With an extra primary election necessary after a redistricting controversy, taxpayers across Upstate will be left with the bill for the August 23 primary.
Can which New York county you live in determine your life expectancy? Well, it can be a factor. In a cool report compiled by the Princeton, New Jersey based Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Health Population Institute, they ranked all 62 counties in New York State in order of the healthiest to the not so healthy. The annual rankings compile data from the past several years from multiple sources, such as the National Center for Health Statistics.
Here is the beautiful thing about this county. Yes, it is a county technically within the Capital Region. But it also is just far enough away for a weekend escape.
A Greene County, NY home was broken in to by a naked man. However, the home was full of four children who were home alone. News Channel 13 reports that the children, ages 7-13, were home alone in Cairo, NY when a naked man broke in...
As reported by the Times Union, a criminal investigation has been launched on both a state and federal level into reported misuse of funds in the town of Prattsville, NY after Hurricane Irene. As someone who grew up a mere few miles from Prattsville, I can certainly attest to the tragedy that struck that town from the hurricane...