GOVERNOR’S 20-POINT ‘JUSTICE AGENDA’ On Spending, Pot, LGBTQ Rights, Cuomo Charts Path Editor’s Note: With Democrats taking control of the state Senate Jan. 1, 2019, Governor Cuomo’s party now controls the state Legislature and his office for the first time in years, prompting him not to wait of the traditional State of the State message, but to issue a first-100-days “Justice Agenda,” a call to action for the state’s Democrats. Here are the 20 points: ►Ensure a Progressive Tax System,…
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Gibson To Chair Molinaro Effort Former Otsego County Congressman Chris Gibson has agreed to serve as the chairman of Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro’s campaign for governor. “Chris Gibson embodies the high standards for integrity, commitment and service by which we will run this campaign and which we will ultimately restore to the State Capitol in Albany. I am honored that he has agreed to serve as Campaign Chairman,” said Molinaro. Chris Gibson, who retired from his 19th District seat…
Cuomo’s ‘New York Fights Back’ Targets John Faso ALBANY – Governor Cuomo plans to target five Republican Congressman, including John Faso, R-19, who represents Otsego County, in a “New York Fights Back” campaign to be announced today, according to reporter Ken Lovett, New York Daily News’ Albany correspondent.…
Again, Ommegang Tops, This Time In ‘Taste NY’ Three Philosophers Shines In State Contest COOPERSTOWN – Brewery Ommegang tied with Roscoe Beer Co. of Delaware County in a blind taste test featuring the five breweries that received the most online votes in the Taste NY Inaugural Craft Beer Challenge. Governor Cuomo announced the grand winners Wednesday evening at Pier A on Battery Place in Manhattan. The rest of the top five were Genesee Brewing, Rochester, Prison City Pub & Brewery,…
Governor Sends $417,000 To Raze Oneonta Ford Hulk ONEONTA – The Cuomo Administration today announced a $477,915 allocation to be used toward the demolition of the former Oneonta Ford building at Chestnut and South Main to make way for the new Susquehanna Regional Food & Beverage Hub. Concidentally, at an Otsego Now hearing this morning on taking the property by eminent domain, spokesmen for its owner, the Twelve Tribes, testified $150,000 offered for the property is insufficient; the governor’s announcement came…
STATE OF STATE IN ONEONTA Cuomo Envoy Details Investments Upstate With Governor Cuomo’s six-stop statewide tour to deliver his State of the State speech complete, his commissioners today fanned out to New York’s smaller cities to give slide shows and answer the questions of local audiences, as RoAnn Destito, state Office of General Services commissioner, did for 50 elected officials, businesspeople and SUNY Oneonta President Nancy Kleniewski and her team members at Foothills in Oneonta this afternoon. Listening, top photo,…
Springbrook Hikes Pay To Cuomo’s 2019 Level Goal: Attract Employees, Lower Turnover ONEONTA – Springbrook is getting ahead of Governor Cuomo’s minimum-wage increases, raising its “direct support professionals” to the 2019 level, effective New Year’s Day. Otsego County’s third largest employer, Springbrook provides residential living for disabled children and adults on its Milford Center campus and group homes around the region. The wage increase for its DSPs is a $1.2 million investment, Springbrook said in announcing the wage hikes today.…
AGAIN, GOVERNOR BLESSES CITY Otsego County Wins Big, But Oneonta Wins Biggest ONEONTA – A tally of the CFAs for Otsego County announced yesterday by Governor Cuomo totals $6,898,325, a record. Big winners are in Oneonta: $3 million for “food hub” (Susquehanna Regional Food & Beverage Hub), $1 million for continued development of the D&H Railyards, and a half-million for Market Street Food & Craft Beverage Innovation District. Also,$641,000 to repair the lower dam on the city’s reservoir system, $420,000…
Powers, Frazier Back Constitution Pipeline County Reps. Draft Letter To Cuomo For Their Colleagues’ Consideration By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The county Board of Representatives may be reentering the natural-gas fray in favor of the Constitution Pipeline project. County Reps. Jim Powers, R-Butternuts, and Ed Frazier, R-Unadilla, the board’ vice chair, this morning volunteered to draft a letter for the board’s consideration as reps began focusing information from their strategic planning process into a half-dozen first-round priorities. One…
Oneonta To Compete For Whole $10 Million Herzig: Winning Cuomo Contest Will Put City Over ‘Tipping Point’ By JIM KEVLIN • for www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Mayor Gary Herzig this evening announced the City of Oneonta will be submitting an application by the 4 p.m. deadline next Tuesday seeking the whole $10 million Governor Cuomo has designated for downtown redevelopment in the Mohawk Valley. Speaking at the annual meeting of the League of Women Voters, Oneonta chapter, Herzig said the City of…