links for 2011-03-31

• Schools get small boost in state aid in NY budget
  New York's Legislature and Gov. Andrew Cuomo restored $51 million to New York City schools, $45 million to Long Island schools and $134 million to upstate schools under last-minute negotiations in the state budget Wednesday.
• Facebook murder picture horror inspires bill
  Two years after a medical responder posted a Facebook photo of a murdered Staten Island woman, state lawmakers are pushing to beef up the penalties for such acts.
• Report shines light on healthiest and unhealthiest counties in Central New York
  Study ranks how healthy we are, county-by-county. People in Cortland County are almost 1.5 times more like to die prematurely from disease than their neighbors in Madison County.
• NY Legislature passes historic on-time budget
  New York's Legislature, once determined to be the most dysfunctional in the nation, has passed a historically difficult budget on time amid the heckling of protesters.
• Judge says Lake Erie shipwreck belongs to state
  A 19th century schooner that lies at the bottom of Lake Erie belongs to New York state, not the salvagers who found it and want to raise and preserve it as a tourist attraction
• Employee concessions could save jobs in North Syracuse district
  All eleven bargaining units that represent employees in the district have agreed to some concessions in their health plan to save the district $1.2 million dollars in the 2011-2012 school year.
• Onondaga Nation invests in maker of plant-based cleaning supplies
  It has become the second largest investor in EcoLogic Solutions, which is based in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
• NY-26 Hopeful Murphy: "Buffalo F–king Sucks"
  Truly interesting interview with NY-26 Green Party hopeful Ian Murphy in NY Mag today, replete with the announcement that, as Mayor Bloomberg said in other words (and then said he really didn't say), "Buffalo f–cking sucks."

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