Economy
Shutdown Will Affect People Awaiting Federal Rent Assistance
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As the partial government shutdown enters its fifth week, the effects are spreading throughout Southern Tier and Finger Lakes communities.
Cuomo Calls For End To Cash Bail, Other Criminal Justice Reforms
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In Tuesday’s State of the State Address, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed several changes to the criminal justice system.
Uncategorized
Despite Shutdown, SNAP Recipients To Receive February Funds
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New Yorkers who receive federal food assistance, also known SNAP, will get their February payments early. SNAP, which a federal program and part of the Agriculture Department, is caught up in the federal shutdown, but earlier this month the USDA instructed states to issue the February payments early.
All Things Considered
“I’ll Never Forget”: Cornell Law Students On Border, Heading To Tijuana
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A group of Cornell Law Students and their professor have been volunteering on the Texas border this week. They are helping mothers and children in the largest family immigration detention center in the country to file asylum claims.
The center is in Dilley, Texas. A remote town of about 4,000 people located over an hour’s drive south of San Antonio. The students have been interviewing women about the experiences that caused them to flee their homes and seek asylum thousands of miles away. From there they will be interviewed by an asylum officer who will decide if they have a “credible fear”.
Cornell Law Students Go To Border To Help Mothers, Children Seeking Asylum
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Six Cornell Law School students and one of their professors have gone to border this week to volunteer at the country’s the largest family immigration center in Dilley, Texas. They are working with the Dilley Pro Bono Project. The Project has been organizing volunteers since the federal facility opened in 2014. Each week a group of volunteer lawyers, law students, paralegals arrived to assist mothers and children file their asylum claims.
Dilley is a remote town of about 4,000 people over an hour’s drive from San Antonio. Jaclyn Kelley-Widmer is an associate professor at Cornell Law School.
2018 legislative session
For Some New York Lawmakers, Stopping The Romulus Incinerator Is A Priority In 2019
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The New York legislature returns to work this morning and Finger Lakes Assemblyman Phil Palmesano (R-C-I) sees it as another chance to kill a proposed trash incinerator in the town of Romulus.
activated carbon
A New Disposal Method For Unused Medications Offered By PA Clinics
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A health network in Pennsylvania’s Tioga County hopes to reduce the abuse of unused medications by making them harder to find. Nationally, young people who abuse prescription opioids usually get them from friends and relatives.
Lupardo, Lifton Will Have Leadership Positions in New York State Assembly
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New leadership positions in the state assembly were announced late last year and a pair of Southern Tier legislators will take charge of important committees.
All Things Considered
Reed Calls For Congress To Stop ‘Political Theater’, And End Shutdown
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Representative Tom Reed said there are compromises available to both parties which would reopen the federal government and give them a victory. First, Reed says Congress must stop what he calls partisan ‘political theater’ and start working to each other.
All Things Considered
In Ithaca, Looking Ahead To 2019
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ITHACA, NY (WSKG) – 2018 is almost over and 2019 is on its way in. Around Ithaca, people are looking to make some changes. Inside a health club, people are signing up for new memberships to start the new year. Nearby others are pushing and pulling on weight machines. “I’m most looking forward to great self care,” said Christine Cummings.