Bedford, NY
News
COVID-19: Here's Latest Rundown Of NY New, Total Cases By County COVID-19: Here's Latest Rundown Of NY New, Total Cases By County
Covid-19: Here's Latest Rundown Of NY New, Total Cases By County The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak continues to plague New Yorkers, with new cases reported in 45 counties statewide, officials reported. There were 731 new COVID-19-related deaths overnight, though the number of cases may be plateauing, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said during his daily briefing on Tuesday, April 7. There were 8,174 new confirmed cases as the statewide total climbed to 138,863. "It's going to come down to how good we are with testing. ... But you have to have that testing and you have to have that testing on a scale," Cuomo said. "You have 19 million people in th…

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by Zak Failla
Mount Pleasant, NY
News
Operator Of Limo Company Charged With Negligent Homicide For Crash That Killed 20 Operator Of Limo Company Charged With Negligent Homicide For Crash That Killed 20
Operator Of Limo Company Charged With Negligent Homicide For Crash That Killed 20 The operator and son of the owner of the limousine company involved in the horrific weekend crash that resulted in 20 fatalities in upstate New York over the weekend has been arrested and charged with criminally negligent homicide, state police announced at a Wednesday afternoon press conference. Nauman Hussain, the 28-year-old son of Shahed Hussain of Prestige Limousine in Saratoga County, was taken in custody during what police called a controlled traffic stop on I-787 near Albany. Shahed Hussain is currently out of the country, in Pakistan, but will return if asked, his lawyer said. The …

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by Joe Lombardi
Mount Pleasant, NY
Police & Fire
State Police Make Arrest In Upstate Limo Crash That Killed 20 State Police Make Arrest In Upstate Limo Crash That Killed 20
State Police Make Arrest In Upstate Limo Crash That Killed 20 This story has been updated. The operator of the limousine company involved in the horrific weekend crash that resulted in 20 fatalities in upstate New York over the weekend has been arrested and charged with negligent homicide, state police announced at a Wednesday afternoon press conference. Nauman Hussain, the son of owner Shahed Hussain of Prestige Limousine in Saratoga County, was taken in custody during what police called a controlled traffic stop on I-787 near Albany. Shahed Hussain is currently out of the country, but will return if asked, his lawyer said. The stretch limousine inv…

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by Joe Lombardi
White Plains, NY
Police & Fire
Upstate NY Limousine Crash That Killed 20 Nation's Deadliest In Nearly A Decade Upstate NY Limousine Crash That Killed 20 Nation's Deadliest In Nearly A Decade
Upstate NY Limousine Crash That Killed 20 Nation's Deadliest In Nearly A Decade This story has been updated. State police released details at a Sunday afternoon press conference of the horrific crash involving a runaway SUV-style stretch limousine that killed 20 people outside a popular tourist stop for fall foliage season in upstate New York. It was the deadliest crash in the U.S. in nearly a decade -- on land or in the air -- since the Feb. 12, 2009 crash of Colgan Air Flight 3407 in Buffalo, which took the lives of 49 people. The mass casualty crash happened just before 2 p.m. Saturday at the intersection of State Route 30 and Route 30A in the Town of Schoharie in…

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by Joe Lombardi
Mount Pleasant, NY
Politics
Thanks, Obama: Ex-President Endorses Hudson Valley Congressional Candidate Thanks, Obama: Ex-President Endorses Hudson Valley Congressional Candidate
Thanks, Obama: Ex-President Endorses Hudson Valley Congressional Candidate A Congressional candidate in the Hudson Valley received an endorsement from former President Barack Obama on Wednesday. Rhinebeck resident Anthony Delgado, a Schenectady native challenging first-term Republican John Faso in the 19th District in November’s midterm elections, was among 81 Democrats who received the former Commander-in-Chief’s vote of approval this week. The 19th district - where Delgado is running - includes parts of Dutchess, Ulster, Greene, Columbia, Sullivan, Delaware, Schoharie, Otsego, Rensselaer, Montgomery and Broome counties. 
“Today I’m proud to endorse such a wide …

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by Zak Failla