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Counties in the News, August 28, 2017

By: NYSAC
On: 08/28/2017 12:08:57
In: Counties in the News

Monday's news from counties across the state.

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NYSAC Fall Seminar to Offer Two Workshops on Raising the Age of Criminal Responsibility: State Overview and County Impact

NATION

What Cities Really Need to Tackle the Opioid Crisis and Mental Health

Best and worst states for women

Reed introducing legislation to fight opioid epidemic

Millennials Are Driving the Suburban Resurgence

STATEWIDE

Officials eye ways to get all NY'ers counted in census

Extension helps N.Y. brewers, growers raise a pint

A first: Drones will fly at 2017 NY State Fair to help control traffic

Queens lawmakers' bill to protect foster children awaits governor's signature

Cuomo administration bullish on state climate action after RGGI agreement

State extends public comment period on children's Medicaid transition plan

De Blasio signs income exemption, wireless communication surcharge bills into law

Cuomo signs bill requiring regular CPR training for police

Senecas' fight with NY imperils county aid

NEW YORK CITY

City Council stated meeting tracker: police misconduct, food donations, equity bills

NYC Spends More on Recycling Collecting Than Regular Trash

New legislation would require city schools to carry Naloxone

Report finds City Council lags behind other cities in elected women in office

New York City won't begin enforcing new menu labeling rules, agrees to wait for FDA

LONG ISLAND

Huntington Station sewer study moves forward

Deal keeps farmland free from development

East End $1.1M emergency communications grant awarded

Health threat declared in Suffolk from virus-carrying mosquito

Opioid Crisis: Fighting addiction on Long Island

New solar power installations plummet on Long Island

Nassau officials: Deaths up from cocaine mixed with opioids

HUDSON VALLEY

County Executive's Corner: More Parking, More excuses?

Rockland County Executive Ed Day Announces Funding for the Arts

Tolls expected to rise on new Tappan Zee Bridge

Putnam County Exec MaryEllen Odell Joins Festivities At New TZB Ceremony

Agriculture is alive and well in Dutchess, says Molinaro

Disposal fees unchanged in Ulster County trash agency's 2018 budget

Public Hearings On Countywide Shared Services Plan Scheduled

Hudson Confidential: ‘Zombie' utility poles outlawed in Cornwall-on-Hudson

Dutchess County executive offers plan for taxpayer savings

Sullivan ban on underage tobacco sales goes in effect next week

Ulster, Dutchess, Columbia and Greene meetings: Week of Aug. 28, 2017

Orangetown wins in ruling on school tax

CAPITAL

Saratoga County Concludes Review of Shared Services

Record enrollment, diversity at area colleges

It's important we clear up the record on shared services plan

Taconic moving headquarters to Rensselaer County

Rensselaer County radio system nears completion

NORTH COUNTRY

Clinton County Legislature OKs contribution to CCC budget

Should St. Lawrence County Sue Over Opioid Crisis?

Reductions Still Needed to Balance Lewis County Budget

West Nile found in Clinton Co. mosquitoes

Franklin Co. to get update on foreign-investor progress

Essex Co. mulls rule change on delinquent-tax auctions

Grid cannot accommodate Horse Creek Wind Farm at current size

MOHAWK VALLEY

Herkimer Co. HealthNet to assess need for community center

Oneida County Ranked One of the Most Dangerous Counties in New York State

County approves landfill truck, loan agreement

SOUTHERN TIER

$30,000 Provided for the Development of Kopernik Science Park

Delaware board discusses new facility, DEP deal

Southern Tier leaders stand together against heroin epidemic

Steuben jobless rate stays at 5.3%

CENTRAL NEW YORK

Proposed 2018 Oswego city budget cuts eight positions

Cayuga County Office of Emergency Services releases preparedness app

Cayuga County to ramp up water testing as algal-bloom season approaches

Would a living wage fix Tompkins County's inequality problem?

Oswego Industries Receives Grant To Fund Renovation Project

Fossil fuel power plant owners appeal court decision upholding nuclear subsidies

JetBlue to start daily nonstop service from Syracuse to Boston early next year

Another adult home closes as SSI legislation awaits Cuomo's decision

Madison County programs support fatherhood

Oswego County Legislature passes tax abatement policy

Legislators to weigh in on purchasing merger

FINGER LAKES

Legislature approves grants for village of Webster

Legislature approves grants for town of Chili

State comptroller coming to Yates County

Board learns about Seneca opioid problem

Rifle hunting now legal in Seneca County year round

NYS DEC investigating Yates County spill

Public works commissioner proposed

WESTERN NEW YORK

Cattaraugus County's baseball field renovations are put on hold

Erie County discusses poverty, and trying to break from it, at downtown summit

EPA suspends work at radioactive sites in Niagara County

County OFA, Sheriff's Office create Mobile Prescription Drug Pick-Up Program

Cattaraugus County lawmakers endorse Shared Services Plan

HealthNow New York claims $38 million owed by federal government

County seeks state grant to continue Public Defender improvements

Holistic Health in WNY takes several forms

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