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Counties in the News, January 16, 2019

Wednesday's news from counties across the state.

NYSAC
2019 State of the State and State Budget Release Highlights
 
STATEWIDE

New York state budget: What you need to know
 

Cuomo unveils plan to legalize recreational marijuana use
 

NY Sending Out February SNAP Benefits Early Due To Shutdown
 

Cuomo Calls For Authorization Of Sports Betting In Upstate New York Casinos
 

New York State Legislature Approves Early Voting Reform
 
NEW YORK CITY

Cuomo Pushes for Rent Reforms, Green Energy, MTA Reorganization
 

'Right to Disconnect' bill: NYC Council to discuss efforts to protect workers' time
 
LONG ISLAND

LI would lose $15M in state aid in Cuomo's proposed budget
 

Suffolk County Sheriff's Office Hiring New Correction Officers
 

New Suffolk Law Targets Crime At Amusement Parks
 
HUDSON VALLEY

Old Tappan Zee Bridge over Hudson is demolished
 

State of taxes in Westchester County: 2019 a year of uncertainty
 

The state of Rockland taxes and government for 2019
 

Dutchess County Offering Monthly Narcan Training
 
CAPITAL

Updated Health Lab To Stay In Albany Under Cuomo's Budget
 
NORTH COUNTRY

Empire State Trail hits speed bump in Essex County
 

Essex County ponders food stamp funding
 

Proposed state budget includes $82.5 million for ORDA
 
MOHAWK VALLEY

State budget proposal includes $22M for Nexus Center
 

State Funding Could Restore Herkimer County Jail
 
SOUTHERN TIER

Chemung County Legislature passes county appointed positions and salary cuts
 

Schumer announces hemp investment in the Southern Tier
 

Tioga County receives grant for Allies in Substance Abuse Prevention
 
CENTRAL NY

Oswego County in Search of Veteran of the Year
 

Reported flu cases jump up in Onondaga Co. and Central NY
 

Shutdown prompts early SNAP payments in Cayuga County, complicating recipient budgets
 

Onondaga County reveals opioid deaths for first 9 months of 2018
 

Tompkins to create Veterans Services Agency to support 4,100 local vets
 

Tompkins DSS works to accommodate surge in emergency shelter requests
 
FINGER LAKES

Residents demand action on Ontario County landfill
 

From the Sheriff: Deputies working 'for the good of the public'
 

Natural Resource grant funds available for 2019
 
WESTERN NY

Cattaraugus County sheriff to Auburn emergency respondents: even you can suffer from PTSD
 

Cattaraugus County sees 10 flu cases since December
 

Cuomo proposes $50 million in aid for East Side

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