Category: State/National News
BBB Warning: Child predator email scam preys on concerned parents
(Buffalo, NY)–Fake email warnings about a child predator being in the neighborhood are the latest scams criminals have used to steal...
Attorney General Ends Bank’s Discriminatory Mortgage Practices
Getting a mortgage can be tough for a myriad of reasons. First, it’s because you need to have a FICO of at least 500 to even be...
New York Assembly Speaker Facing Conspiracy and Fraud Charges
New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver received millions of dollars in kickbacks from a 15-year scheme involving law firms, real estate...
Hochul announces Rochester Anti-Poverty Task Force
New York State Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul announced Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s plan for a “Rochester Anti-Poverty Task Force,” Sunday,...
Cuomo announces Competition for $1.5 Billion Upstate Revitalization Fund
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed a $1.5 billion Upstate New York Economic Revitalization Competition, in which seven regions in Upstate New...
Miner, Officials Seek Funds to Spend on Infrastructure
Mayor Stephanie Miner, as well as New York state Senators John DeFrancisco and David Valesky, Assemblyman Al Stirpe, and Town of Cazenovia...
Syracuse City Council approves “Ban the Box”
Syracuse City Council passed a Ban the Box ordinance Dec. 8 in an 8-1 vote. The legislation requires the city, and contractors working with...
Miner Participates in New York City Mayors’ Summit on Immigration
Mayor Stephanie Miner has participated in a New York City summit of mayors from across the U.S. to discuss the implementation of President...
State Attorney General Requests Authority to Investigate Police Involved in Civilian Deaths
New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has requested from Gov. Andrew Cuomo the authority to investigate and, if necessary,...
Women’s Equality Coalition Calls for New York State Pregnant Worker Protections in New York as Supreme Court hears Young v. UPS
(Albany, N.Y.)- The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the pregnancy discrimination case Young v. United Parcel Service (UPS) Dec. 4,...
