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New York plans cybersecurity hub to coordinate responses
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says the state wants to improve its cybersecurity defenses. She announced Tuesday that a new joint cybersecurity operations center will open in the coming months. She said it will unify threat assessments and responses between government agencies, critical businesses and utilities. The Brooklyn-based hub will eventually…
NY will let hemp farmers grow pot to prepare for legal sales
NEW YORK (AP) — New York is paving the way for hemp farmers to get a head start on growing marijuana for legal sales that are expected to begin next year. Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation Tuesday that lets hemp growers apply for two-year licenses to grow for the forthcoming legal recreational pot market. Licensees…
Man arrested in fatal shooting of student at SUNY-Potsdam
POTSDAM, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a music education student at the State University of New York in Potsdam campus died from gunshot wounds in an apparent isolated incident. New York State Police charged a 31-year-old New York man with second-degree murder Saturday. Potsdam police responded to a report of an unconscious woman on the…
NY won’t enforce booster mandate for health care workers
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — State health officials said Friday that New York will not enforce its mandate requiring health care workers to get COVID-19 boosters in light of concerns about staffing shortages. Gov. Kathy Hochul pointed to a troubling rise in breakthrough infections when she announced the mandate in January. Her administration set a deadline…
Funeral set for firefighter who collapsed day after blaze
ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — Funeral arrangements are set for a New York firefighter who collapsed in his firehouse a day after battling a blaze in Queens. Jesse Gerhard was from Islip and was working out of a firehouse in Far Rockaway when he died Wednesday. A day earlier, he had helped fight a blaze in…
NYC subway safety plan gets going after a violent weekend
NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s latest plan to tackle both crime and homelessness in subways is rolling into action. Police have logged more than a half-dozen attacks in trains and stations over the holiday weekend. Mayor Eric Adams announced a new subway safety plan Friday. It involves sending more police, mental health clinicians and…
PD: Baptist Church sign damaged
(Huntington Station, NY)- Suffolk County Police Hate Crimes Unit detectives responded to Evergreen Baptist Church on February 20 at approximately 11:30 a.m. to investigate a damaged sign. Detectives believe the incident to be non-criminal as the damage appears to be weather related. -Press release from Suffolk County Police
3 subway stabbings in one day over the weekend in NYC
NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities say three people were stabbed Saturday in the New York subway system in separate attacks that come as concerns rise about transit crime. A 20-year-old woman was stabbed three times in the abdomen at the Van Siclen Avenue station in Brooklyn and was taken to a hospital. A man was…
Funeral set for firefighter who collapsed day after blaze
ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — Funeral arrangements are set for a New York firefighter who collapsed in his firehouse a day after battling a blaze in Queens. Jesse Gerhard was from Islip and was working out of a firehouse in Far Rockaway when he died Wednesday. A day earlier, he had helped fight a blaze in…
Federal officials confirm bird flu detected on Long Island
NEW YORK (AP) — A highly pathogenic avian influenza has been detected in a non-commercial backyard flock of birds on Long Island in New York. Samples from the flock were tested at the Cornell University Animal Health Diagnostic Center and confirmed at a USDA laboratory in Ames, Iowa. The USDA announced the confirmation on Saturday.…
Woman killed in house fire
(Setauket, NY)- A Long Island mother died in a house fire early Friday morning in Setauket. Suffolk County Police say they received a call about a fire at 360 Old Town Road just after 12am. Authorities say Stephen Ortner, 30, a resident of the home was able to escape the fire with his 10 month…
Man killed during home invasion
(Coram, NY)- A Long Island man was killed Thursday morning during a home invasion. Suffolk County Police say multiple people broke into a house located at 5 Everglades Lane in Coram before 4am and shot Eric Westby, 46. The intruders also pistol whipped Westby’s wife. Westby and his wife were taken to nearby hospitals. Two…