Upper Allegheny Health System (UAHS) has agreed to pay $2.7 million to resolve False Claim Act allegations related to dental clinics it operates in Western New York and Pennsylvania. U.S. Attorney.
By TAPINTO GREATER OLEAN STAFF
May 11, 2021 at 7:16 AM
Dr. Steven P. Garabedian
Dr. Steven P. Garabedian
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Lawrence Gellert
Lawrence Gellert
By TAPINTO GREATER OLEAN STAFF
May 11, 2021 at 7:16 AM
ST. BONAVENTURE, NY Lawrence Gellert, a music collector who worked to introduce white audiences to a tradition of Black musical protest during the 1930s and 1940s, will be the subject of the Jandoli Institute’s next music and social justice online forum.
Dr. Steven P. Garabedian, author of a book about Gellert, will lead the discussion, which is scheduled for May 17 at 7 p.m.
“Musically, I see a parallel between the music Gellert collected and today’s hip hop,” Garabedian, an assistant professor of history at Marist College, said. “Politically, the lesson of Gellert and Black musical protest is one about the value of dominant culture allies to communities in struggle, cross-cultural coalition and its perils, and the stultifying ha
Olean’s only contests in the June 22 primary will be in Ward 4.
Ezra L. Johnson and Sonya M. McCall are running for the Democratic nomination; David F. Paone and Linda M. Edstrom are seeking the Republican nomination. The seat has been vacant since February when Ward 4 Alderman Kevin Dougherty resigned.
Also in the Greater Olean area, Ryan W. Hatch and Todd J. Shaw are opposing each other in the Republican primary for highway superintendent in Portville. Shaw is the incumbent.
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By RICHARD LEE
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April 28, 2021 at 12:14 AM
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Tuesday called on New York Attorney General Letitia James to review the state s legal options for a challenge to a U.S. Census Bureau plan that will result in the loss of one of the state’s congressional district. Census takers in New York faced unprecedented challenges last year in their efforts to get New Yorkers counted,” Cuomo said in a news release.
The number of congressional seats in each state are adjusted every 10 years based on population figures in the census.
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By TAPINTO GREATER OLEAN STAFF
April 27, 2021 at 7:41 PM
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April 27, 2021 at 7:41 PM
ST. BONAVENTURE, NY Students in the university’s Jandoli School of Communication have produced a special report previewing President Joe Biden’s first address to Congress. The program, a collaboration of SBU-TV, the Jandoli Institute and TAPinto Greater Olean, can be viewed on the SBU-TV YouTube page.
Jandoli School students Jaren Holmes and Julia Schneider hosted the show. Holmes and Schneider interviewed Mary Rose Kubal, chair of the university’s Political Science Department, and Richard Lee, an associate professor in the Jandoli School and executive director of the Jandoli Institute. Kubal and Lee discussed the topics the president is likely to address, as well as the role of speeches in American democracy.