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Counties in the News, February 14, 2019

Thursday's news from counties across the state.

Happy Valentine's Day From NYSAC
We Love Our Counties!

 
NYSAC

VIDEO: NYSAC President Explains Why Counties Need Funding for Early Voting
 
NYSAC's Report on New York's New Voting Reform Laws


NATION

Anti-Drug Smuggling Policies Are Increasingly Isolating Prisoners
 

WEBINAR: Rigorous Evidence 101 & Research Clearinghouses
 
STATEWIDE

Bail reform slow to move forward
 

NYS giving out free tree seedlings to prevent soil erosion
 

How 7 Women Helped Put Sexual Harassment on New York's Agenda
 

Is New York's population decline impacting college enrollment? SUNY says yes
 
NEW YORK CITY

NYPD Officers Fired 42 Rounds in 11 Seconds, Killing 1 of Their Own
 

Celebrate Valentine's Day with Free Ice Cream at Grand Central Terminal
 
LONG ISLAND       

Officials Propose 4 Bills To Reduce Plastic In Suffolk County
 

Babylon Town completes LED replacement for streetlights
           
HUDSON VALLEY

NYS Senator Sponsors Bill To Address Rural Suicides
 

$1.3 million in federal grants for homeless in Westchester and Rockland
 

Mobile Shredder to Come to Westchester County, Protect Against Identity Theft
 

New York's medical marijuana industry fears threat of legal recreational pot

CAPITAL

Albany police to purchase two drones
 

Destroyed Tubman-Seward statue rises
 
NORTH COUNTRY

How New York hopes to get better broadband to the North Country
 

North Country delegation briefs local officials on latest in Albany
 

Franklin County LDC announces partnership to help businesses in transition
 

Free tax filing assistance offered across St. Lawrence County

MOHAWK VALLEY

New task force to tackle animal abuse in Otsego County
 

GAVAC receives 60-day control of Fulton County ambulance territory
 

Fulton County snubs federal homeless funding

SOUTHERN TIER

The First 30 Days: Chemung County's New Administration
 

Luther to replace Smith as Broome County Historian
 
CENTRAL NEW YORK

Madison County achieves 'emergency management' accreditation from state
 

Heritage ambassadors sought to share rich history of Tompkins
 

Madison County Board of Supervisors urge Cuomo to eliminate cuts to municipal funding
 

Flu Cases Rising in Onondaga County
 

CNY districts working toward safer schools one year after Parkland
 
FINGER LAKES

Tax help available for Rochester, Monroe County citizens
 

Seneca County residents welcome the idea Amazon HQ2 coming upstate
 

Finger Lakes moves slowly forward on path to National Heritage Area
 
WESTERN NEW YORK

ECWA official resigns after four days on the job
 

Erie County now offering golf season passes
 

Foster Love Closet Gives Free Clothing to Foster Children in Western New York

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