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Plattsburgh joins lawsuit against opioid producers
AS MINIMUM WAGE CONTINUES TO CLIMB, HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY AWAITS TIP CREDIT DECISION
Big pharma to blame for drug crisis, says litigation By Pete DeMola EDITOR
PLATTSBURGH | The City of Plattsburgh has joined the cities of Schenectady, Albany and Troy in filing litigation against pharmaceutical manufacturers in an attempt to hold them accountable for the entrenched opiate epidemic. The lawsuit was filed in New York State Supreme Court on Tuesday by the Albany law firm Dreyer Boyajian LaMarche Safranko PLLC. “We have needlessly lost too many lives to this epidemic caused by big pharma’s recklessness,” said attorney Donald W. Boyajian in a statement. “This epidemic continues to cause both human and financial crisis within these cities every day that threatens the health, welfare and safety of residents, municipal employees and their loved ones.” » Opioids Cont. on pg. 4
State probing eliminating tip credit
» Tip credit Cont. on pg. 3 Restaurant employees are awaiting a decision by Gov. Andrew Cuomo determining the future of the tip credit. The state Department of Labor concluded a series of hearings last summer designed to solicit feedback File photo
Plattsburgh post office named for local vet Ross Bouyea honored with building designation By Elizabeth Izzo STA FF W RITER
PLATTSBURGH | With the signature of President Donald Trump last month, the post office at 10 Miller St. in Plattsburgh has been named for a local war hero. The Ross Bouyea Post Office Building was designated just before Christmas, Dec. 21, after a bill introduced by Rep. Elise Stefanik (RSchuylerville) passed unanimously in the House and Senate Dec. 11 and Dec. 19, respectively. “I am thrilled that my House colleagues from districts across the nation supported my legislation to honor North Country war hero Ross Bouyea,” Stefanik said in a statement. Stefanik said that over the course of his service
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A bill naming the Plattsburgh Post Office after local veteran Ross Bouyea, pictured here, has passed the House and Senate and was signed by President Donald Trump just before Christmas. File photo
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with the U.S. Army’s 83rd Infantry Division, Bouyea “played a role in some of the most pivotal moments of the Second World War.” Bouyea was 21 years old when he landed on Omaha Beach. He fought for 244 days alongside his fellow soldiers, invading Normandy and fighting in the Hurtgen Forest and the Battle of the Bulge. He also participated in the liberation of the Langenstein, a subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp, according to Stefanik’s office. The Buchenwald camp was one of the first concentration camps established in Germany, where an estimated 56,545 people died. “By the end of the war, Mr. Bouyea’s unit had received seven distinguished unit citations and he personally had earned three service medals,” Stefanik said. “Mr. Bouyea’s service to his country did not end when he was honorably discharged in 1945, however, as he continued to play a significant role in his community in the later years of his life.”