The New York State Senate’s Joint Task Force on Heroin and Opioid Addiction is scheduled to meet Wednesday On Long Island to gather more input on the growing crisis across the state. Similar meetings have been held around the state as the task force seeks to understand how the increase in overdoses and addiction is impacting local communities. The panel included local State Senator Fred Akshar, they expect to hear from law enforcement officials, addiction experts, health care professionals, and recovering addicts and their families, Lawmakers included more than $200 million in this year’s state budget for efforts to prevent and fight addiction.
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Delaware County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested Shawn Peck of Walton, after an investigation into an ongoing neighbor dispute. Peck is accused of causing $250 worth of damage to the property of another person on separate occasions. Peck was charged with 2 counts of Criminal Mischief, he was released on appearance tickets to appear in the Village of Walton Court at a later date. Walton Police Department assisted in the investigation.
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Norwich Police arrested a man & his 2 sons, following an investigation into a June 5th assault. Police arrested 54 year old John Hughes, 27 year old Joseph Hughes & 25 year old Nicholas Hughes of Norwich on 1st degree Assault Charges, after the victim was found unconscious in the middle Silver Street with trauma to the head and face. The victim was taken first to Chenango Memorial Hospital & then was transferred to UHS Wilson Hospital in Johnson City with a fractured eye socket, skull fractures and brain bleeds. All 3 suspects were remanded to the Chenango County Jail on $5,000 cash bail each.
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Manufacturing in New York State grew for a 2nd month in July, but at a slower pace than the Month before. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported that its Empire State Manufacturing Index dropped to 9.8 in July from 19.8 in June; any reading above zero still indicates expansion. The measure of new orders dropped to a still respectable 13.3, shipment growth was less than half from June at a 10.5 reading.
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US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is making appearances this week in the upstate counties; to discuss federal efforts to combat Lyme Disease. Currently, the Trump Administration has started the process to establish the “Tick Borne Illness Disease Working Group”, forming the group was a provision in Gillibrand sponsored legislation “The Lyme & Tick Borne Illness Prevention, Education & Research Act”, which became law in December. The group will serve as an advisory committee to the Department of Health & Human Services. In 2015, there were 3200 cases of Lyme Disease in New York State alone.
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New York State Trooper Joel Davis killed in the line of duty last week, thousands attended his funeral Saturday at the Fort Drum sports complex, which was used to accommodate the crowd of thousands of law enforcement officers from the U.S. and Canada. Trooper Davis was killed while responding to a domestic dispute July 9th.
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Governor Cuomo and Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced that, if the House or Senate health care bill is signed into law, New York State will bring a lawsuit challenging the bill’s constitutionality:
(Cuomo 7-18-17)
Cuomo said that the bill delivers tax cuts to insurance companies and high-income people, it would worsen the fight against the opioid epidemic, & would drive up costs for people with preexisting conditions.
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The Oneonta Common Council will hold their next regular meeting tonight at City Hall. The meeting will begin at 7:00 PM in the 2nd floor Common Council Chambers.
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Certified Child Safety Seat Technicians will hold a safety seat check educational event today in Oneonta. Parents are asked to bring their existing child seat & manual, the event will be held in the parking lot at the Southside Oneonta Home depot from 4:00 to 6:00 PM. More information is available at 547-4230.
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