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An Island Park man previously charged in a wage theft and fraud case involving a West Hempstead restaurant is facing new felony charges after allegedly […] The post West Hempstead Restaurant Owner Accused of Using Employee’s Identity to Obtain $80K in Financing first appeared on SciFisland.com .

A Westchester County man who stole nearly $142,000 in teacher pension benefits from his deceased neighbor's bank account for years after the man's death has pleaded guilty — and paid up even more in restitution. Pelham resident Danilo Pesce, 60, pleaded guilty to fourth-degree grand larceny in…

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Fish are already swimming inside Onondaga County’s long-awaited new aquarium at Syracuse’s Inner Harbor, where county leaders say the Crouse Health Harborview Aquarium is set to open in the next few weeks. Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon and project leaders toured the facility wearing...

Monroe County sheriff’s deputies say no one was hurt after a truck crashed into the 7-Eleven gas station on Macedon Center Road in Perinton on Monday morning.

Rochester, N.Y. — A man faces charges following a shooting on the city's southwest side, according to the Rochester Police Department. Officers responded to Seward Street near Jefferson Avenue around 1:45 a.m. Saturday for a ShotSpotter activation. Police said they found a woman holding a man down while the man was in possession of a handgun, while another woman was suffering from a gunshot wound.

A Westchester County woman is accused of landing a job as a physical therapist at a New York City hospital by using someone else's license number and falsely claiming to have degrees from two universities, prosecutors said. Yonkers resident Diamond Walker, 36, was arraigned on felony charges o…

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In the middle of bargaining for a new contract covering 40,000 transit workers, the MTA terminated an agreement that allowed longtime employees who've used more than half of their sick days to receive a lump-sum payment upon retirement, leaving thousands of workers close to hanging up their gloves potentially out tens of thousands of dollars.

Three owners of Medicaid transportation companies are charged with stealing more than $4.7 million from New York’s Medicaid program through alleged phony billing. State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and State Police Superintendent Steven G. James announced the arrests of Ismat Farhan of Slingerlands and Effat Rizwan and Fouzia Rizwan, of Schenectady.

Three lucky players in Orange and Dutchess counties each won fifty thousand dollars in Saturday night's Powerball drawing. Winners bought tickets at QuickChek in Middletown, Smokes Four Less in Newburgh, and Beekman Shell in Poughquag.