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Some recommendations agreed to by the university include phasing out single-use plastics and creating a sustainability research competition to explore new ways to reduce emissions.
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High school seniors across New York will be automatically accepted to their local SUNY community college, something SUNY Chancellor John King says will break down some barriers to education access.
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Adam Tindall-Schlicht, appointed by President Biden, is the youngest and first openly gay Administrator of the St. Lawrence Seaway.
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The bills include a plastic packaging reduction measure, a Superfund to pay for climate change effects, and a bill to cap utility costs for lower-income New Yorkers.
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The team's new stadium is scheduled to be built in time for the 2026 season.
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New York's fledgling marijuana market doesn't have enough licensed retailers to sell the 300,000 pounds of cannabis grown by farmers in the state.
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Buffalo's snow-removal fleet was no match for the historic Christmas week blizzard that left 31 people dead in the city, and officials fell short in issuing warnings and providing shelter, according to a report released Friday.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul and other state and county leaders have made little progress over the past week on getting help from the federal government as asylum-seekers continue to arrive in New York City, and Mayor Eric Adams continues to send some of them to other parts of the state.
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Cuomo’s case questions the constitutionality of the Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government, a panel formed to replace the Joint Commission on Public Ethics last year.
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The bill would expunge criminal records for people convicted of some crimes in order to help them get jobs and housing once they’ve served their sentence.