Pensions at stake in New York reform on officials’ pensions
A reform proposal would strip pensions from convicted officials in New York, while Silver and Skelos face retrials. The amendment to hold a constitutional convention advances with Oswego County legislators voting yes. Supporters say officials must be held to account. opponents worry about families and loopholes. Polls open 6 am to 9 pm.
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Skelos
Assembly
Senate
Oswego County
Robert Oaks
Macedon
Patty Ritchie
Heaverton
Ritchie
Ruben Diaz
D-Bronx
Newsday
Will Barclay
R-Pulaski
New York
Barclay
State Senate
Wahrendorf Aims To Bring Balance To Port City Council
Oswego Democrat Wahrendorf, a Golisano nurse for 15 years, seeks the 4th Ward seat against Republican Robert Wilmott. She pledges balance, jobs, public safety, and restrained taxes and water bills, urging broader policy beyond landlord criticism while promoting faster Midtown Plaza development and winterside alternate side parking. Election Day is Tuesday from 6 am to 9 pm at St. Pauls Church.
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Golisano
Wahrendorf
Robert Wilmott
Shawn Walker
Walker
Wilmott Seeks Fresh Eyes on Oswego City Council
Republican Wilmott faces Democrat Kathy Wahrendorf in a 4th Ward race. Wilmott, a construction industry rep, pledges focus on east side development and code enforcement, while Wahrendorf co-owns about two dozen rental properties and is a nurse at Golisano Children’s Hospital. He supports year round alternate side parking to ease winter issues, with campaign events set at St. Paul’s Church in Oswego.
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Wilmott
Northeast Regional Council of Carpenters
Kathy Wahrendorf
Golisano Children’s Hospital
Syracuse
David
Billy Barlow
East Side
City Hall
Barlow
St. Paul's Church
E. Fifth St
Oswego
4Th Ward
Filmmaker Kantayya urges sustainable future and just transition
Kantayya argues wars over water loom and corporations commoditize water. Her film A Drop of Life shows a future India where water access is controlled, killing a village girl. She urges imagination and a just transition to clean energy, citing solar jobs and policy shifts in China as proof of rapid change. She calls SUNY Oswego students to act for planetary health.
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Kantayya
India
Beals
All Bs
China
Suny Oswego
Adirondack land bank proposal aims to ease preserve conflicts
Adirondack communities could gain a land bank system to allow utility projects along highway corridors within the Forest Preserve while preserving Forever Wild. The plan would compensate towns for land use, reduce need for individual constitutional amendments, and seek support from conservation groups and legislators. Local leaders emphasize net conservation and tax implications, with broad backing and limited opposition.
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Forest Preserve
Adirondack Association of Towns and Villages
AATV
Mark Hall
Hall
Adirondack Council
John Sheehan
Sheehan
Was Trump Behind 2014 Effort to Foil Bills Sale
Buffalo AP report investigates claims that Donald Trump masterminded the 2014 grassroots effort to block Jon Bon Jovi from buying the Buffalo Bills. The plan formed 12th Man Thunder to press for keeping the team in Buffalo, claiming Bon Jovi would move the franchise to Canada. Caputo, Pellien, and others say Trump conceived the idea in a Trump Tower meeting and urged organizing fans. The group built a 15,000‑strong email list as it distributed petitions and Bon Jovi boycott posters.
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N.Y
Donald Trump
Jon Bon Jovi
NFL
Buffalo Bills
Bills
12Th Man Thunder
Bon Jovi
Canada
Associated Press
Charles Pellien
White House
Trump Organization
Michael Caputo
Trump
Trump Tower
Caputo
Pellien
Orchard Park
Deaths Haynes Raymond F Oswego obituary details
Raymond F Haynes 71 Oswego died November 2 2017 Calling hours 4 to 7 p m today at Nelson Funeral Home Oswego Graveside services 1 a m Tuesday at Oswego Town Rural Cemetery
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Raymond F
Oswego
Nelson Funeral Home
Albany St
Oswego Town Rural Cemetery
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