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The legislature voted to rescind a decision to change retired county workers’ health insurance. This comes amid a drawn-out legal battle over the plan, after retirees sued the county.
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Nearly 200 retired Cortland County workers are suing over plans to change their retirement health insurance from a traditional Medicare plan to a privately-run Medicare Advantage plan.
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The DEC maintained its previous position that the facility did not comply with New York’s statutory climate goals.
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"[The ruling], especially, is making me not want to go far away from here," said 11th grader Samantha Kager. "Especially if I can't have free choice of what I want to do with my own body."
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The city's Common Council plans to vote next week on an ordinance that would make it more difficult for other states to investigate abortions in Ithaca.
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"Your clients are more than your clients, because you probably know them. They're people in your community, and so they feel more like family."
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Environmental regulator issues violation notice to the Village of Johnson City.
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The virus is spread through bird droppings, especially from migratory waterfowl like ducks and geese.
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“We had one call, [the dispatcher called] 23 agencies, and no ambulance was available. To the point where the dispatcher called the house back and said, ‘We’ve got nothing. You have to find your own way to the hospital.’"
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The Southern Tier region will receive about $4.8 million from the settlement in 2022. The initial payout on Tuesday totaled about $759,000 for the region.
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"We are starting to see shortages in especially our rural areas. Positions for school psychologists left open year after year with no one to fill them."
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The jobs come with benefits and pay is higher than what many private home health agencies offer. But the county hasn’t gotten many applicants yet.