{"id":7466,"date":"2020-01-20T14:29:06","date_gmt":"2020-01-20T19:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wcdoonline.com\/localnews\/?p=7466"},"modified":"2020-01-20T14:29:06","modified_gmt":"2020-01-20T19:29:06","slug":"wcdo-news-monday-1-20-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wcdoonline.com\/localnews\/wcdo-news-monday-1-20-20\/","title":{"rendered":"WCDO NEWS MONDAY 1-20-20"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

State\nSenator Jim Seward announced today that the will NOT seek re-election this\nyear, and will retire from the senate when his current term expires at the end\nof the year.  Seward released a statement\nsaying that he has responded well to his recent cancer treatments, but his\ncontinuing treatments will limit his ability to maintain the rigorous schedule\nneeded to campaign for re-election.  \nSeward has serviced in the State Senate since 1986.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Commerce\nChenango has teamed up with SFCU to host a series of Roundtable Workshops, with\nthe 1st one scheduled for the morning of January 28th in Norwich, Commerce\nChenango CEO Kerri Green explains:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Kerri\nGreen 1-20-20)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nworkshop will be held in the Commerce Chenango Community Room at 15 South Broad\nStreet in Norwich, starting at 7:30 AM through 9:00 AM, more information is\navailable at 334-1400.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Governor\nCuomo will release his state budget plan Tomorrow afternoon which has a 6\nBillion dollar projected budget gap due to the state taking over the Medicaid\ncosts from local governments over the last 6 years, he commented during his\nState of the State address 2 weeks ago:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Cuomo\n1-20-20)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

State\nComptroller Tom DiNapoli stated last week that the state too often relies on\nmoving deficits to out-year budgets, eventually it has to be dealt with.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bills\nare being drawn up in both house of the state legislature to rescind or delay\nthe controversial Bail Reform bill that went into effect January 1st.  Hundreds of criminal charges that used to\nresult in suspects being held on bail, are now having the suspects released\nback into their communities, several committed crimes within hours of their\nrelease.  Governor Cuomo made no mention\nof the controversy in his State of the State address on January 8th.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Former\nNew York Congressman Christopher Collins was sentenced Friday to 26 months in\nfederal prison for his role in an illegal insider trading scheme involving an\nAustralian business.  Collins must\nsurrender on March 17th to the Bureau of Prisons & will be sent to a\nfederal prison, He resigned from Congress immediately after the plea.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nLegacy of DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. will be celebrated today in Albany.  The Free Event will be held in The Egg\u2019s Hart\nTheatre, beginning at 9:00 AM, The public is invited to attend or watch it\nstreamed live at empirestateplaza.ny.gov; and the program will begin promptly\nat 10 a.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On\nFriday Investigators and Deputies from the Delaware County Sheriff\u2019s Office\narrested 48-year-old Mark Boice of Delancey for Endangering the Welfare of a\nChild and Forcible Touching, for allegedly touching a child\ninappropriately.  Boice was issued an\nappearance ticket returnable to the Town of Hamden Court at a later date.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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