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WATERTOWN — In opposition to the governor and his emergency powers during the COVID-19 pandemic, Assemblyman Mark C. Walczyk has started a movement dedicated to “kicking the crown.”
Fingerlakes1.com Menu Have a tip for the newsroom, press release, local event listing or digital content to share? Send it here. Support our mission by visiting patreon.com/fl1 and becoming a monthly subscriber. Republicans in the New York State Assembly have put forward its own competing plan to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s State of the State Agenda, aimed at helping New York’s struggling small businesses. “All one has to do is look around to realize communities and small businesses are in desperate need of help,” the blueprint reads, in part. “Storefronts are shuttering and restaurants are...
Monday, January 11, 2021 - 6:05 am WADDINGTON -- Waddington Town Supervisor Alex V. Hammond has been promoted to the rank of Captain in the New York Army National Guard and has been activated to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Hammond ran for the New York Assembly District 116 in 2020, challenging the Republican incumbent Mark Walczyk. Last spring, when the pandemic broke out, both Assemblyman Walczyk and Supervisor Hammond were called to active duty. Walczyk served just over a month while Hammond served just over three months. This second activation for Supervisor Hamm...
New York State Team ALBANY – New York will temporarily prohibit visitors at its 52 state prisons starting Wednesday amid a significant spike in COVID-19 cases among both prisoners and corrections officers. The state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision announced the visitation ban will go into effect starting at 3 p.m. The decision comes after 577 people incarcerated in the state prisons tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 10 days, marking about one-fifth of the 2,945 positive cases the prison system has seen since the start of the pandemic. Among staff members, 451 have...
Year in review: crime and justice in 2020 WWNY Year in review: crime and justice in 2020 By Emily Griffin | December 30, 2020 at 2:24 PM EST - Updated December 30 at 9:37 PM WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWNY) - 2020 was a very different year for crime and justice as New York’s bail reform laws took effect January 1, greatly restricting when cash bail could be imposed on accused criminals. It was not well-received by some law enforcement officials or lawmakers. “People that should be incarcerated are no longer incarcerated. Sometimes it was for their own benefit, most times, many many times, it w...