An average worker cannot afford market-rate apartments in Orange County, New York, in 2022, according to a newly released report by Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress. To afford a one-bedroom apartment in the county, which has a fair market rate of $1,107, a renter must have a regular 40-hour-a-week job that pays over $20 an…
Working Wages Don’t Pay Rent in Orange County, Report Says
September 15, 2022
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Prosecutors Request Names of Salman Rushdie Stabbing Witnesses Be Withheld From the Accused
Prosecutors in New York on Sept. 14 called on a Chautauqua County judge to withhold the names of witnesses in the stabbing of author Salman Rushdie from alleged attacker Hadi Matar until the trial draws closer. During Matar’s court appearance on Wednesday, District Attorney Jason Schmidt requested that Judge David W. Foley put in place a protection order for…
Supreme Court Reverses Itself, Rules Yeshiva University Must Recognize LGBT Club
September 15, 2022
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Yeshiva University in New York will have to recognize an LGBT student club on campus—at least while litigation proceeds in lower courts—after the U.S. Supreme Court abruptly reversed itself on Sept. 14, lifting a stay it granted five days before. Four conservative justices dissented but two conservative court members, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice…
New York City ‘Nearing Its Breaking Point’ With Influx of Illegal Immigrants From Texas: Mayor
September 15, 2022
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New York City’s shelter system is close to being overwhelmed by the continued influx of illegal immigrants from Texas, the city’s mayor said on Sept. 14. “In this new and unforeseen reality, where we expect thousands more to arrive every week going forward, the city’s system is nearing its breaking point,” Mayor Eric Adams, a…
Mother Charged With Murder in Drowning Deaths of 3 Children in New York’s Coney Island
A New York City mother of three, whose children were found drowned near a Coney Island boardwalk earlier this week, has been arrested on murder charges, officials have said. Erin Merdy, 30, has been charged with three counts of second-degree murder, three counts of depraved indifference to human life, and three counts of murder with the victims…
Pro-2A Groups Challenge New York’s New Concealed Carry Law: ‘As Unconstitutional As Old One’
September 14, 2022
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Two pro-Second Amendment groups are challenging New York’s newly-enacted restrictions on carrying concealed firearms, a measure they say is worse than the one invalidated by the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this year. The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF), along with the Firearms Policy Coalition and two private citizens, on Tuesday filed a federal lawsuit targeting Senate…
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul Ends State’s COVID Emergency
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has announced she will not renew the state’s COVID emergency that expired at midnight on Tuesday, Sept. 13 amid mounting criticisms of abuse of power. Her announcement was made Monday following a continuous drop in cases and with her election race just weeks ahead. “I will not be renewing them…
New Wine Project Rekindles Debate on IDA Reform in Orange County
September 14, 2022
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A soon-to-be-built winery in Goshen rekindled a local discussion on the very agency that had waived almost $32 million in taxes for the new project. Orange County Industrial Development Agency, or IDA, is a public benefit corporation under New York state law with unique authority to attract new businesses into the county with tax incentives….
Deaths of 3 Children in New York’s Coney Island Ruled Homicides, Says Medical Examiner
The drowning deaths of three children who were found unconscious early on Monday along the shoreline of New York’s Coney Island have been ruled homicides, the city’s medical examiner’s office announced on Tuesday. The bodies of three children, identified by police as Zachary Merdy, 7, Lilana Merdy, 4, and 3-month-old Oliver Bondarev, were found after…
John Lennon’s Killer Denied Parole Again, for 12th Time
September 13, 2022
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ALBANY, N.Y.—The man who shot and killed John Lennon outside his Manhattan apartment building in 1980 has been denied parole for a 12th time, New York corrections officials said Monday. Mark David Chapman, 67, appeared before a parole board at the end of August, according to the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. Chapman…
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