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NYSNYS News headlines on Saturday, April 22, 2023.
NYSNYS News
NYSNYS News headlines on Saturday, April 22, 2023.

Cuomo update: Andrew resurfaces to criticize progressives for sloganeering about 'defund the police' and 'tax the rich.'
Fox News Today
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/andrew-cuomo-reappears-slam-lefts-defund-police-tax-rich-slogans

Daily News editorial condemns legislators for rejecting Hochul's smart housing plan.
NY Daily News Today
https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-edit-hochul-housing-compact-budget-20230421-jkzou7kldzhwnmlijce5inlmli-story.html

Daily News editorial slams new Assembly redistricting maps as an incumbent protection program.
NY Daily News Today
https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-edit-assembly-line-politics-the-independent-redistricting-commission-wrongly-20230421-gns7dq7tgbbybjhlcvkecyaaoi-story.html

Rockland County officials demand CSX pay for brush fires caused by its trains. Train emitting sparks on April 14 caused dozens of fires along tracks from Clarkstown to Stony Point. Damage in the millions.
Journal News Today
https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/rockland/2023/04/21/rockland-officials-blast-csx-for-lack-of-cooperation-with-brush-fires/70138121007/

Notorious Syracuse landlord Green turns over ownership of last property to Chicago firm.
Syracuse Post Standard Today
https://www.syracuse.com/news/2023/04/chicago-firm-takes-over-the-last-troubled-syracuse-property-owned-by-notorious-greens.html

Onondaga County sheriff's deputy Brian Lynch, 37, jailed for 'inappropriate contact with a woman he met through a police investigation.'
Syracuse Post Standard Today
https://www.syracuse.com/crime/2023/04/onondaga-county-deputy-jailed-after-inappropriate-contact-with-woman-while-on-duty-officials-say.html

Madison County businessman Burton Marshall owes creditors $90 million. Astounding number of gullible people and institutions in Hamilton gave him no collateral loans with promise of 8 percent interest.
Syracuse Post Standard Today
https://www.syracuse.com/news/2023/04/madison-county-man-used-neighbors-and-clients-to-fund-his-businesses-now-he-owes-them-90m.html

Buffalo News profiles 3 candidates for teaches union president, 2 white men and 1 white woman. District student body is overwhelming non-white minority.
Buffalo News Today
https://buffalonews.com/news/local/education/race-for-president-buffalo-teachers-federation-releases-ballot-of-candidates-to-succeed-philip-rumore/article_e7d16d10-e044-11ed-b22b-ab0a286a5dc9.html#tracking-source=home-top-story

New contract raises average pay of Buffalo school teachers to $91,000. Top pay would total $105,180. Deal also keeps free health insurance for retirees.
Buffalo News Today https://buffalonews.com/news/local/education/buffalo-public-schools-buffalo-teachers-federation-buffalo-school-board-contract-approval/article_f9a5d366-e083-11ed-b080-775d95e0b8ac.html#tracking-source=home-top-story

Legislature expected to pass a 5th budget extender.
WAMC Public Radio Today
https://www.wamc.org/2023-04-21/new-york-state-lawmakers-poised-to-pass-a-fifth-spending-extender-monday-as-budget-talks-drag-on

'Gender Queer' graphic book some consider pornography won't be removed from Ballston Spa school library. Amazon says it is suitable for readers 18 and up. It is now most banned book in the U.S.
Schenectady Gazette Today
https://dailygazette.com/2023/04/21/gender-queer-book-to-stay-in-ballston-spa-high-school-library/

Human jawbone found in vacant lot in Schenectady that was used as dumping ground.
Schenectady Gazette Today
https://dailygazette.com/2023/04/21/human-jawbone-found-in-schenectady-backyard-police-say-investigation-underway/

Schenectady editorial says NYS must establish a hearing officer system to resolve disputes over FOIL requests. Right now, only option is to go to court. NYS government secrecy must end.
Schenectady Gazette Today
https://dailygazette.com/2023/04/21/editorial-while-waiting-on-budget-lawmakers-could-make-government-more-transparent/

Thruway schedules toll hike hearings for May 22 in Albany.
Times Union Today
https://www.timesunion.com/business/article/thruway-toll-hearings-set-22-capital-region-17910801.php?IPID=Times-Union-HP-business-package

Alexandria Duval, woman who drove off cliff in Hawaii and killed twin sister, arrested for DWI in Wilton. She now lives in Saratoga Springs. Prior DWI means new charge is felony.
Glens Falls Post Star Today
https://poststar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/woman-acquitted-in-twins-2016-death-charged-with-felony-dwi-in-wilton/article_963c11fe-e048-11ed-a309-5ba88897fb22.html#tracking-source=home-top-story

After NYS legalizes and promotes marijuana, police preparing for new wave of DWI drugged drivers.
Adirondack Daily Enterprise Today
https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/news/2023/04/as-pot-shops-open-cops-brace-for-traffic-dangers/

Muslim girls object to mandatory co-ed swimming classes at Stuyvesant High School in NYC.
The New York Times Today
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/22/nyregion/co-ed-swim-class-stuyvesant-high-school.html

NYPD shooting wounds mentally ill man wielding knife and scissors, after 911 call.
The New York Times Today
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/21/nyregion/police-shooting-bronx-morrisania.html

Post editorial compares threats against legislators as 'mob rule. Mussolini's fascists would cheer.' Housing Justice, VOCAL-NY, Citizen Action, Democratic Socialists, Make the Road and Communist Party caught on tape.
NY Post Today
https://nypost.com/2023/04/19/progressive-activists-are-would-be-goons-embracing-mob-rule/

NYSUT and other unions showered $175,000 on Senate Education Chair Shelley Mayer, Senate New York City Education Chair John Liu and Assembly Education Chair Michael Benedetto ahead of Hochul charter school proposal.
NY Post Today
https://nypost.com/2023/04/21/labor-groups-bank-on-longtime-ties-to-key-state-legislators-in-budget-fight-over-nyc-charter-schools/

Westchester County Legislature Democrats and chair Catherine Borgia face questions about keeping Anand Singh, 33, on payroll for 3 months after learning he was caught in sting seeking sex with child.
NY Post Today
https://nypost.com/2023/04/21/westchester-legislative-aide-fired-after-vigilante-video-accuses-him-of-soliciting-14-year-old/

Intensifying rhetoric aimed at Biden, Adams says NYC 'is being destroyed by the migrant crisis.'
NY Post Today
https://nypost.com/2023/04/21/mayor-eric-adams-says-bidens-migrant-crisis-has-destroyed-nyc/

Biden, 80, has held fewer press conferences than any president since Reagan -- just 54, compared to 202 by Trump and 275 by Obama in their first two years in office. Instead, he talks to celebrities and Internet influencers.
The New York Times Today
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/21/us/politics/biden-public-appearances-media.html

Long Island drivers outraged by new traffic ticket generating speed cameras at construction zone sites. 'Money grab.'
NY Post Today
https://nypost.com/2023/04/21/long-island-drivers-slam-new-construction-zone-speed-cameras/

Hochul housing plan is dead.
Times Union Today
https://www.timesunion.com/state/article/hochul-housing-plan-dead-suburban-opposition-17911168.php?IPID=Times-Union-HP-spotlight

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