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NYSNYS NEWS headlines posted on Monday, January 14, 2019.
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NYSNYS News Headlines 1/14/19

After 232 years, Troy will no longer have a newspaper office operating in the city as the Troy Record shuts its last newsroom.
Times Union Today

Trump flatly denies working as a Russian secret agent, one day after he didn't answer when asked the question by Pirro on Fox TV. He calls FBI leaders 'scoundrels' and 'dirty cops.'
Washington Post Today

Los Angeles school teachers union goes on strike, leaving half a million students in limbo. First strike in 30 years.
Los Angeles Times Today

Daily News editorial: Heastie, Stewart-Cousins embrace of voting record, campaign finance limits, ban on outside income has NY looking almost like a real democracy.
NY Daily News Today

New York State Allies for Public Education is demanding the immediate removal of Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia, as well as the return of $225,000 earmarked for testing promotion to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Watertown Daily Times Today

Armstrong Pumps, which employs about 200 people at its North Tonawanda factory, is planning to buy adjacent city-owned land for a projected expansion of its plant.
Buffalo News Today

Cuomo ousts Brown as Democratic Party chair.
Buffalo News Today

Hunter gets 1 to 3 years in prison for shooting woman walking her done.
Buffalo News Today

SUNY Upstate pays out more hush money, this time to cord blood bank Dr. Nicholas J. Greco.
Syracuse Post Standard Today

Geneseo school district athletic training Pratt charged with raping a child.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Today

New Hyde Park-based Northwell Health has completed a revamp of the clinical leadership in its cancer care unit. Northwell is largest private employer in the state, with 68,000 workers.
Newsday Today

MTA will hold an 'emergency' board meeting on Tuesday to discuss Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s last-minute proposal to halt the L train shutdown. Board members Vanterpoll calls meeting 'a publicity stunt.'
AM New York Today

Digital First Media makes $1.36 billion takeover bid for Gannett. DFM is known for slashing costs at its newspapers.
Newsday Today

Indian Point nuclear plan could be sold in 2019.
Journal News Today

Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas causes chaos by making unscheduled visit to city high school with rap sensation Fat Boy SSE. He is now barred from entering school buildings.
Journal News Today

School based healthcare expanding in Schenectady.
Schenectady Gazette Today

NTSB says Schoharie County district attorney is obstructing investigation of limousine crash that killed 20.
Schenectady Gazette Today

Woman arrested for threatening shooting at Glens Falls Hospital.
Glens Falls Post Star Today

MTA obeys Cuomo's order for a special meeting as one of his aides claims he does not control the transit agency.
Politico/Capital NY Today

Digital First Media making takeover bid for Gannett.
Wall Street Journal Today

Schenectady cop making near $200,000 a year thanks to overtime. Same goes for head of the police union. Firefighter also raking in pay thanks to contracts.
Schenectady Gazette Today

Against all odds, de Blasio appears to be gearing up to run for president in 2020.
NY Daily News Today

New program to force hospitals to let patients see pricing has turned into a fiasco.
The New York Times Today

Cuomo wants statewide ban on single-use plastic bags for shopping.
NY Post Today

De Blasio wants Democrats running for president to endorse his universal healthcare plan.
NY Post Today

Martin Luther King Day milestone in NY this week as both houses of the NYS Legislature are led by black people.
NY Post Today

$1 million lobbying push planned to get NYS to issue drivers' licenses to anyone regardless of immigration status.
NY Daily News Today

Assembly Speaker Heastie angry with DiNapoli over Compensation Committee final recommendations.
NY Daily News Today

Hochul all for legal marijuana, but says she won't be taking the drug herself.
NY Daily News Today

After 12 years of homelessness and 8 years of living in a tent in the woods, Shawn Piatt of Middletown has dried out and now lives indoors thanks to HONOR, a local emergency housing shelter.
Middletown Times Herald Record Today

After hours of drinking and smoking pot, Ryan Ziter shoots nephew while teaching him gun safety. Man is one of the owners of Watervliet landmark Bob's Diner.
WRGB Albany Today

Cuomo demands full control of the MTA, with half the debt owed by NYC.
NY Post Today

Rep. Ocasio-Cortez forcing Democrats to move to the left, despite inclination of party leaders.
The New York Times Today

Democrats fading in the presidential battleground state of Florida, as seniors, Hispanics vote GOP.
The New York Times Today

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