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Education Officials Recommend More Time for Common Core Implementation
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — New York education officials are planning to give high school students more time to meet the new Common Core learning standards.
A Board of Regents work group on Monday recommended making the class of 2022, not the class of 2017, the first group required to pass Common Core-aligned English and math exams at what are considered "college- and career-ready levels...
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New York Businesses Can Now File State Certificates and Articles Online
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo says businesses in the state can now save time and money by filing their Certificates of Incorporation and Articles of Organization online.
The new online filing system allows the business filings to be processed in minutes rather than a week, and eliminates the need to pay an expedited processing fee...
Public Hearings on High-Speed Rail Are Scheduled for Upstate Cities
ALBANY,N.Y. (AP) — A series of public hearings are scheduled in six upstate cities where state and federal transportation officials will discuss plans for a high-speed rail corridor linking New York City and western New York.
The state Department of Transportation says the meetings will be held between March 4 and March 14 starting in Albany, followed by Syracuse, Buffalo, Rochester, Utica and Pou
DEC Distributing Pheasant Chicks to Qualified Applicants
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The state Department of Environmental Conservation is taking applications for its pheasant-rearing program.
Last year, the agency distributed 41,500 day-old pheasant chicks to qualified applicants.
Day-old chicks are available at no cost to participants who are able to provide a brooding facility, a covered outdoor rearing pen, and an adequate release site...
Panel to Look at NY State’s Rollout of Common Core
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Governor Andrew Cuomo has assembled a panel of lawmakers, parents, educators and business leaders to look into the state's rollout of the Common Core Learning Standards.
The Common Core has been adopted by all but a handful of states as a uniform set of kindergarten-through-graduation benchmarks...
New NY Casino Applications Come Amid Gambling Slump
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York is gearing up to take applications for four new upstate casinos at a time when some gambling operations in the region are in a slump.
A state siting board is scheduled to seek casino applications in March, four months after voters approved a state constitutional amendment to allow Las Vegas-style casinos beyond Indian land...
Catskill Resort Closed After Virus Sickens Hundreds
NEW PALTZ, N.Y. (AP) — A Catskill mountain resort is closing for a week after a virus sickened hundreds of guests and employees.
The Mohonk Mountain House in New Paltz will close at 1 p.m. Friday. It expects to reopen on Feb. 14.
A spokeswoman for the historic resort says several hundred guests and staff started getting sick last Friday...
Albany County Man Arrested for Setting Fire; Threatening Firefighters
KNOX, N.Y. (AP) — An upstate New York man has been arrested after allegedly setting fire to his home and threatening to shoot responding authorities.
Investigators say the man set fire to the home in Knox outside Albany sometime Wednesday and threatened to harm any firefighters or police who responded...
DEP Worker Shot to Death; Gilboa Man Charged
KINGSTON, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say an employee of New York City's Department of Environmental Protection has been shot to death and a co-worker has been charged with murder.
Kingston police say that both men worked in the same area at the DEP's upstate offices in the city, where the shooting happened shortly before 7 a...
Estate Tax Legislation a Priority for New York Farm Bureau
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The New York Farm Bureau says its top legislative priorities this year include the governor's proposal to raise the exemption threshold on the state's estate tax from $1 million to $5.25 million.
According to the bureau, some 3,000 farms are above the $1 million mark and may be land rich, but cash poor...