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Friday, December 18, 2020 - 8:37 am Assemblyman Mark Walczyk, R-Watertown, says he applauds the decision from the International Joint Commission (IJC) to deviate from Plan 2014 to maximize outflows along Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence corridor. The controversial plan has been blamed for higher water levels and recent years’ flooding along American shorelines. Just a few weeks ago, Walczyk led a coalition of state lawmakers and sent a letter to IJC Chairwoman Jane Corwin and Commissioners Robert Sission and Lance Yohe, calling for authority to deviate from Plan 2014 a...

Cuomo signs bill that saves Watertown $3M on building a courtroom Home rule bill signed By 7 News Staff and John Pirsos | December 15, 2020 at 4:57 PM EST - Updated December 16 at 6:45 AM WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWNY) - Watertown won’t have to spend $3 million to build a new city courtroom. That’s because Governor Cuomo signed a bill that reduces the number of full-time Watertown city judges. State Assemblyman Mark Walczyk and State Senator Patty Ritchie, who co-sponsored the legislation, made the announcement Tuesday. The measure cuts two full-time city court judges to one full-tim...