Category: Government

A.G. Schneiderman Announces Indictment Charging 13 Individuals In Take Down Of Heroin Distribution Network That Stretched From NYC To Hudson Valley, Long Island, And Pennsylvania

A.G. Schneiderman Announces Indictment Charging 13 Individuals In Take Down Of Heroin Distribution Network That Stretched From NYC To Hudson Valley, Long Island, And Pennsylvania Joint Investigation, Code-Named “Operation Iron Horse,” Uncovered Network That Allegedly Moved Illegal Drugs and Money…

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A.G. Schneiderman Announces Arrest Of Nurse For Stealing Narcotics From Nursing Home

A.G. Schneiderman Announces Arrest Of Nurse For Stealing Narcotics From Nursing Home RN Terri Stephens-Traverse Charged With Stealing Oxycodone Pills For Personal Use Schneiderman: My Office Will Prosecute Medical Professionals Who Steal from Patients and Compromise the Care They Receive…

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NASA Finds New Evidence of Life-Supporting Ingredient on Mars

NASA’s Curiosity rover has found new evidence of nitrogen on Mars, proving that the red planet has — or at least had — the right stuff to sustain life. The rover drilled into Martian rocks and discovered evidence of nitrates,…

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Congressman Gibson announces Small Contractors Improve Competition Act

Congressman Gibson announces Small Contractors Improve Competition Act Washington, Mar 25 – Congressman Chris Gibson (NY-19) announced today the House Small Business Committee approved HR 1481, the Small Contractors Improve Competition Act, which helps small businesses compete for federal contracts….

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Community Forum on Prescription Drug & Opiate Abuse Prevention

Community Forum on Prescription Drug & Opiate Abuse Prevention Thursday, April 9th at Red Hook High School Dutchess County Executive Marcus Molinaro, with the Dutchess County Substance Abuse Workgroup, will host a “Community Forum on Prescription Drug and Opiate Abuse”…

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Murphy Grist Mill in Beekman on list of 22 properties nominated to State and National Registers of Historic Places

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that the New York State Board for Historic Preservation has recommended the addition of 22 properties, resources and districts to the State and National Registers of Historic Places. The nominations reflect the remarkable breadth…

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Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman warns Radio Shack on possible sale of private customer data

Statement From A.G. Schneiderman On Sale Of Private Customer Data By Radio Shack Reports Suggest Company May Auction Private Customer Data As Part Of Bankruptcy Sale NEW YORK – Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today released the following statement in…

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Seventeen Charged In White Plains Federal Court With Massive Oxycodone And Heroin ConspiraciesIn And Around Rockland County

Seventeen Charged In White Plains Federal Court With Massive Oxycodone And Heroin ConspiraciesIn And Around Rockland County Wednesday, March 25, 2015 Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Thomas Zugibe, Rockland County District Attorney,…

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Largest Such R&D Facility in the World Will Support Electric System Resiliency and Advance Use of Renewable Resources

Largest Such R&D Facility in the World Will Support Electric System Resiliency and Advance Use of Renewable Resources Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced today that the New York Power Authority and SUNY Polytechnic Institute have signed an agreement to create…

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Personal Income Growth in the Hudson Valley Fell Dramatically in 2013, New Marist Economic Report Shows

Personal Income Growth in the Hudson Valley Fell Dramatically in 2013, New Marist Economic Report Shows POUGHKEEPSIE (March 24) — Growth in total personal incomes in the Hudson Valley slowed to a five-year low in 2013, the year for which…

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DEC Reminds New Yorkers That Residential Brush Burning is Prohibited Until May 15

DEC Reminds New Yorkers That Residential Brush Burning is Prohibited Until May 15 Burn Ban Reduces Wildfire Risks, Protect Lives and Property With the start of spring and warmer temperatures expected, the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) reminds New…

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Registration Open For Fourth Annual I Love My Park Day

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that online registration is now open for the fourth annual I Love My Park Day, to be held on May 2 at state parks and historic sites across New York. Since its launch in…

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Metro-North Schedules to Change April 26

Metro-North Schedules to Change April 26 A Number of Minor Schedule Adjustments Aim to Improve Reliability and Convenience Metro-North Railroad’s new train schedules effective Sunday, April 26, improve reliability and put more trains in service, making travel more convenient for…

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Bre Pettis, innovator, artist and advanced manufacturing pioneer, to receive honorary degree; speak at SUNY New Paltz Undergraduate Commencement

Bre Pettis, innovator, artist and advanced manufacturing pioneer, to receive honorary degree; speak at SUNY New Paltz Undergraduate Commencement NEW PALTZ – The State University of New York at New Paltz will award an honorary doctorate of humane letters (L.H.D.)…

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Dutchess County Office for the Aging’s AGING NEWS

· Exercise Leaders Wanted · Senior Walking Groups Reforming for Spring · Last Chance to Nominate a Senior of the Year · A Physician’s Perspective on Medical Practice (3/25) · Important Message for SSP Recipients · Additional Home Heating Help…

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