This the third time Black has been voted in as chair since she was elected in 2017.

Next week, nurses at Cayuga Medical Center in Ithaca will vote on whether or not to unionize with the Communications Workers of America.

The Democrat has represented the 123rd Assembly District, which includes the city of Binghamton, the village of Endicott and the towns of Vestal and Union, for 22 years.

The organization would have been forced to split up and send away one of the largest fossil collections in the country.

The New York Farm Bureau drastically updated its policy position on the practice of landspreading biosolids, which is used as fertilizer. This change comes at the same time the DEC announced more guidelines and testing practices for PFAS “forever chemicals” found in water, soil and air.

The new law will not affect the Broome County Sheriff’s Office agreement with ICE to hold detainees in the county jail.

The newly elected council members in the town of Corning hosted an informal town hall meeting to get to know the concerns and expectations of their constituents.

Parts of the region could see a total of between six and 12 inches of snow Friday night into Saturday morning. A state of emergency is in effect in Broome, Otsego, Delaware, Chenango and Cortland counties.