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A state survey to assess the gaps in New York’s broadband internet access was expanded to a non-digital option this month for people who lack access to high-speed internet —
The acting commissioner of the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision...
Businesses along New York State’s northern border were celebrating the news that fully vaccinated Canadians would soon be allowed into the United States again.
Briana Pechacek wants all New York veteran families to be eligible for programs meant to help the loved ones of deceased or disabled service members â just like her father. U.S. Army Sgt. Steve Pechacek, of Ghent, sustained serious, life-altering leg and spinal injuries during live-fire combat training in South Korea in the early 1980s. Pechacek, 57, is a severely disabled veteran, but unless a bill becomes law, his children are ineligible for the Military Enhanced Recognition Incentive and Tribute, or MERIT, scholarship intended for the children, spouses or financial dependents of Ameri...
Nearly two years have passed since the stateâs Upstate Cellular Coverage Task Force met to improve lacking cell phone service in rural and sparsely populated communities, but officials cast doubt Thursday the group will reconvene. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo created the Cellular Task Force, administered by Empire State Development, in September 2019. The group includes industry experts, community leaders, bipartisan lawmakers, environmental representatives and other stakeholders. The group first met Sept. 10, 2019, followed by a handful of meetings that fall. A group of upstate legislators requ...