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NYSNYS NEWS headlines posted on Tuesday, September 17, 2019.
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NYSNYS News Headlines 9/17/19



FBI agents raid isolated Edinburg, Saratoga County home of MyPayrollHR owner Mann.
Daily Mail Online Today

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announces state crackdown on vaping and public service campaign to discourage use. But he says he lacks legal power to ban flavored vaping supplies.
Los Angeles Times Today

NYS approves 68 turbine Baron Winds project in Steubn County.
Elmira Star Gazette Today

East High School, Rochester police meet to draw up security plans for future football games after massive brawl.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Today

Child deaths double in Monroe County prompting calls for state investigation of Child Protective Services. County's rate of fatal child abuse is second only to Brooklyn.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Today

1 in 13 bridges in WNY found to be structurally deficient.
Buffalo News Today

Poll finds 8 in 10 Catholics in WNY want bishop to resign for handling of priest sex scandals.
Buffalo News Today

Gowanda nursing home staff interrupts sexual assault of 88 year old resident by 73 year old man, waits 6 hours hours to report it. Both have dementia.
Buffalo News Today

Syracuse city property tax system has wealthy paying less than poor homeowners.
Syracuse Post Standard Today

Lockport Wildcats player had shot the father of a Syracuse Strong player after disputes among players during the minor league football game at Valley Sports Complex.
Syracuse Post Standard Today

Nassau County Executive Curran proposes $3.1 billion budget for coming year, with no new taxes or fees. 66 vacant county jobs would be eliminated.
Newsday Today

Former Sachem North school football coach and physical education director Falco found guilty of submitting false payroll sheets to be paid $5,755 for supervising guy training over a five week period.
Newsday Today

Parents gather in white outside Lloyd Harbor elementary school on final day their kids will be in school due to vaccine mandate. Wave of 14th day student expulsions coming this week across NYS.
Newsday Today

Teenager Khaseem Morris dies after being stabbed in Oceanside strip mall parking lot.
Newsday Today

Two time Superbowl champ QB Eli Manning benched by NY Giants.
Newsday Today

Suspected killed by NYPD after shooting officer in wrist on Staten Island.
Staten Island Advance Today

Cuomo orders investigation of Nazi swastika's scratched on toilet door in Nyack Starbucks.
Journal News Today

Yonkers Mayor Spano says he cannot dismiss city firefighter who wrote on Facebook that black people are apes. He promoted him, saying he's an excellent city employee. Black leaders are furious.
Journal News Today

Vaping, especially with smokeless Juul pods, is rampant among school age children in NYS. Many are becoming addicted to nicotine as a result.
Middletown Times Herald Record Today

Orange County legislators may vote to back Danskammer power plant in Newburgh.
Middletown Times Herald Record Today

Woman bitten by bat in Saugerties undergoes treatment for rabies.
Kingston Daily Freeman Today

Former Rep. Sweeney now a lobbyist for a bank controlled by the Kremlin.
Glens Falls Post Star Today

DiNapoli praises 'smart city' programs under way in Schenectady. Efforts include LED streetlights, vaccuuming up data about city residents and government.
Schenectady Gazette Today

CBD vaping supplies contain street drugs that have hospitalized users in past year. Exploding demand for vamping outpaces government regulation, so it is unclear what is in the stuff being sold.
Times Union Today

Attorney General James says she is not suprised by Purdue Pharma bankrupcy filing after she exposed Swiss bank accounts and efforts to shield family wealth from lawsuits.
Times Union Today

Working Families Party backs Elizabeth Warren for president.
Times Union Today

Woman shot in the head and killed on Lansingburgh street.
Times Union Today

Siena Poll finds Biden in the lead among NY Democrats, with 22 percent support. That compares to 17 for Warren, 15 for Sanders.
Times Union Today

Judge dismisses claim that Cuomo's 'Enough is Enough' college sex consent law is unconstitutional.
Times Union Today

Former Albany Bishop Hubbard accused on second sexual abuse Child Victims Act claim. Woman says he and other priests masturbated on her while she was a girl working at poker games held by priests at Schenectady church.
Times Union Today

NYC may ban chocolate milk in schools.
Times Union Today

Vaping businesses say they will fight Cuomo order to effectively put them out of business. He banned flavored vaping despite no evidence tying it to recent illnesses linked to black market THC vaping.
Times Union Today

Many school skipped Albany mandate to hold moment of silence for 9/11, saying it would frighten young children. Only high school had to participate this year
Times Union Today

Pay raises for judges in limbo after Cuomo, legislative leaders miss deadlines for pay commission appointments.
NY Daily News Today

Assembly member Blake earned $20,000 and $50,000 from ruthless debt collection agency Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson for consulting work in 2013. He is now running for NY15 House seat.
NY Daily News Today

In Long Island radio interview, Cuomo gushes over Buffalo Bills, saying they are New York's only true team since the Jets and Giants play in Jersey.
NY Post Today

NYC school bus GPS program paid for units in Africa, California
NY Post Today

Audit finds that 80 percent of NYC school bus GPS units costing taxpayers $8 mllion were never turned on by bus drivers. City also bill for GPS units on vehicles in California and Africa.
NY Post Today

Senator Jessica Ramos proposes new payroll tax in NYC to fund daycare.
NY Post Today

District Attorney investigation allegations of grade fixing at Maspeth High School in Queens.
NY Post Today

White House report says homeless problem in NYC is being made worse by city housing restrictions.
NY Post Today

MTA defends spending $6 billion on Second Avenue subway. Proposed extension to Harlem will cost $3.8 billion per mile.
NY Post Today

Siena Poll finds 60 percent of New Yorkers oppose Cuomo license plate plan.
NY Post Today

Two more blockbuster books said to be in the works about Albany's NXIVM sex cult.
NY Post Today

Member of de Blasio city commission on public monuments proposing remove some of the statues of men found in city parks.
NY Post Today

NY presidential candidate Yang wades into controversy over firing of comedian from Saturday Night Live because of jokes about Asians.
The New York Times Today

Cuomo, Seneca Indians point fingers at each other as dispute over gambling casino money results in showdown over repairing a decrepit 3 mile section of the Thruway through Indian land.
The New York Times Today

MTA $54 billion capital plan includes new signals, elevators, extension of Second Avenue subway.
The New York Times Today

Manhattan District Attorney Vance subpoenas 8 years of Trump personal and business tax returns for investigation of Stormy Daniels hush money.
The New York Times Today

NYC schools says students who skip school on Friday for climate protest will not be punished for being truant.
The New York Times Today

Trio of Democratic frontrunners Biden, Sanders, Warren still dominating despite being in their 70s. Other candidates message of generational change runs up against view they are completely untested on national stage.
The New York Times Today

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