Jail officials from three counties told state officials Monday they need help to deal with the multi-million dollar cost of housing state parole violators in their jails.
After a chilly Tuesday, temps rebound to near 70 on Wednesday.
The NYS Association of Counties updated projections that reveal an unsustainable county outyear fiscal gap. County leaders are signaling the alarm that looming multi-billion dollar budget deficits are being caused by state mandated programs, and therefore cannot be addressed solely through actions initiated locally.
Senator Patty Ritchie hosted a meeting with the Oswego, Jefferson and St. Lawrence county sheriffs, along with the Senate’s top expert on corrections and prison issues, to discuss the problem of state parole violators who are crowding county jails and costing local taxpayers millions of dollars in unreimbursed expenses.
State Police in Lysander are investigating a fatal two-car crash that occurred at 12:30 a.m. today (Oct. 15) on Interstate 690 in the Town of Geddes, Onondaga County. A Fulton man was involved and is in serious condition at a Syracuse hospital, according to police.
Turning cooler on Tuesday with showers possible.
The four new local laws related to synthetic drugs that were passed by the Oswego County Legislature at its September meeting took effect on September 21 after filing with the Office of the Secretary of State in Albany.
The Oswego County Humane Society and Petfinder.com are participating in the national “Foster a Lonely Pet for the Holidays” pet fostering program. These new holiday foster families will take pets into their care for the holiday season and help the Humane Society find new permanent homes for them.
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