Governor Cuomo today announced that road and bridge construction projects on New York State highways will be suspended from 6:00 AM Friday, to 6:00 AM on Tuesday, in order to accommodate travelers during the busy Memorial Day holiday weekend. Some work may continue behind permanent concrete barriers or for emergency repairs.
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State Police are reminding motorists to obey the Move Over Law when traveling over the busy Memorial Day weekend. The law requires motorists to drive with care, slow down, and safely move over when approaching law enforcement vehicles, fire trucks, ambulances, tow trucks, and construction or maintenance vehicles that are stopped along the road side for emergency situations. The law was enacted in 2011 to protect New Yorkers working along the roadway and has since been expanded to include a wider range of emergency and hazard vehicles.
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The construction for the Main Street Project in the Village of Sidney will begin after the Memorial Day holiday. Village Spokesman John Redente told WCDO News about the bid winners:

(John Redente 5-25-17)

Redente said that Main Street would have 1-lane open during the construction period.
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The State Office of General Services announced a public auction for state-owned property located in Broome County at 362 and 372 Prospect Street in the town of Dickinson. The registration period will start at 10:00 AM, the Auction will be conducted on the 18th floor of the Binghamton State Office Building, 44 Hawley Street, at 11:00 AM on July 20th, and the 2 buildings on the two parcels are being auctioned together as a pair. Complete details, including photos, legal and reference documents, and auction requirements can be found online at nysstore.com by clicking on “Real Estate Auctions.”
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The Tri Town Youth Club announced that they would be open Friday from 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM, at the Sidney United Methodist Church. Lunch will be served on Friday, the club will be closed on Monday Memorial Day.
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A new report examining New York’s teacher shortage by the State Schools Boards Association says hard-to-staff subjects include science; math, special education, bilingual education and technology, & most of the shortages are in small rural upstate districts & in New York City. The report recommends aligning teacher preparation programs with areas of need and increasing salaries for teachers in hard-to-staff subjects, it also recommends recruiting bilingual teachers from outside the United States and implementing a certification process for qualified candidates in specific fields who don’t have an education degree.
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Governor Cuomo states that the Proposed federal budget proposal from President Trump would be “devastating” to New York. Cuomo told reporters Wednesday the budget would be “the Niagara Falls of trickle-down economics,” referring to the economic philosophy that tax cuts for the rich theoretically would eventually trickle down to everyone else. Cuomo says the budget plan would jeopardize housing, health care and other programs that protect the most vulnerable in society.
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New York State Police Memorial service will be held this morning at 11:00 AM, at the Troop C headquarters on State Route 7 in Sidney. The annual event is held to remember Police Officers who died in the line of duty.
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Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced that 42 states and the District of Columbia have reached a $33 million settlement with Johnson & Johnson, resolving allegations that the company’s subsidiary, McNeil-PPC, employed deceptive practices to market and promote numerous popular over-the-counter drugs. The corporation has agreed to pay New York State a total of $1.3 million, between 2009 and 2011, McNeil-PPC manufactured and distributed drugs that purported to comply with federally mandates involving Good Manufacturing Practices, an investigation revealed that a number of McNeil manufacturing facilities and the medications they produced did not meet Feeral standards.
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Delaware County Sheriff’s department arrested 48 year old Charles Kenyatta of New York City, for failure to keep right, aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, following a traffic stop on State Route 10 in Hamden. Kenyatta was arraigned & remanded to the Delaware County Jail on $400 Bail pending future court action.