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Buffalo School Board cancels Arizona conference trip amid concerns over spending

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Three Buffalo School Board members scheduled to attend a conference this weekend will no longer attend after questions were raised about spending on travel while the district considers closing schools. School Board President Kathy Evans-Brown and board members Stephon Wright and Lewis Muki Hawkins had...
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Former Shandaken Supervisor Indicted for Alleged $50,000 Theft From Town

Former Shandaken Supervisor Peter DiSclafani was arrested Thursday, Nov. 5, after being indicted for allegedly using $50,000 in town money to fund a personal loan through a nonprofit on whose board he served. DiSclafani, 68, was charged with third-degree grand larceny as a crime of public corruption and two counts of official misconduct, State Comptroller […] The post Former Shandaken Supervisor Indicted for Alleged $50,000 Theft From Town appeared first on The Overlook .
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Caregiver Accused of Stealing $1,200 in Jewelry From 89-Year-Old Selden Woman

A home health aide was arrested Thursday night for allegedly stealing approximately $1,200 in jewelry from an 89-year-old woman she was caring for in Selden, […] The post Caregiver Accused of Stealing $1,200 in Jewelry From 89-Year-Old Selden Woman first appeared on SciFisland.com .
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Sullivan County hires outside counsel after found in criminal contempt

The Sullivan County Legislature voted Thursday to hire outside counsel after an Ulster County judge found the county in criminal contempt of a temporary restraining order last week. The temporary injunction and restraining order banned the county from removing senior residents from the only county-owned adult care center, following a...
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Customer brawl breaks out over spot in line to get under $3-per-gallon gas in...

FULTON, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Customers started brawling outside a Byrne Dairy over a spot in line while waiting for gas under $3 dollars per gallon. An apparent gas war between a Byrne Dairy that just opened in Fulton and an SNK (Cliff’s Market) right next door is causing prices to dip under $3 dollars per gallon, […]
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3 alleged fraudsters charged with bilking $1.1M in NYC rental assistance funds

Three New Jersey fraudsters allegedly stole $1.1 million from a Big Apple rental assistance program meant as a safety net for low-income New Yorkers, officials announced Thursday. Erica Williams, 39, spearheaded a plot to rip off the city’s “One Shot Deal” program between 2021 and 2025 by posing as supposedly distressed tenants and steering funds to bank accounts she falsely claimed belonged to purported landlords, according to a criminal complaint in Manhattan federal court. Williams allegedly
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Skeletal remains found near NYC church at site of former centuries-old cemetery

Construction workers renovating a Manhattan garden near a church on Thursday unearthed skeletal remains at a former centuries-old cemetery, according to authorities and sources. The hardhats stumbled upon the bones while excavating a garden area near St. John’s Lutheran Church on Christopher Street and Seventh Avenue in the West Village around 11 a.m., according to the NYPD and law enforcement sources. Boyfriend accused of gunning down missing NYC mom, dumping body in shallow grave Construction
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Some of NYC’s Worst Super Speeders Are City Marshals (You Know, The Guys With...

They get justice for private citizens — yet they endanger them at the same time. City marshals — private citizens appointed by the mayor to secure civil court judgments on behalf of victorious plaintiffs — are among the city’s worst super-speeders, with just 30 of them racking up 647 speed-camera infractions and 102 red-light tickets, virtually all since 2020, city records show.
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NYC mom vomits as ‘monster’ friend who stabbed her 22 times with young daughter...

A Bronx woman who was stabbed 22 times by her “monster” friend as her daughter was in the next room vomited as she learned her attacker would spend less than a decade in prison for the bloody attack. Kaitlynn Berman, 23, faced Christopher Joseph in Bronx Supreme Court Wednesday as a judge sentenced Joseph to eight-and-a-half years in prison for the March 2025 knife attack inside her Wakefield apartment. “This man, this monster, Christopher Joseph, should be doing 22 years to life — one year for
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Goodyear closing chemical plants in Niagara Falls and Houston area

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company 's decision to close chemical plants and lay off workers in New York and Texas comes as it works to improve its balance sheet, the company's top executive said during a Nov. 5 financial presentation. President and CEO Mark Stewart said during Goodyear's third-quarter earnings call that company leadership is shoring up free cash flow, which he called "the clearest measure of our progress." Free cash flow provides a picture of a company's liquidity, growth capaci

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