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Counties in the News, June 9, 2017

Friday's news from counties across the state.
STATE
Governor Cuomo Announces New York State Grown & Certified Expands To Dairy Industry

Things you might not know about New York free college tuition scholarship

Wet Weather Puts New York Farmers a Month Behind

NYC
This New Project Is Turning the New York City Subway Into a Mobile Library

New York City Launches LGBTQ Health Care Bill of Rights

LONG ISLAND
Nassau County to sue pharmaceutical companies over growing opioid epidemic on Long Island

HUDSON VALLEY
Sullivan is latest county to sue opioid manufacturers

Westchester Passes Law Banning Synthetic Drugs

Dutchess County Legislature Approves Poughkeepsie Bus Service Expansion

Orange County fights cigarette use

Officials say cuts needed to balance county budget

CAPITAL
Capital Region deals with first mumps outbreak in years

NORTH COUNTRY
Essex Bar Association chimes in on assigned counsel dilemma

Disability advocates dispute potential paratransit changes

Clinton County cracking down on child trafficking

MOHAWK VALLEY
Aud Authority, Oneida County bid on former Washington Courts site

New York spreads crime analysis tech across the state

SOUTHERN TIER
Long-term county financial plan shows structural deficit

Local Law Enforcement Anticipate Potent Fentanyl is on its Way to Broome County

CENTRAL NEW YORK
Lifton announces bill for 'soft-landing' funding for Lansing

County Legislature Highlights

FINGER LAKES
Shared services plan going nowhere fast

County looks to add more AEDs in offices

Bids begin for final phase of broadband boost

Governor Cuomo Announces Route 531 Intersection Upgrades in Monroe County

Canandaigua Airport to get $1.4M in federal funds for upgrades

Report: Minimum wage doesn't cover housing costs in Livingston County

WESTERN NEW YORK
County legislators adopt Ruthie's Law to protect injured nursing home residents

Forum details projects within County's application for state competition

EC legislators approve first investments of opioid million

Heroin deaths in Cattaraugus County this year already exceed all of 2016

Allegany County smoking age law tabled in committee

Erie County Legislature pushes for power to shorten the life of 'zombie homes'

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