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Counties in the News, March 15, 2017

Wednesday's news from counties across the state.
STATEWIDE
N.Y. lawmakers' one-house budgets provide formal negotiating platforms
 

State to extend ‘code blue' rule for homeless
 

Cuomo's free tuition bill will likely see ‘tweaks'
 
LONG ISLAND

Governor Cuomo Holds Briefing on Extreme Winter Storm on Long Island
 

Every kind of winter precipitation covered Long Island during storm — here's how to get through it on Wednesday
 
HUDSON VALLEY

Westchester County Executive On Storm (Video)
 

Day: Conditions in Rockland County ‘not pleasant' (Video)
 

Orange County Emergency Operations Center Activated
 

Ulster Warming Center Open During State of Emergency
 
CAPITAL

Schenectady County plans opiates lawsuit
 

Three to receive Good Governance and Integrity Award
 

Schenectady County to lift state of emergency
 
NORTH COUNTRY

Coalition briefs county on anti-heroin efforts
 

County Board of Legislators votes to create dispatcher position
 

Logo Contest launched for ‘Local First' initiative
 

St. Lawrence County Poorhouse skeletal remains to be exhumed this summer
 
MOHAWK VALLEY

County approves 4 percent ‘bed' tax
 

Oneida County travel ban lifted
 
SOUTHERN TIER

Broome, Chenango Counties remain under travel ban, Tioga County continues with travel advisory (Video)
 
CENTRAL NEW YORK

Onondaga County extends travel advisory through Wednesday afternoon
 

Cayuga County, city of Auburn call on Cuomo to invest more in water infrastructure
 
FINGER LAKES

Band-Aid over the problem
 

Heated discussion in Genesee County over indigent defense grant
 
WESTERN NEW YORK

COMPTROLLER SAYS WITHOUT MEDICAID BURDEN ERIE COUNTY COULD FEASIBLY STOP TAXING HOMEOWNERS
 

Energy loan program signed into law by WyCo Board of Supervisors
 

District I lawmaker steps down after over 11 years on the board

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