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SUNY's Orange Newburgh Campus Partially Evacuated Over Suspicious Device Later Deemed Safe
The State University of New York’s Orange Newburgh campus was partially evacuated Wednesday as authorities investigated a suspicious device discovered in a garage, authorities say.
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Michigan State Chooses New President After Sex Abuse Scandal
Dr. Samuel Stanley Jr., a medical researcher who has led Stony Brook University in New York for nearly a decade, was named Tuesday as the next president of Michigan State University in the wake of the most extensive sexual abuse scandal in sports history. Stanley was chosen in an 8-0 vote by the school’s board of trustees, effective Aug. 1....
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Overtime Pay at New York State Agencies is the Highest in Decade: Report
New York state agencies paid out $787 million in overtime for more than 18 million extra hours worked by state employees in 2018.
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NRA Has History of Promoting Gun Rights Outside US
The recent revelation that National Rifle Association representatives had met with Australian politicians to discuss talking points after a mass shooting generated outrage from various politicians. The reality is that the NRA has been exerting its influence on gun debates outside the U.S. for a number of years, exporting its firebrand rhetoric and belief that more guns will lead to...
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New Names Picked for SUNY-New Paltz Buildings That Honored Slaveholders
Officials at the State University of New York at New Paltz have picked new names for campus buildings that were named for slave-owning families. The college said they selected new names Wednesday for six buildings based on a survey that drew responses from more than 3,000 students. For more than a year, the school has been considering renaming the buildings…
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Former Cuomo Economic Guru Alain Kaloyeros Sentenced to Prison
The former head of the State University of New York’s Polytechnic Institute was sentenced Tuesday to 3½ years in prison for his role in corrupting the state’s Buffalo Billion project.
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo To Make 5th Visit to Puerto Rico Since Hurricane
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is making his fifth visit to Puerto Rico following last year’s devastating hurricanes.
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Buffalo Billion Corruption Trial Sees Key Players Convicted
A federal jury in New York convicted key players Thursday on charges related to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s “Buffalo Billion” economic redevelopment program, leaving some lawyers grumbling that it’s a bad time to face corruption charges.
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University Official Resigns After Afghanistan Bombing Claim
A high-ranking New York university official resigned Monday after a newspaper challenged his story about surviving a deadly bombing in Afghanistan, being offered a job by former Secretary of State Colin Powell and other claims.
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#ENOUGH: Thousands of NY, NJ Students Close Textbooks, Walk Out of Class to Protest Gun Violence
March 14 marks one month since 17 people were gunned down at a Florida high school, a shooting that has sparked outrage across the country and cries for more strict gun control.
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Think Tank Reveals Highest Paid Employees on New York State Government Payroll
A newly-released list reveals New York’s highest-paid state employees of 2017. A college dean is the highest paid employee on the state payroll — raking in over $700,000 last year. According to Empire Center, 3,568 state government employees were paid more than Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Cuomo had a salary totaling $178,509.
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SUNY Revokes Honorary Degree Awarded to Charlie Rose
State University of New York officials have revoked an honorary award given to television host Charlie Rose over sexual harassment allegations.
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Gun Industry Converges Near Las Vegas Mass Shooting Site
The gun industry is holding its biggest annual trade show this week just a few miles from the site where a gunman slaughtered 58 concertgoers outside his high-rise Las Vegas hotel room in October using a display case worth of weapons, many fitted with bump stocks that enabled them to mimic fully automatic fire. Gun control advocates, meanwhile, pointed to...
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Long Island Student Who Died at SUNY Oneonta Was Underground Frat Pledge: Police
Underground fraternities like the one where a freshman was found unconscious before dying from a combination of drugs and alcohol have been a longtime problem for the upstate New York college town, police said Tuesday.
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SUNY Oneonta Student From Long Island Dies After Going to Party
A Long Island college student died after being found slumped over at a house party off of a State University of New York campus with a fatally toxic mix of drugs and alcohol in his bloodstream over the weekend, according to a published report.
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Woman Shot Dead, Man Apparently Tries to Kill Self in Lower Manhattan: Police
A 56-year-old woman was found dead with a gunshot wound to the chest and a 62-year-old man discovered barely alive with an apparent self-inflicted shot to the head in lower Manhattan early Wednesday, authorities say.
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Knife-Wielding Man Released From Rikers Days Ago Shot After Allegedly Stabbing Sister, Charging Cops in Queens Apartment
A knife-wielding man released from Rikers four days ago was shot by police in the hallway of a Queens apartment building Tuesday after allegedly stabbing his sister repeatedly, leaving her bloodied outside, authorities say.
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21 SUNY Students Charged With Hazing Pledges Using Urine, Vomit, Alcohol
Twenty-one students at a New York college have been charged with hazing fraternity pledges by making them drink alcohol, forcing them to eat food off the floor, and vomiting and urinating on them.
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Panic, Chaos Erupt Over Emotionally Disturbed Woman on B Train Near Central Park
An emotionally disturbed woman who somehow scared riders on a B train near Central Park West sparked a panic at the height of Wednesday’s morning rush, with straphangers tweeting about “mass evacuations” and “people stampeding,” according to a senior law enforcement official familiar with the investigation.