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Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. said Friday that he will not seek reelection for a fourth term that would begin next January. He has been investigating former President Donald Trump’s finances, and the Supreme Court last month cleared the way for the prosecutor’s office to receive Trump’s tax returns and other financial records. “Representing the People of New York during this pivotal era for our city and our justice system has been the privilege of a lifetime,” the 66-yea...

ITHACA, NY -- Police are investigating a “suspicious death” after a body was found on the afternoon of March 12. The statement by Ithaca Police Department contained no details, aside

ALBANY — The Assembly Judiciary Committee will begin an impeachment investigation against Gov. Andrew Cuomo after city police contacted executive officials over a new accusation that the governor sexually assaulted an unnamed aide. A current female aide alleges Cuomo aggressively groped her in the Governor’s Mansion last year after she was summoned to the residence to help fix a technical error with the governor’s cell phone, according to a Wednesday report in the Albany Times Un...

Embroiled in two scandals related to nursing home data and sexual harassment, Gov. Andrew Cuomo continues to face growing calls to resign. State Assemblywoman Anna Kelles, D-Ithaca, released a statement expressing support for an investigation State Attorney General Letitia James is leading into Cuomos conduct.  Referring to a New York Times article that states Cuomo aides concealed the number of nursing home deaths by rewriting a report, Kelles released a statement touching on the gover...

February 22, 2021: The City of Ithaca and Tompkins County jointly released a draft report on their process to reimagine public safety in the community. Before that rollout had been shared with the Common Council or IPD, though, an interview of Mayor Svante Myrick appeared in GQ outlining the plan and quoting His Honor as saying it involved “abolishing the city’s police department as currently constructed and replacing it with a reimagined city agency.” The plan proposes replac...

ITHACA, NY -- Mayor Svante Myrick announced the city has hired Luis Aguirre Torres as the new director of sustainability to lead the city’s Green New Deal initiative.  “Since the Green New Deal initiative was unanimously approved by Common Council in June 2019, we have sought the right person to lead the City in achieving our ambitious climate and equity goals.” said Myrick. “We were all disappointed when the pandemic caused a delay in the search process. The silver linin...

NY Current Conditions as of 01:00 AM EST Tuesday, March 9,...

NY Forecast for Wednesday, March 10, 2021

NY Binghamton NY Zone Forecast March 8, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail _____ National Weather Service Binghamton NY 1235 AM EST Tue Mar 9 2021 This is an automatically generated product that contains an area forecast using an average of the gridded forecast data for each zone. The forecast may not be representative of the exact location that you are interested in. For a more site-specific forecast, please visit weather.gov/bgm. NYZ009-092000- 1235 AM EST Tue Mar 9 2021 .OVERNIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lo...