ideas. Ask a friend for help in that matter. SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22
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the senior officer to review the file. After a review, the officer told the commissioner why police weren’t charging the other teens, and referred to the victim as a complainant. Montagnino — a lawyer and former prosecutor who took office at the
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beginning of the year — said he was stunned at the officer’s rationale for that word choice: “(The officer) said, ‘I won’t refer to him as a victim. He’s a complainant, not a victim, because he pushed the defendant first.’” The commissioner said social media has left the family feeling revictimized. They said their son is
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being harassed on Snapchat with messages calling him a “snitch.” Montagnino and Gaston said the family wants to remain anonymous. Montagnino, who according to the city charter provides civilian oversight of the department, has taken criticism for discussing the matter in public — something he said he decided to do only after seeing it raised on various
social media platforms. Gaston, a fellow Democrat, defended Montagnino, saying he’s doing what he was elected to do. “The role of the commissioner of public safety is designed to help drive policy and make sure things are done correctly,” Gaston said. “It is the responsibility of a leader, if they see things are not done correctly, especially when it comes to ensuring
the equal safety and health in the community, ... to step in.” At this point, Montagnino said the family no longer wants to press charges. “They want their son to heal and they want to put this behind them,” he said. The commissioner, however, is demanding the officer be reprimanded and demoted. “When you have a group
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“We didn’t have a home for indoor instruction for the wintertime,” Mattson said. “As we know up here, it’s several months almost. I had the idea to do something a little bit bigger than what I’ve been doing in the past in the wintertime. I wanted to have a home for all these kids to come train and come practice, something near their home.” Anders Mattson Golf opened in May 2019. Mattson said when he first started working with juniors around 2000, he had less than a dozen students. He now trains between 80 and 90 youngsters. “I think it’s the culture that we create here,” he said. “It’s a combination of having all the good players here being able to train together, and they want to be together, too. It’s a ‘pulling up’ system. The older kids pulled the younger kids up, and the whole process has really continued.” The studio has three Track-man hitting bays, where players can hit into screens depicting various courses from around the world. The computer also measures swing speeds. In the middle of the building is an 800-square-
foot putting green with various contours and regulation golf holes. “It’s a lot of putting and then some full-swing stuff,” Mattson said. “It covers 75 percent PETE DOUGHERTY / SPECIAL TO THE TIMES UNION of golf; 25 percent PGA teaching professional Anders is outside.” Mattson studies swing stats with His staff instudent Kate Smith at Mattson's indoor cludes teaching golf studio in Saratoga Springs. pro Bob Cain, who instructs during with equipment. the offseason from his job Most of the top players as head teaching profescompete in numerous sional at Saratoga Natournaments, both in and tional, and Kayla Radliff, outside the area, during a certified trainer from the golfing season. The Premier Golf and Fitness studio allows them to keep in Clifton Park, who offers pace with players from golf-related exercises for climates that allow yearthe students. round golf. “She comes in two “You put in the work and days a week, and we do the time, you’re eventua dual workout with the ally going to see improvekids,” Mattson said. “It’s ment,” said Dock, who won golf-specific. It keeps them the Section II individual engaged and knowing championship as a sophothat it’s part of the game, more at Glens Falls High as well. A lot of them will School. “This past year, I train on their own down started to do practice a lot at Premier. I want to make more, and it has shown in sure that the kids know my tournaments. When that it’s part of the situayou get into higher events tion if they’re trying to be and see how much effort better golfers.” other people put in, it motivates you to start putting As a member of the in that same amount of Titlelist Leadership Advieffort, if not more, to reach sory staff, Matt-son also that highest level.” helps the young players
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junior golfer in the Capital Region has prospered from his tutelage and facility. “This is amazing,” said Bray-den Dock, a 15-yearold from Queensbury who played in the national finals for the second straight year. “When there is snow on the ground, you can come in and play. It’s great.” It is difficult for any golfer at any age in the Northeast to maintain their swings and putting strokes through the winter months. That makes the accomplishment of having three of the 40 boys who competed Sunday from the Capital Region all the more remarkable. “It’s a pretty neat place to be able to have,” said Tanner LaTorre, 12, who qualified for the Drive, Chip and Putt finals along with his brother Mason, 9. Both live in Nassau. Mattson, a three-time Northeastern New York PGA Teacher of the Year, has worked with junior golfers for more than two decades, but the instruction was limited in the winter by the weather.
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Kaufman, who suffers from fibromyalgia and is recovering from a brain injury, said that the prospect
of moving is another stress-or in her life. At the same time, she is relieved that she has an attorney who can help her with the fight against Giovanone, who alleges her new roof is dangerous. “Basically, he’s saying because
of people and something happens at the end of which only one is injured and the injuries consist of a concussion and neurological impairment ... and someone said there is no crime there, I think someone who says that has no understanding of what is supposed to be happening in a society governed by law,” he said.
we did not take our roof off, we have to leave the park in three days,” she said. “He is citing code violations that don’t exist. … This is a good way to intimidate people who don’t have a lot of resources.”
HOUSE OF THE WEEK 150 Jay Street, Albany
PHOTOS BY TYLER ROBINSON AND BARBARA NAZAREWICZ
Clockwise from Top: Garden-level apartment; the kitchen.
The home at 150 Jay St. in Albany is a three-story townhouse in Central Square. Above, one of two and a half bathrooms.
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his week’s house is a three-story townhouse in Central Square built in 1873. The Italianate style can be seen in the intricate cornice and ornamented windows and front entry. Paint colors on the exterior brick — cream with peach and apricot shades on the decorative bits — bring the style out nicely. Inside, there are three bedrooms, including one in a garden-level apartment where the current owners found original pine flooring. LEIGH The moldings and HORNBECK fireplaces are also HOUSE OF original. The house THE WEEK has two and a half bathrooms, exposed brick and a deck overseeing the private backyard. There is 2,160 square feet of living space. Current owners have enjoyed being within walking distance to some of the city’s restaurants and destinations. List price: $365,000. Taxes: $7,693. Contact listing agent John Alund with Lincoln House Realty at 518-469-6238.
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One of three bedrooms; the backyard; the living space.
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