Year: 2022

Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay

Barclay: Gov. Hochul Using COVID As Political Tool Is Abhorrent

July 22, 2022 Contributor
As a rule, most emergencies are obvious to the individuals experiencing them. In New York, though, that basic logic doesn’t apply. Gov. Kathy Hochul, again, extended her own “emergency powers” through Monday, August 22 despite COVID-19 cases and fatality levels dropping in an overwhelming majority of the state.

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US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

Gillibrand, Schumer, Cardin Introduce Bill To Award Congressional Gold Medal To Benjamin Ferencz

July 22, 2022 Contributor
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) introduced a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Benjamin Ferencz, the last living Nuremberg prosecutor, in recognition of his work prosecuting Nazi war criminals, most notably the Einsatzgruppen, and his service in World War II.

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US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

Gillibrand Calls For Investigation Into Potential Unfair, Deceptive Airline Business Practices

July 22, 2022 Contributor
In the midst of record-breaking flight cancellations and chaos at airports, Senator Gillibrand held a press conference to highlight a letter she is leading with Senators Blumenthal (D-CT) and Padilla (D-CA) to the Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) urging the agencies to investigate whether airlines are engaging in unfair or deceptive business practices.

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Fulton Daily News

Oswego Industries Receives Grant For Mind The Gap Tutoring Fund From John Ben Snow Foundation

July 22, 2022 Contributor
Oswego Industries Inc. has received a $5,000 grant from the John Ben Snow Foundation to create the Mind the Gap Fund, which offers tutoring reimbursement for students with learning disabilities. The funding is available to students in Oswego County with a documented disability on a first-come, first-served basis.

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