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Counties in the News, August 1, 2017

Tuesday's news from counties across the state.

NYSAC

Monroe County Sheriff's Office Connects with the Community

County-wide shared service plans being submitted to county legislative bodies on August 1st

 

Fall Seminar Registration is Open 

 

NATION

Doctors increasingly face charges for patient overdoses

 

STATEWIDE

Upstate County Jails Are Challenged for Sending Juveniles to Solitary

 

NYPA sees looming costs for canal system

 

NEW YORK CITY

New York City releases new report on making streets safer for bicyclists

 

LONG ISLAND  

Data: LI residents getting fewer red-light camera tickets

 

Suffolk County Executive Bellone Announces H.E.R.O.E.S. Program As Part Of First-in-the-Nation Veterans Traffic Court

 

Steve Bellone unveils plan to share municipal services

 

HUDSON VALLEY

Construction of new Sullivan County Jail ahead of schedule

 

Orange County DA says Newburgh needs permanent police chief

 

HealthAlliance owners, insurer reach payments agreement

 

Rail crossing study delay means 'commuters and the public are at risk,' Carlucci says

 

Poughkeepsie owes Washington $1.6 million by not transferring buses to Dutchess County, says mayor

 

CAPITAL

Albany County has yet to release shared services plan

 

Shared-Services Plan Could Save Schenectady County, N.Y.'s Municipalities $1.5 Million

 

Hoosick Falls plant declared federal Superfund site

 

NORTH COUNTRY

Proposed St. Lawrence County law would add extra surcharge on cell phones

 

Lewis County transit system planning route to JCC, Watertown

 

Lewis County officials again looking to put advertising on buses

 

City mayor calls for 2.85% tax-levy hike

 

MOHAWK VALLEY

Herkimer Co. considering eminent domain to claim jail site

 

SOUTHERN TIER

Tioga Looking For Shared Services Ideas

 

Broome County Jail Sued Over Solitary Confinement of Teens

 

Community Fire and Rescue awarded federal grants

 

CENTRAL NEW YORK

Plans Underway to Develop Municipal Sewer Service Between Fulton and Volney

 

Sen. Chuck Schumer urges feds to OK permit for Owasco Flats project

 

14 local kids off to camp courtesy of Madison County Sheriff's Office

 

Cortland County Sheriff's Office receives money to fight heroin, opioids

 

Rain, Floods Devastating to Cayuga County Farmers

 

Algal Blooms Close Bathing Beaches Again

 

FINGER LAKES

In-school Youth Court sessions expanding in Geneva

 

Helming Working To Protect Lakes

 

New 'Street to Treatment' program cracking down on addiction

 

WESTERN NEW YORK

3 Niagara County hospitals to share $1 million in state aid

 

WNY lawmakers seek assistance for tornado cleanup

 

Editorial: County needs to speed up addiction grants

 

Public hearings scheduled concerning National Grid rate hikes

 

NCCC to offer courses on drone operation

 

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