Category: Government
DUTCHESS COUNTY LEGISLATURE APPROVES SALES TAX EXEMPTION FOR RESIDENTIAL SOLAR ENERGY Poughkeepsie, NY—Members of the Dutchess County Legislature approved a resolution at their monthly board meeting August 14th to exempt residential solar energy from county sales taxes. The law would…
Governor Announces Hannaford Supermarkets Partnership to Promote New York State Grown & Certified Farms Grocer to Market Products from Farms in the Capital Region, Western New York and Mid-Hudson Regions at All 49 Hannaford Stores Under the NYS Grown…
Cutting Edge Technology Protects New Yorkers from Potentially Dangerous High-Risk Drivers, Fraud, and Identity Theft Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that the Department of Motor Vehicles’ Facial Recognition Technology Program has identified more than 21,000 possible cases…
Dutchess County Office for the Aging’s AGING NEWS For the week of August 21, 2017 Golden Living . . . News for Senior Citizens Todd N. Tancredi, Director Dutchess County Office for the Aging OFFICE FOR THE AGING…
State Police prepare for the 172nd Annual Dutchess County Fair NEW YORK STATE POLICE Major Robert C. Gregory Troop K Commander PRESS RELEASE Rhinebeck, New York – The 172nd Annual Dutchess County Fair will begin on Tuesday, August 22, 2017, in…
What is the Farmers’ Market Nutrition Programs (FMNP)? The New York State Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (FMNP) consists of two programs: the Women, Infants and Children Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (WIC FMNP) and the Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program…
Metro-North to Make Upper Harlem Line Improvements on August 22 and August 25-27 Buses to Substitute for Certain Off-Peak Trains Between Wassaic and Southeast on August 22, and for Continuous Weekend Period August 25-27. MTA Metro-North Railroad today announced…
Health Insurers Cannot Deny Claims for Medical Services Because the Insured Does Not Present as the Gender to Whom the Service Is Typically Provided Circular Letter Available Here Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced health insurers cannot discriminate or…
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today signed legislation to crack down on the unauthorized invasion of privacy by video surveillance. Following reports of cameras being installed to unlawfully videotape neighboring private property, this bill (S.870A/A.861A) establishes a private right of action…
Dutchess County’s 5th Annual Special Needs Picnic Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro welcomed more than 250 residents to Freedom Park in the Town of LaGrange yesterday for the County’s fifth annual Special Needs Picnic, another great #ThinkDIFFERENTLY event. An annual favorite…
Legal Services of the Hudson Valley receives two United Way grants Legal Services of the Hudson Valley (LSHV), the only provider of comprehensive civil legal services to those that cannot afford it in the seven counties of the…
CLIMATE TALKS are coming to Millerton, New York next week. We’ll be hosting 3 post screening audience discussions facilitated by regional experts after AN INCONVENIENT SEQUEL shows on 8/21 – 4:20pm; 8/23 – 4:20pm and 8/24 – 7:20pm. Guests include author,…
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today directed that flags on state government buildings be flown at half-staff on Wednesday, August 16 in honor of U.S. Army Sgt. Roshain Euvince Brooks, a resident of Brooklyn, who died on August 13. “On…
DEC Accepting Applications for Sponsored Pheasant Hunt Program Applications for Cooperative Program due by September 1 The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today announced the start of the application period to hold a DEC-Sponsored Pheasant Hunts. This…
After the deadly and ugly events in Charlottesville I am calling on President Trump to clearly and unequivocally condemn and denounce the violent protest organized by the white supremacists and neo-Nazis, including Richard Spencer and Jason Kessler, with…