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Officials in the town of Thurston passed the measure because of concerns about PFAS or “forever chemicals” in the area’s water and soil.
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The town of Bath is celebrating the opening of a new multimillion-dollar wood-siding processing plant. State Senator Tom O’Mara says these kinds of projects are "critically important."
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Steuben County is addressing the opioid crisis by making Narcan, the opioid overdose-reversing drug, available to the public at local fire departments.
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Forty people overdosed in April, a nearly 40% increase from March, according to overdose data the county health department collects.
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The county's health department said it hopes publishing the monthly data will raise awareness about the scope of the overdose epidemic.
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New York state is still sorting out how to spend over $2 billion in opioid settlement money from pharmaceutical companies, which played a role in the opioid crisis. Southern Tier counties, many still battered by rising overdose rates, are deciding how best to spend funds they’ve received from signing on to settlements.
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Judge Patrick McAllister wrote in his decision that he believes the Assembly lines are unconstitutional, but the attempts to intervene in the lawsuit came too late.
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NY redistricting: Voters flock to Steuben County to comment on future of New York’s legislative mapsA lower court judge in Steuben County is overseeing the redrawing of the congressional and state Senate maps by an independent redistricting expert.
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Democrats immediately said they would appeal the ruling.