School Starts September 6th, So Remember This 

With school starting up on Tuesday, the New York State DOT is reminding drivers, not to pass stopped school buses.  

 

Retirement For Two Chemung County Officials 

Two members of the Chemung County Sheriff’s Department are retiring.  Lt. Nicholas DeMuth is retiring after 27 years, and Deputy Mike Wheeler is retiring after over two decades with the Chemung County Sheriff’s Department.

 

Not Just Steuben And Allegany Counties With This Issue 

The Wellsville Sun reports, that Pennsylvania State Representative Martin Causer says, there is a lack of emergency responders in Pennsylvania these days. Causer says, residents of PA must come together to support the emergency responders.

 

National Guard And Others Continue To Help Ulster Co
Governor Kathy Hochul gave an update on the massive fire at the state park in Ulster County.  The governor says, State Police have had two helicopters each day, dropping more than 500 buckets of water since Sunday.  Also,  two Army National Guard Black Hawk helicopters have dumped 12 buckets of water every hour, a total of 24,600 gallon buckets, since Tuesday…also, the New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services have sent the State's Incident Management Team and several emergency communications experts too.  

 

State Dept Of Labor Pleads Guilty To Fraud/ID Theft 

The US Attorneys Office says, a 52 year old former State Department of Labor employee in Albany, has pleaded guilty to mail fraud.  The US Attorneys Office says, in 2020, that state labor department employee had a scheme going, where he got friends and family to submit fake unemployment insurance claims, and then, the 52 year old state employee pocketed the money.  How much?  $826,000.  Federal officials say he’s agreed to pay the money back.  The department of labor inspector generals office and the FBI helped out in the case.

September 1 2022