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NYSNYS News headlines on Sunday, October 23, 2022.
NYSNYS News
NYSNYS News headlines on Sunday, October 23, 2022

Washington Post analysis of CDC records show table has turned and white people are now more likely to die from covid19 than black people. Large number of unvaccinated Republican adults cited.
Washington Post Today
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/10/19/covid-deaths-us-race/

Gerontocracy on display in federal government as Senators Feinstein and Grassley, both 89, are poised to become 3rd in line for presidency in line of succession. Octogenarians now run the nation.
Washington Post Today
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/22/grassley-feinstein-senate-pro-tempore/

Three New York high achievers all died from fentanyl overdoses after ordering Door Dash style deliveries of cocaine. They were Credit Suisse trader, Akin Gump lawyer, Montefiore Hospital social worker
Wall Street Journal Today
https://www.wsj.com/articles/fentanyl-cocaine-new-yorkers-drug-delivery-service-all-died-11666526726

Jury selection starts Monday in NYC tax fraud trial of Trump Organization. Prosecutor is Manhattan DA.
Wall Street Journal Today
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-organization-tax-fraud-trial-set-to-begin-in-new-york-11666480661

Average school superintendent in Capital Region makes $173,000.
Times Union Today
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Charter-school-leader-who-makes-60-000-isn-t-17515151.php

Squaw Swamp in Rensselaer County renamed Black Swamp as part of efforts to remove derogatory place names.
Times Union Today
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Stephentown-s-Squaw-Swamp-renamed-Black-Swamp-in-17526183.php

Times Union editorial board endorses Hochul for governor, saying Zeldin is a Trump follower on the wrong side of too many big issues in NYS.
Times Union Today
https://www.timesunion.com/opinion/article/For-Governor-Kathy-Hochul-17526291.php

Seiler column: Cuomo's new podcast is on a par with Spitzer's now forgotten CNN cable show.
Times Union Today
https://www.timesunion.com/opinion/article/Seiler-Cuomo-s-new-briefing-room-17526192.php

The former office and printing plant of the Saratogian newspaper is now a 'beer hall.'
Times Union Today
https://www.timesunion.com/business/article/Walt-Whitman-Brewery-opens-beer-hall-in-old-17520352.php

Rep. Maloney admits he is in tight race with Lawler. 'I’m a gay guy with an interracial family in a Trump district. I didn’t win this seat five times by not worrying about it.'
Times Union Today
https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/news/article/Maloney-vs-Lawler-NY17-Congressional-race-17524466.php

17 people have died in NYC jails this year, highest number since 2013.
The New York Times Today
https://www.nytimes.com/article/rikers-deaths-jail.html

Stefanik and other Trump acolytes are notable for vitriol of their online posts and ads, calling Democrats evil socialists bent on destroying America. Some Democrats, too, post-January 6.
The New York Times Today
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/22/us/politics/republican-election-objectors-rhetoric.html

Facing election day peril, Hochul says more police will be assigned to NYC subways.
The New York Times Today
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/22/nyregion/nyc-subway-police-combat-crime.html

Onondaga Indians Jamie Rolfe, 43, and Calvin Thomas, 32, charged with stealing guns, leading police on a chase, road rage shooting. Rolfe killed a man in Syracuse at age 18 during $10 robbery.
Syracuse Post Standard Today
https://www.syracuse.com/crime/2022/10/man-convicted-for-1997-murder-over-10-steals-guns-leads-deputies-on-chase-police-say.html

Schenectady editorial urges voters reject environmental bond act, saying NY already has too much debt.
Schenectady Gazette Today
https://dailygazette.com/2022/10/22/editorial-bond-act-will-overburden-taxpayers-with-more-debt/

Waite column looks at Stefanik's career arc from promising newcomer to Trump acolyte.
Schenectady Gazette Today
https://dailygazette.com/2022/10/22/waite-dear-elise/

