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Credit for hiring recovering addicts included in budget proposal Legislation would allow biz to claim tax credit for hiring recovering addicts By Elizabeth Izzo STA FF W RITER

PLATTSBURGH | The Recovery in Jobs Act has been included in Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s $175 billion 2019-20 budget proposal. If enacted, the Recovery in Jobs Act would open up a new tax credit for businesses who hire recovering addicts from state-certified rehabilitation facilities. Businesses would be allowed to claim a credit of up to $2,000 for every employee they hire. “Essential to recovery is establishing a ‘normal’ life, having a purpose and being productive,” said state Sen. Betty Little (R-Queensbury) in a statement. “A job is critical for many of those on the path to physical and emotional well-being. The goal of this legislation is to incentivize employees to consider and, hopefully, hire someone whom may otherwise be overlooked.” Both Little and state Assemblyman Billy Jones (D-Chateaugay) lobbied last year for the Recovery in Jobs Act to be included in the executive budget proposal, and a letter writing campaign to support the effort was spurred by local advocacy group SPARCC (Substance Abuse Prevention and Recovery of Clinton County). “The Recovery in Jobs Act initiative is something Assemblyman Jones and I had pushed in the months leading up to the executive budget,” Little said. “So, I am very pleased the language is there, which really increases the likelihood it will be part of the final budget.” » Recovery in jobs Cont. on pg. 5

PREPARING THE ICE: Brett Martineau, of the City of Plattsburgh’s Recreation Department, sprays water behind South

Platt Street’s Gerald Burdo Field. The frigid mid-January temperatures allowed Martineau and his coworkers to lay down a fresh sheet of ice on the outdoor skating rink behind the field. Photo by Nathanael LePage

What’s in store for Adirondacks in state budget Olympic upgrades, potential cuts to local governments in store By Pete DeMola EDITOR

ELIZABETHTOWN | Gov. Andrew Cuomo is going big with his executive

budget proposal this year. Buoyed by Democratic majorities in the state legislature, the governor’s proposed $175 billion spending plan has garnered headlines for its blend of progressive proposals — legalizing recreational marijuana, raising the age to purchase tobacco to 21 and ushering in a raft of safeguards to protect the LGBTQ population — paired with an ever-sharpening focus on combating the Trump administration. “In the face of unprecedented chal-

lenges on a national level and a federal government at a complete standstill, New York will deliver on the most productive agenda in our history and build on our record of accomplishments,” Cuomo said. All flash aside, the proposed budget is largely business as usual for the Adirondacks.

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As part of closing the technology and communications gap that cobbles eco» State budget Cont. on pg. 7

McKibben brings climate change message to Plattsburgh Change starts at the grassroots, environmentalist tells crowd By Elizabeth Izzo STA FF W RITER

Bill McKibben spoke to a crowd of approximately 200 people at the Plattsburgh United Methodist Church on Jan. 14. Photo by Elizabeth Izzo

PLATTSBURGH | Rising sea levels. Melting ice. Droughts. Fires burning more quickly, and more frequently, on the west coast. People in coastal towns displaced by dramatic changes to the landscape. Bill McKibben, a world-renowned environmentalist and founder of 350.org, painted a vivid picture of a world

forever changed by fossil fuels and what he characterized as companies insistent on perpetuating practices despite known adverse effects to the environment. Approximately 200 people packed the Plattsburgh United Methodist Church last week to hear him speak. McKibben has been involved in the climate fight for 30 years, and in that time the urgency to act has only vaulted: “Things have gone from the abstract and theoretical to the extremely dangerous,” he said. “This is the reality now, there’s nothing abstract or theoretical or in the future about climate change. It’s become the dominant daily fact of the world that we inhabit, by far the biggest thing that human beings have ever done.” » McKibben Cont. on pg. 3

Demand for indie film ‘Garrow’ leads to second show By Tim Rowland STA FF W RITER

PLATTSBUGH | An enthusiastic audience at the spacious Strand Center Theatre in Plattsburgh was told Saturday night that, for the first time since 1929, a film had sold out the house. Such was the demand for tickets to the independent fi lm “Garrow” that a second show was added Sunday afternoon. It’s been a common theme, as the movie has sold out other venues throughout the state following its recent release. Writer and director Lori Bailey said she’s been thrilled with the success, although somewhat at a loss to explain it. Many in the Plattsburgh audience were too young, if they had been born at all, to remember

the summer that serial killer Robert Garrow terrorized the Adirondacks, causing parents to keep their kids in at night and sending campers fleeing without even breaking down their tents. But some recalled it vividly. Bob Manchester, of Peru, said that at the time he was returning to his home in Rome, N.Y., from the Loring Air Force Base in Maine when he came upon a state trooper stopping traffic on NY 8. Manchester said he enjoyed the film, which held fast to his recollection of events. Garrow was born in Dannemora and grew up in Mineville, the son of a savage alcoholic father who sent him out to work on a neighboring farm and pocketed the cash the boy earned. » Garrow Cont. on pg. 3

A crowd packs into the lobby of the Strand in Plattsburgh for a showing of the thriller “Garrow.” Photo by Tim Rowland

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