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Counties in the News, March 11, 2019

Monday's news from counties across the state.
NYSAC
The County Perspective: State Mandates, AIM Redistribution, Reports
 

Watch NYSAC News Brief: Counties Convene in Washington DC
 
NATION

After Years of New Voting Restrictions, Momentum Swings the Other Way
 

The Green New Deal? It's Already Happening in Our Communities.

High-Tax States Make It Hard for the Rich to Leave
 
STATEWIDE

Cuomo: State parks set another attendance record with over 74M visitors
 

New ID cards aim to help developmentally disabled in encounters with first responders
 

New York announces $128M to help fix roads
 

Next round of NY state's farm grants announced
 

Let teens get vaccines against parents' wishes, New York lawmakers say
 

State offering ‘Solar for All' program for income-eligible residents
 
NEW YORK CITY

Every Uniformed Patrol Officer in New York Now Wears a Body Camera
 

Cuomo, Legislature weighing tax on Manhattan pieds-à-terre
 
LONG ISLAND       

Free vaccines offered by Nassau County following potential hepatitis A exposure
 

War Against Opioids: 'The Ugly Truth' In Hampton Bays
           
HUDSON VALLEY

Dutchess County holding disposal and recycling event
 

Counties granted roadway repaving funds
 

Oxygen masks for pets provided to all Ulster County fire departments, emergency medical services agencies
 

Volunteers to Count Frogs, Salamanders at Road Crossings

CAPITAL

Hundreds of low level marijuana cases dropped in Albany County
 

County officials look at Taste NY progress
 

County Executive McCoy to Present Film Exploring Thriving Senior Communities
 

Study shows pedestrian fatalities at 30 year high
 
NORTH COUNTRY

Details of broadband progress in northern Warren County to be revealed
 

Franklin County microenterprise grant program attracts healthy pool of applicants
 

Five boilermaker apprenticeships being offered in St. Lawrence County area by department of labor
 

North country maple industry experiences boom in past decade
 

New York considers raising smoking, vaping age

MOHAWK VALLEY

Early voting questions linger
 

DEC takes comments on Fulton County forest plan
 

Sunshine Week spotlights local, statewide freedom of information

SOUTHERN TIER

Cuomo touts ‘historic' jobs report
 

Food Bank of the Southern Tier's gratitude tour
 
CENTRAL NEW YORK

Cayuga County-area volunteer opportunities: Literacy Volunteers and more
 

WCNY ceremony to honor women from Oneida, Madison counties
 

Great Lakes' environmental, economic, educational value noted in NY Sea Grant impact series
 
FINGER LAKES

ECOs protect endangered short-eared owls in Livingston County
 

Genesee County Environmental Science Camps
 
WESTERN NEW YORK

Marking International Women's Day in Western New York
 

The Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office seeks candidates for academy

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