Albany Waterway Inc. holding November 19 forum on proposal to put a canal in downtown Albany. Demolition of I-787 also proposed.
Schenectady Gazette Today
https://dailygazette.com/2022/10/22/can-albanys-riverfront-once-again-become-a-thriving-hub-of-city-life-these-advocates-say-yes/

Shocking video shows maniac shoving unsuspecting man to subway track in Brooklyn station.
NY Post Today
https://nypost.com/2022/10/23/nyc-man-pushes-stranger-onto-brooklyn-subway-track-in-shocking-video/

Open air gambling den operating in Columbus Park in Chinatown as cops look the other way.
NY Post Today
https://nypost.com/2022/10/22/betting-explodes-in-nyc-chinatown-park-with-thousands-on-the-line/

Brooklyn yeshiva teacher Jonathan Skolnick, 40, gets 15 years for child pornography. He write bizarre letter to judge announcing he is asexual and was simply conducting research.
NY Post Today
https://nypost.com/2022/10/22/ex-principal-convicted-child-perv-claims-hes-asexual/

Post editorial condemns Hochul and Democrats for gerrymandering debacle and calls on voters to toss all of them out of office.
NY Post Today
https://nypost.com/2022/10/22/dems-illegal-hochulmander-conspiracy-was-slimier-than-we-knew/

NYPD on track to see 4,000 cops leave force by end of year.
NY Post Today
https://nypost.com/2022/10/22/nypd-on-pace-to-see-record-4k-cop-mass-exit-by-years-end-pension-fund-stats/

At Queens rally, Zeldin says Hochul's subway crime announcement is too little too late.
NY Post Today
https://nypost.com/2022/10/22/lee-zeldin-slams-kathy-hochuls-subway-crime-plan-as-he-surges-in-gov-race/

Leftist legislators Gallagher and Salazar among those on junket to Austria to see the country's subsidized social housing program.
NY Post Today
https://nypost.com/2022/10/22/lefty-ny-pols-take-free-trip-to-vienna-to-push-social-housing/

Hochul mum on CDC recommendation of covid19 vaccine for all school children. Zeldin opposes vaccine mandates.
NY Daily News Today
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/new-york-elections-government/ny-election-2022-hochul-zeldin-covid-vaccines-school-mandates-20221021-mvinhkwucvayfpqidxsg4memt4-story.html

NY11 challenger Max Rose plans ethics complaint against Malliotakis for using her official House microphone podium at a campaign event.
NY Daily News Today
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/new-york-elections-government/ny-max-rose-nicole-malliotakis-podium-house-ethics-congress-20221021-qqogwqffk5erlc7oq6slv7h5my-story.html

David Martin, 32, suffered a fractured collarbone after being shoved to subway tracks Friday while on his way to work at a restaurant. Family says he is traumatized by random attack by a maniac black man.
NY Daily News Today
https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-man-shoved-onto-tracks-queens-20221022-tfpk6eh74fgajpso3cekgc7fpa-story.html

Despite Adams rhetoric about too many guns in NYC, his Chief Technology Officer Matt Fraser is permitted to carry a pistol to work. He is veteran NYPD officer.
NY Daily News Today
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/new-york-elections-government/ny-matt-fraser-gun-office-of-technology-and-innovation-mayor-adams-20221021-e42rejm7tffydo7ip632igzsji-story.html

More inhumane conditions described in Rikers Island jail include 'brown water' that causes rashes and stomach sickness.
NY Daily News Today
https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-brownish-water-faucets-rikers-island-jail-conditions-20221023-2rqbaewctvefxex7sfbpyedlhi-story.html

Hempstead wants to go from village to city.
Newsday Today
https://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/hempstead-village-city-charter-commission-hmvhixj2

Newsday editorial board endorses James for attorney general despite missteps with NRA, leaked tax returns, Cuomo sexual harassment investigation.
Newsday Today
https://www.newsday.com/opinion/endorsements/letitia-a-james-nys-attorney-general-long-island-election-2022-jfznzuuv

