Troopers: A Wild Chase From Wayland to Dansville

FROM NYSP CANANDAIGUA:  On January 16, 2024, at approximately 1:27 p.m., troopers from SP Wayland and the Steuben County Sheriff's Office responded to a report of a U-Haul traveling at a high rate of speed on I-390 in the town of Wayland.  Troopers attempted to stop the 2023 Chevrolet Silverado U-Haul, but the vehicle failed to comply. A pursuit was initiated and continued on State Route 63. The suspect vehicle drove head-on toward a Steuben County deputy, causing the deputy to take evasive action to avoid being struck. The suspect vehicle then became disabled when it struck a pillar of the Community Bank in the village of Dansville. The suspect exited the vehicle, and a foot pursuit ensued. The suspect headed southbound behind the businesses of Main Street. The suspect unlawfully entered the passenger side of an uninvolved vehicle occupied by a family with three children in the back seat. The suspect was then taken into custody.

William J. Crowe, age 35, of Cohocton, NY, was charged with Attempted Robbery 2nd- Motor Vehicle (D Felony), Reckless Endangerment 1st (D Felony), two counts of Reckless Endangerment 2nd (A Misdemeanor), Criminal Mischief 4th (A Misdemeanor), two counts of Petit Larceny (A Misdemeanor),  Resisting Arrest (A Misdemeanor),  Criminal Mischief 4th (A Misdemeanor), three counts of Endangering the Welfare of a Child (A Misdemeanor), DWAI Drugs – Prior Conviction in 10 years and DWI-Previous Conviction in 10 years and traffic infractions. Crowe was taken to Steuben County Jail for CAP arraignment. 

 

Farm Damage Contact Info For Steuben County Farmers

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Reporting Winter Storm Damage – It’s Important!

Winter's here, and with that comes high winds, heavy snow loads, power outages, and damages that negatively impact your farm business. Katelyn Walley shares the importance of documenting damages and reporting them here, along with key contact information.

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Your local Cornell Cooperative Extension Association Office.

Allegany: 585-268-7644

Steuben: 607-664-2301

Any of our SWNYDLFC Team members (calls/emails/texts/site visit requests all ok)

Katelyn Walley: 716-640-0522

Amy Barkley: 716-640-0844

Camila Lage: 607-422-6788

Katelyn Miller: 716-640-2047

Kelly Bourne: 585-268-7644 ext. 10

Your county USDA/FSA service center.

Allegany: 585-268-5133

Steuben: 607-776-7398

Your county farm bureau manager

Region 1: Tim Bigham: 716-474-6585

SENATOR GILLIBRAND: ON HELPING PAY THE WATER BILLS

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand held a press conference, to call for continued federal funding for the Low Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP) in the upcoming government funding bill. LIHWAP is a federal program that assists households whose drinking water and/or wastewater services have been disconnected, or are about to be disconnected, because of inability to pay. Since the program’s creation in 2021, LIHWAP has helped over 1 million households nationwide, including over 35,000 in New York, afford their water and wastewater bills. However, LIHWAP’s funding expired in 2023 and can no longer provide this critical assistance. 

 

“The average household spends more than $1,000 a year on water bills. That’s just another expense families already struggling with the high cost of groceries, gas, child care, and energy bills can’t afford,” said Senator Gillibrand. “For these families, the Low Income Household Water Assistance Program provides a lifeline. It might be the only thing preventing their water from being cut off and protecting them from the devastating consequences of living with no running water. But funding for LIHWAP ran out last year, meaning that now, families who were relying on this assistance have nowhere to turn. That is unacceptable. I am calling on my colleagues to include continued funding for LIHWAP in the upcoming government funding bill to make sure no New Yorker goes without such a basic and necessary utility.”  

 

Congress established and provided $1.1 billion for LIHWAP through the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 and American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. Since its creation in 2021, LIHWAP has helped more than 1 million households across the country maintain or restore water service. Nationwide, at least 13,000 water and wastewater systems in low-income, tribal, rural, and urban communities have participated in the program to date. However, LIHWAP was established as a temporary program and funding expired at the end of Fiscal Year 2023, ending a lifeline for families in need across the country. 

 

State Senator Tom O'Mara: The Senate GOP's 2024 Plans

“A New Hope for the Empire State” is a comprehensive legislative agenda for 2024, which will be outlined in more detail in the coming weeks, and will focus on priorities including:  Increasing Affordability for all New Yorkers by taking specific actions to reign in out-of-control state spending including:  enacting a state spending cap; rejecting tax increases and unfunded state mandates on local governments and school districts; providing across-the-board tax relief; 

rejecting extreme, mandated climate proposals; increasing affordable housing options;  making child care more accessible and affordable; and improving the state’s business climate by protecting small businesses and farms by reducing regulations, and lowering taxes and unfair costs.  

 

Also, Improving Public Safety for all New Yorkers by prioritizing actions to combat rising crime and lawlessness statewide, including: protecting New Yorkers from antisemitism and other hateful violence by making any antisemitic behavior a hate crime, making all hate crimes bail eligible, protecting hate crime victims and houses of worship, and implementing financial penalties on both college universities and students who condone or engage in antisemitic behavior while receiving state aid; rejecting any efforts to make New York a sanctuary state;  reversing failed criminal justice policies that have made our communities less safe, including bail reform, discovery reform, and others; and  rejecting policies that put criminals above victims and law-abiding New Yorkers; and providing more services and funding to address mental health crisis and substance abuse disorders.