Month: March 2023

US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

Gillibrand, Senators And 9/11 Advocates Announce Bipartisan Bill To Close Funding Gap In World Trade Center Health Program

March 2, 2023 Contributor
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY), U.S. Representatives Andrew Garbarino (R-NY-2), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-12), Anthony D’Esposito (R-NY-4), and Daniel Goldman (D-NY-10), Senators Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and Cory Booker (D-NJ), 9/11 health program advocates, and 9/11 responders and survivors announced the bipartisan 9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act of 2023 to close the funding shortfall in the World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP).  

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DEC Forest Rangers – Week In Review

March 2, 2023 Contributor
York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Forest Rangers respond to search and rescue incidents statewide. Working with other state agencies, local emergency response organizations, and volunteer search and rescue groups, Forest Rangers locate and extract lost, injured, or distressed people from across New York State. 

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OGS Commissioner Moy Announces The Opening Of Women’s History Month Exhibit At The NYS Capitol

March 2, 2023 Contributor
Office of General Services Commissioner Jeanette Moy announced the opening of the exhibit Shaping Narratives, a new Women’s History Month exhibition that pays tribute to the New York women communicators who have been a pivotal force in shaping our culture through their actions and voices. The exhibit is located in the Governor’s Reception Room on the Capitol’s second floor and will run through the end of March.

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Environmental Conservation Police On Patrol

March 2, 2023 Contributor
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s (DEC) Division of Law Enforcement enforces the 71 chapters of New York State’s Environmental Conservation Law (ECL), protecting fish and wildlife and preserving environmental quality across New York. In 1880, the first eight Game Protectors proudly began serving to protect the natural resources and people of New York State.

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Remembering Flying Tiger Line Flight 739

March 2, 2023 Contributor
Sixty-one years ago on March 16, 1962, Flying Tiger Line Flight 739 (FTLF 739) and its crew, departed on a secret mission sanctioned by President Kennedy, to fly to Vietnam. This secret Vietnam reconnaissance mission went missing with no trace of the plane or its passengers ever found. Onboard were 93 United States Army soldiers and 11 civilian crewmembers. 

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