State Police arrested 27 year old Grant Woodruff of Binghamton, for operating a motor vehicle while impaired by drugs, 2 counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance & other traffic violations, after a trooper arrived at a car & bus collision at about 8:30 AM on Chenango Bridge Road in the Town of Chenango. Troopers accused Woodruff of driving while impaired by drugs when he crashed into the rear of a stopped Broome County Transit bus. Woodruff was arraigned in the Town of Chenango court and was remanded to the Broome County jail on $1,000 cash bail or $3,000 property bond pending court action in Town of Chenango on June 28th.
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State Police at Sidney are currently investigating a burglary that was reported on June 5th, at the Frog Pond Farms located at 2001 State Route 7, in the Town of Bainbridge. An undisclosed amount of cash was taken. Anyone with information is asked to please contact the New York State Police at 561-7434.
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State Police arrested 22 year old Zachary Ruffles of Burlington Flats, for criminal mischief, endangering the welfare of a child and harassment, after troopers responded to dispute complaint in the Town of Burlington. Ruffles is accused of shoving the vicitm, & damagin g clothing and a cell phone, in fornt of a child. Ruffles was arraigned in Town of Hartwick court and was released on his own recognizance, he faces court action on June 13th, an order of protection was issued.
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15 years after 9/11, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum will pay tribute to baseball’s role in the healing process with a 6-month exhibit, & a special recognition during Hall of Fame Weekend. On Saturday, June 18, the Museum will cut the ribbon on “Baseball After 9/11” which will feature will be the Mets jersey 2016 Hall of Fame electee Mike Piazza wore on Sept. 21, 2001, in the first game played in New York after 9/11. Additional artifacts include both the “NYPD” hat worn by Mets manager Bobby Valentine and the “FDNY” hat worn by Mets pitcher John Franco on Sept. 21, 2001, as well as a game ticket to the scheduled Sept. 11 game at Yankee Stadium between the Yankees and the Chicago White Sox.
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The State Legislative session for 2016 is winding down, area assemblyman Bill Magee comments on the past 6 months work in Albany:

(Magee 6-8-16)

A flurry of bills is expected to be passed in Albany in the last days, the Assembly once again passed the Dream Act for tuitions for the children of illegal aliens, and it once again faces little chance of passing in the Senate.
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Projects supported by New York’s Industrial Development Agencies (IDAs) produced nearly 36,000 additional jobs in 2014, an increase of 18 percent from the prior year, according to a report issued today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. This is DiNapoli’s ninth annual report examining the performance of the state’s IDAs and how these entities work to attract, retain and expand businesses within their communities. DiNapoli’s report shows the state’s 109 active IDAs provided $1.1 billion in total tax exemptions in 2014. These exemptions were partially offset by $483 million in payments-in-lieu of taxes, leaving the total net exemptions for the year at $632 million – a decrease of $28.5 million, or 4.3 percent, from 2013.
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Governor Cuomo announced $16.3 million to fund rail and port improvement projects across New York State. The grants from the Governor’s Passenger and Freight Rail Assistance Program will support projects that strengthen infrastructure vital to the movement of goods throughout the state, as well as support economic development by leveraging an additional $12.8 million in additional public and private investments. In the Southern Tier, the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway will receive $1.4 million for construction of a state of the art Rail Terminal in Binghamton.
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The Congressional Candidates for the 19th district will debate tonight in Oneonta. Republicans Andrew Heaney & John Faso will debate each other at 7:00 PM, Democrats Will Yandik & Zephyr Teachout will debate at 8:30 PM both will be at the Foothills Performing Arts Center, The debate is sponsored by the League of Women Voters.
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