Syracuse University student Leah Mattiaccio, who grew up in this area, is looking forward to her senior year this semester, graduating and probably moving away. "Just want to see what else is out there," Mattiaccio told CNY Central's Jim Kenyon. " Read More
Voters in the village of Lyons will have more to consider than their representatives this fall. Members of the village will choose whether to keep or dissolve their village government. “People just feel that we’re taxed a lot and our services Read More
A Long Island branch of the Civil Service Employees Association has obtained a federal court injunction against a Nassau County law that would have let the county executive alter contracts with public employees to save $40 million. While there is Read More
In fliers mailed to Jefferson County residents, state Sen. Patricia A. Ritchie, R-Heuvelton, claims to have saved taxpayers in her three-county district $36 million on their property tax bills. But experts on the right and left say that the claim Read More
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Friday called Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's decision to keep secret the details — even the existence — of a legal settlement with two alleged victims of sexual harassment by Assemblyman Vito Lopez "wholly Read More
Local governments were hit Friday with another big increase in the rates they will have to pay to support New York's public-employee pension fund. The state comptroller's office, which sets the rates, announced that local governments will pay 28.9 Read More
Many changes await the students who are heading back to school this week. There is a new teacher evaluation system, more assessments for students, an entirely revamped curriculum and even a new law that combats bullying. All of them involve signif Read More