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In the video, a woman with long wavy hair sits by a window, her profile in shadows. Her name is Lorena and she has a message for the governor of Pennsylvania: “Shut down the Berks Detention Center.” She said she spent 663 days there with her then 3-year-old son and was released in 2017 while seeking asylum.
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BINGHAMTON, NY (WSKG) - New York Republican gubernatorial candidate Marc Molinaro blames the incumbent after his former associate, as well as three developers, was convicted on corruption charges. Former SUNY Polytechnic President Alain Kaloyeros was convicted of unfairly favoring developers from Syracuse and Buffalo when awarding state contracts.
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ROCHESTER, NY (WXXI) - The Empire State Consumer Project has published its 2018 Government Pesticide Survey, highlighting the hazards of common pesticides used on local government properties. President of the group, Judy Braiman, said through a freedom of information request, they received information from 31 municipalities on herbicide and insecticide use.
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ALBANY, NY (WSKG/AP) - A federal jury in New York has convicted key players of corruption in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's "Buffalo Billion" economic redevelopment program. The jury in Manhattan returned its verdict Thursday after a month-long trial put a spotlight on how lucrative contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars were awarded for redevelopment projects aimed at revitalizing upstate New York, particularly Syracuse and Buffalo.
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ROCHESTER, NY (WXXI) - The company behind the software that turns SNAP benefits into the tokens used at the Rochester Public Market has announced that it’s going out of business. Novo Dia contacted the Farmers Market Federation of New York last week, alerting the organization that it would cease operations on July 31, and leaving markets across the state scrambling to find a replacement.
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