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Counties in the News, October 25, 2018

Thursday's news from counties across the state
NYSAC
Raise the Age Update for County Leaders
 
NATION

Trump Signs Anti-Opioid Abuse Package Into Law
3 Strategies for Successful Cybersecurity Programs
 
STATEWIDE

Water Infrastructure Bill Requires Smaller Communities To Test For PFAS Chemicals
In Wake of Bomb Threats, 100 Additional National Guard Soldiers Deployed to New York Transit Centers
 
NEW YORK CITY

Unplanned fare hikes, MTA cuts may happen without new funding sources, says agency chairman
 
LONG ISLAND       

Nassau Executive Curran Highlights the Dangers of Childhood Lead Poisoning
Suffolk County Executive Bellone, Police Commissioner Hart Announce Nearly $4 Million in Grant Funding Received for Key Departmental Initiatives
           
HUDSON VALLEY

Ulster County Resource Recovery Agency board OKs 2019 budget of nearly $15 million
Newburgh anti-poverty efforts getting $570K from NY state
County looks to help fund Port Chester affordable housing development

CAPITAL

Albany County Sheriff concerned about potential copycat bomb packages
Capital Region hospital ERs join pilot to reduce opioid use
 
NORTH COUNTRY

Tri-Lakes Takes: Ray Brook prison transitions to Adirondack Adolescent Offender Facility

MOHAWK VALLEY

Free To Charge: Fulton County Installs Electric Vehicle Station
Oneida County Arson Task Force Talks Kids And Fire At Annual Seminar

SOUTHERN TIER

Mobile App to Help 911 Callers Deliver Information to Dispatchers in Chenango County, N.Y.
Broome County BOE extends hours for absentee voters
 
CENTRAL NEW YORK

Panel Discussion Aims to Confront the Opioid Epidemic in Central New York
Oswego Police Department To Participate In Prescription Drug Take Back Day
 
FINGER LAKES

Ideas sought on Seneca County economic development
 
WESTERN NEW YORK

Law Enforcement cracking down on Halloween DWIs
Security measures in place for former VP Biden Thursday at UB

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