While it’s way too simplistic to blame the drugstores for this epidemic alone, they make a lot of money in our towns on prescriptions. It would have been nice of them to proactively intensify their good corporate citizenship and volunteer to do this, but they haven’t.
An amendment to the Republican health care touted by U.S. Rep John Faso as saving taxpayers through Medicaid reforms could trigger another round of sales tax battles as the state seeks a new source of local dollars to plug the hole in its budget. Make no mistake: The stakes are huge.
On Wednesday, May 24, the Hudson River Maritime Museum and the state Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation played host to a visit from a delegation the Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
App-based ride-hailing could be coming to upstate New York as soon as the July 4 weekend and at least one popular service says they plan to include the city in their statewide rollout.
The local law local law would ban discrimination against people on the basis of gender identity in “any place of public accommodation, resort or amusement.”
Tucked behind a side road in the Town of Kingston is a place where dogs can go to be happy, loved and comfortable for however many days they have left.
“The Fence Post,” which takes its visual cues from Stockade FC’s orange uniform embellishment and the cut & paste aesthetic of British football fanzines and classic punk rock flyers, was created by Spike Vrusho, a Rhinebeck-based sportswriter and cab driver, and the author of “Benchclearing: Baseball’s Greatest Fights and Riots.”
Topics include: VanBlarcum is misinformed, lawmakers’ transphobia, Ulster County nepotism, Parkinson’s Awareness Walk.
“Fund balance is a good thing, rating agencies love to see that,” said Comptroller John Tuey. “But you have to balance that against the needs of taxpayers and saving them money going forward.”
It sounds more improbable than it actually is: a prosecutor, a criminal defense lawyer, an assistant DA, a city police detective and a chill dude bass player.