Governor Cuomo, Senate Majority Coalition Co-Leader Dean Skelos and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver outlined the agreement on the 2013-14 Budget AT A PRESS CONFERENCE IN Albany last night; the governor outlined some of the aspects of the plan<\/p>\n
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Senate Leader Dean Skelos agreed that the budget will work this year & into the next one:<\/p>\n
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Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said that the $350 tax rebate for middle-income families would be a boost in 2014:<\/p>\n
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Budget votes by lawmakers will begin on Saturday, with the potential to be the earliest state budget since 1976 and the first time New York has had three consecutive, on-time budgets since 1984.<\/p>\n
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Norwich police have arrested 4 people in connection with the sale of heroin.\u00a0 Charged were 25-year-old Ashley Babcock of Norwich, 35-year-old Eneth Davenport of Norwich, 28-year-old Randy Buck of Sherburne, and 24-year-old Michael Marshall of vestal, for 7th<\/sup> degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, criminal possession of a hypodermic instrument and criminally using drug paraphernalia.\u00a0 Babcock and Davenport were also charged with 1st<\/sup> degree criminal nuisance and Marshall was charged with 3rd<\/sup> degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.\u00a0 All are being held in the Norwich City lockup pending arraignments scheduled for today in Norwich City Court.<\/p>\n ——————————–<\/p>\n 34-year-old Francisco Torres of Oneonta has been indicted by an Otsego County grand jury and has been arrested by the Otsego County Sheriff\u2019s department for allegedly failing to register as a sexual offender.\u00a0 Torres was charged with 2 counts of failure to register as a sexual offender, for allegedly moving to Oneonta from state route 7 in Colliersville in December, and failing to notify authorities within 10 days of the move.\u00a0 Torres may face additional charges for allegedly living in Albany, Hartwick & the town of Maryland without reporting those addresses, as required of level 2 sex offenders, he was arraigned and was released pending future court action.<\/p>\n —————————————-<\/p>\n Traffic detours have been set up following an accident that damaged a bridge on Otsego County Route 11C in the town of Hartwick.\u00a0 Officials said that a tractor-trailer truck tried to fit through the bridge Wednesday, but the rig was too tall and caused damage to a steel beam.\u00a0 The damage has led to traffic detours and changes to the Oneonta Public Transit routes between Oneonta and Cooperstown.\u00a0 36-year-old Steven Marrero of Newark New Jersey was ticket with exceeding the clearance & for an equipment violation following the accident.<\/p>\n —————————————<\/p>\n Otsego county sheriff\u2019s deputies arrested 32-year-old Raymond Travis & 65 year old Wilma Travis of Worcester in connection with filing a false report of a stolen vehicle.\u00a0\u00a0 Wilma Travis was charged with 3rd<\/sup> degree falsely reporting an incident, Raymond Travis was charged with 6th<\/sup> degree conspiracy and several violations of vehicle and traffic law, they face court action at a later date.<\/p>\n —————————————-<\/p>\n Motorists are advised that Interstate 81 southbound and State Route 17 eastbound between exits 3 & 4 will be reduced to 1 lane between 6:00 PM and 7:00 AM nightly beginning Tonight, through this Saturday morning.\u00a0 I-81 southbound exit 4N ramp to State Route 7 northbound will be closed; Traffic will be detoured using exit 4S to State Route 7 northbound.\u00a0 Crews will be working to remove concrete barrier for future lane shifts.<\/p>\n ——————————————-<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Governor Cuomo, Senate Majority Coalition Co-Leader Dean Skelos and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver outlined the agreement on the 2013-14 Budget AT A PRESS CONFERENCE IN Albany last night; the governor outlined some of the aspects of the plan (Cuomo … Continue reading