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Dozens of Buffalo-area restaurants sue Cuomo for shutdown order Sen. Patrick M. Gallivan also is a petitioner in case challenging Cuomo's executive order FacebookTwitterEmail Sen. Patrick Gallivan joined more than 90 restaurants and bars in a lawsuit challenging Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's shutdown order requiring them to close at 10 p.m. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron ALBANY — State Sen. Patrick M. Gallivan and more than 90 Buffalo-area restaurants have filed a petition challenging Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's executive orders that have required restaurants and bars to close between 10 p.m. a...

More Albany school children get laptops as second shipment arrives District moves closer to 1:1 goal FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 The Albany city school district has now distributed more than 6,000 digital devices to students since the pandemic began last March, including a new shipment of around 2,000 Chromebooks that arrived in January. Pictured here are laptops donated by the Workforce Development Institute to students taking part in Albany High School's Abrookin Career and Technical Center programs are displayed during a press conference on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, at the Abrookin Career and ...

FEMA to pay New York $934 million for vaccine distribution FacebookTwitterEmail A sign on the University at Albany Campus directs traffic to the site of a new vaccine distribution center being built at the Northwest Gold parking lot on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, in Albany, N.Y. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times Union WASHINGTON — The Federal Emergency Management Agency has agreed to pay New York $934 million to cover the projected statewide costs of administering the COVID-19 vaccine. On Tuesday, FEMA advanced half the funds, $467 million, to New York, recognizing the state...

Troy man indicted in wife's slaying FacebookTwitterEmail Exterior of Samaritan Hospital on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, in Troy N.Y. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times Union TROY — A Rensselaer County grand jury indicted a city man for second-degree murder in the Jan. 15 strangulation death of his wife, according to papers filed with the court clerk. Taquan L. Evans, 35, was indicted in the death of Georlasia B. Evans near their residence on 104th St. between 12 a.m. and 8:40 a.m. Jan. 15.  Police learned of the alleged killing when Georlasia B. Evans' body was left in a vehicl...

US airline orders Pratt & Whitney engines for 130+ jets [The Hour, Norwalk, Conn.] Jan. 26—A Frontier Airlines Airbus A321 in April 2019 at Albany International Airport in Colonie, N.Y. (Will Waldron/Times Union) Photo: Will Waldron / Albany Times Union Pratt & Whitney announced its first major jet engine order since the start of the pandemic, with Frontier Airlines ordering engines for 134 aircraft en route from Airbus. It is Denver-based Frontier Airlines’ first-ever purchase from Pratt & Whitney, which has its headquarters in East Hartford as a subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies. The ...