Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem participated in a raid alongside Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents last week, targeting three locations in New York City—two in the Bronx and one in Manhattan….
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Livingston Manor-Roscoe Schools Candidate Forums to Stream Live
Voters in the Livingston Manor-Roscoe Central School District will have two opportunities this week to meet the 19 candidates for the new seven-member Board of Education. The candidate forums, hosted by the…
NY Immigration Coalition Fighting for Immigrants Amid Surge in ICE Raids and Arrests
President Donald Trump has signed a slew of executive orders aimed at immigration policy. This week, there were several reports of ice raids and arrests in major cities across the country –…
Experts Urge Caution to Stop Spread of Avian Flu
Amy Barkley is a livestock specialist with the Southwest New York Dairy Livestock and Field Crops program and an expert for the avian influenza outbreak for Cornell. She also has her own…
Indigenous Rights Advocate Leonard Peltier to Be Honored at Community Celebration
Leonard Peltier, the indigenous activist whose sentence was commuted by former President Biden on January 19, will not be relocated to house arrest until next month. However, a local celebration to commemorate…
Rural Migrant Communities Fear Deportation Amid Escalating Immigration Raids
The Trump administration has ramped up arrests of undocumented migrants in major cities around the country, detaining thousands of people including criminals and those without criminal histories alike. Since the president took…
Confirmed ‘Bird Flu’ Affecting Poultry on One Ulster County Farm
A flock of roughly 50 chickens and ducks on an Ulster County farm has been struck by avian flu, resulting in the deaths of all but two birds. The Ulster County Department…
NY State Gets a Failing Grade for Funding Tobacco Prevention Programs in Annual American Lung Association Report
The American Lung Association’s annual “State of Tobacco Control” report gives New York a failing grade for funding tobacco prevention programs. Year to year New York traditionally receives mixed grades in the…
NY Attorney General Sues Trump Administration as State Gets Locked Out of Medicaid
The effects of a federal spending freeze rolled through New York on Tuesday, as the state found itself unable to process Medicaid payments and Attorney General Letitia James joined a lawsuit to…