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GEO riot The Western Region Detention Facility in Downtown’s aging ex-county jail is looking for a new chief of security to make “improvements in security operations without compromise to the safety and security of the client population or staff.” Run by Boca Raton-based private prison operator GEO Group for the U.S. Marshals Service, the detention center faced a crisis this fall when 86 detainees turned up Covid-19 positive, according to a November 2 report by TV station KGTV. In addition, 64 GEO employees tested positive for the deadly virus. But handling the pandemic hasn’t been th...

ALBANY (TNS) — New Yorkers of all stripes were lining up behind state Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos amid news that he's on a short list of those who President-elect Joe Biden is considering to lead the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. "Seggos is a unifier with experience to offer EPA from his time in New York and the Army," tweeted actor and anti-fracking activist Mark Ruffalo, who had periodically come to the state Capitol to argue against allowing hydrofracking in the state. Seggos joined Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration in 2012 and was a ...

DEC's Basil Seggos could be headed for EPA Said to be among Biden's top candidates FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 DEC Commissioner is on President-elect Joseph Biden's shortlist of potential EPA administrators.Times Union file photoShow MoreShow Less 2of3 Former Sierra Club leader  Aaron Maire is one of meny New York activists supporting Seggos.Times Union file photoShow MoreShow Less 3of3 ALBANY - New Yorkers of all stripes were lining up behind state Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos on Tuesday amid news that he’s on a short list of those who President-elect J...