East Side Access mega-project won't change much for LIRR riders at peak commuting times.
Newsday Today
https://www.newsday.com/long-island/transportation/east-side-access-penn-ykli3xg4

Person on tracks killed by MTA LIRR train at Wyandanch station.
Newsday Today
https://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/killed-by-lirr-train-ltanm6qy

Southold Police Chief Martin Flatley will get his job back after suspension tied to cop retirement party during covid19. Cops ignored calls about the mass gathering during lockdown.
Newsday Today
https://www.newsday.com/long-island/towns/southold-town-police-chief-yrxyojkn

Phil Boyle leaving NYS Senate to become head of Suffolk OTB.
Newsday Today
https://www.newsday.com/long-island/towns/jakes-58-casino-otb-phil-boyle-hhz9ef20

10 years after Hurricane Sandy causes massive fuel shortages on Long Island, more gas stations have backup generators. But region is still at mercy of extreme weather.
Newsday Today
https://www.newsday.com/long-island/transportation/superstorm-sandy-10-years-later-rrrhexcr

Opioid drug overdose deaths climbing in Hudson Valley.
Middletown Times Herald Record Today
https://www.recordonline.com/story/news/health/2022/10/20/opioid-overdose-deaths-why-hudson-valley-ny-post-pandemic-increase/69503352007/

Deplorable living conditions make Los Angeles the most overcrowded place in the U.S., with deadly results during covid19. People are packed into single family homes, with scant public housing, apartments.
Los Angeles Times Today
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-10-19/los-angeles-history-overcrowding-united-states

Senate and Assembly hired outside law firms at exorbitant cost to defend gerrymandered redistricting.
City & State Today
https://www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2022/10/new-york-legislative-dems-lawyered-redistricting-turmoil-months-process-unraveled/378577/

Democrats in NYS Legislature hired lawyer to help out gerrymandering.
City & State Today
https://www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2022/10/new-york-legislative-dems-lawyered-redistricting-turmoil-months-process-unraveled/378577/

Analysis: Hochul is fading and Zeldin is gaining because both are relative unknowns and voters are deciding the race based on issues.
Buffalo News Today
https://buffalonews.com/opinion/columnists/analysis-zeldin-narrows-the-gap-with-hochul/article_86db026e-5151-11ed-b0c5-97354db546f6.html

Jason C. Stachowski, 48, former Erie County jail guard who smuggled cellphone to inmate, was hired by sheriff despite fact he beat a prisoner while in similar job with Buffalo police.
Buffalo News Today
https://buffalonews.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/despite-misconduct-with-buffalo-police-jail-guard-was-hired-by-erie-county-sheriff/article_6d66ae5c-40dd-11ed-97bc-7bbc4e285b4d.html

Buffalo teachers union rejects plans to change start and dismissal times of school to address the district's shortage of bus drivers.
Buffalo News Today
https://buffalonews.com/news/local/education/buffalo-teachers-reject-districts-proposal-to-change-school-bell-times-to-address-bus-driver-shortage/article_623e6fbe-517d-11ed-aea4-13f32be0b638.html

In Buffalo, Hochul takes credit for Micron chipfab in Syracuse and says project would never have happened if Zeldin was in charge since he voted against $280 million bill to help fund it.
Buffalo News Today
https://buffalonews.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/speaking-to-buffalo-niagara-partnership-hochul-touts-state-economic-development-efforts-in-one-word-micron/article_c168f192-5166-11ed-bb6b-af46ff6980d5.html

Video shows enraged Stachowski threatening Black Lives Matter protesters with a baseball bat. Former city cop is now a felon for smuggling cellphone into Erie County jail where he was a guard.
Buffalo News Today
https://buffalonews.com/news/local/jason-stachowski-armed-with-baseball-bat-confronts-black-lives-matter-protesters/video_55f00745-4ad8-5679-b92c-5bc7f9274483.html

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