D.A. Brooks Baker Wants Sticker Store Law Passed

Steuben County District Attorney Brooks Baker wants the county legislature to pass the legislation that the county D.A.’s office and the county sheriff’s department came up with, to shut down marijuana sticker stores.  "The proposed law is based on a local law that's being used currently in New York Citym," Baker said this morning.  "They've had tremendous success,  they've found that these stores make millions of dollars, obviously those stores have a bigger population then we have here, but they shut these stores down in New York City and that's our goal here and in Steuben County we need to get this local law passed," Baker stated.  

 

Tardis 5356: Local Students Building Robots!

Robotics teams.  They build robots.  And there is a robotics team made up of Corning area and other high school students, they’re called Tardis 5356.  They’ve won awards in Utica and Houston Texas.  This evening at 630 in Horseheads, State Senator Tom O’Mara and Assemblyman Phil Palmesano will be recognizing the youths who belong to Tardis 5356.  

 

Public Works Commish Rose: Work On Smith Hill Bridge
From Steuben County:  Work on the Smith Hill Road bridge replacement project in the Town of Erwin/Hamlet of Coopers Plains is on schedule, and on track to reopen in late November, according to Steuben County Public Works Commissioner Eric Rose.   Rose said crews have set up a detour, established a causeway to allow access mid-river to the Cohocton River and removed the existing bridge. New concrete abutments are in place and a mid-river pier has been built, he said.
Crews also have started riverbank armoring with heavy stone, Rose said.

Rose said the remaining work includes:

 *   Backfill abutments
 *   Finish armoring the riverbank
 *   Set bridge beams
 *   Pour concrete bridge deck
 *   Pave approaches on roadway
 *   Install new guiderail
 *   Landscaping
 *   Remove detour

The bridge crosses the Cohocton River between  Curtis Coopers and Dyke roads, with a completion date now set at Nov. 22.

 

Congresswoman Tenney:  Pardon  Trump/Dump Bragg

Republican Congresswoman Claudia Tenney is asking Governor Kathy Hochul to pardon Donald Trump and remove Alvin Bragg from his job as Manhattan District Attorney.  Tenney maintains that Bragg’s case was an abuse of power intended to prevent Trump from campaigning. 

 

Andrew Cuomo Wants The State To Help With Legal Bills From When He Was Still In Office In Albany 

Former Governor Andrew Cuomo is asking State Comptroller Tom Dinapoli to pay for the legal bills Cuomo had while defending himself in sexual harassment lawsuits.  That’s according to Empire Report New York and The Albany Times Union.