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Poughkeepsie Agrees To Give Portion Of Street To Medical Center Poughkeepsie Agrees To Give Portion Of Street To Medical Center
Poughkeepsie Agrees To Give Portion Of Street To Medical Center POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y. -- Plans are moving ahead on Vassar Brothers Medical Center's proposed 264-room inpatient pavilion now that Poughkeepsie's Common Council agreed to hand over a portion of Livingston Street as an entrance to the center, according to Time Warner Cable News.The public can still use the part of Livingston Street between Lincoln Avenue and Fox Street, but city officials are giving the hospital the ability to use it as an entrance to the 696,000-square-foot pavilion. Hospital officials say having that entrance will reduce hospital-related traffic on city streets, says Time Warne…

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South Nyack Man Charged With Assaulting Police Officer South Nyack Man Charged With Assaulting Police Officer
South Nyack Man Charged With Assaulting Police Officer NYACK, N. Y. -- A 30-year-old South Nyack man is facing assault charges after Orangetown police said he injured an police officer who was trying to help another person. Adonis Alcime of South Nyack is charged with felony second-degree assault, misdemeanor resisting arrest, misdemeanor second-degree obstructing governmental administration, and disorderly conduct, police said. Orangetown police said they were responding to a call for medical help for an intoxicated person, who was not involved in the incident. As police were trying to help, Alcime pushed and shoved uniformed officers, police …

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Nyack Man Faces Assault Charges Following Fight At Party Nyack Man Faces Assault Charges Following Fight At Party
Nyack Man Faces Assault Charges Following Fight At Party NYACK, N. Y. -- A 31-year-old Nyack man is facing assault charges after Orangetown police say he struck another man over the head with a bottle Saturday in Nyack, police said. Gregory Dubuisson is charged with second-degree assault, a felony, and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, a misdemeanor, police said. He's being held in the Rockland County Jail pending a future court date in Nyack, police said. Police responded to a call for medical assistance Saturday on High Avenue in Nyack. Police said the investigation revealed Dubuisson struck another man over the head with a bottle …

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Police Investigate Fatal Mount Vernon Drive-By Shooting Police Investigate Fatal Mount Vernon Drive-By Shooting
Police Investigate Fatal Mount Vernon Drive-By Shooting MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. -- Mount Vernon police are seeking the public's help in finding those responsible for a Sunday drive-by shooting that left one man dead, according to a News 12 report.Jovelle Stewart, 20, was sitting in his friend's car about 4 p.m. on North High Street when he was hit in the head with a bullet when multiple shots were fired. He died before reaching the hospital, News 12 says. Police told News 12 that they believe the suspects were in a Volkswagen and drove toward the Bronx River Parkway. Click here to read the News 12 article.

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Hudson Valley's Tyler Lydon Helps Syracuse Advance To NCAA Final Four Hudson Valley's Tyler Lydon Helps Syracuse Advance To NCAA Final Four
Hudson Valley's Tyler Lydon Helps Syracuse Advance To NCAA Final Four Pine Plains native and freshman Syracuse University basketball player Tyler Lydon didn't need his shoes to get the job done.The Stissing Mountain High School graduate's 3-point shot without one shoe helped launch a comeback in Syracuse's 68-62 win over Virginia on Sunday in the NCAA Midwest Regional final, sending Syracuse to the NCAA's Final Four. Lydon, whose mother played basketball for Dutchess Community College, finished with 11 points, making three of five 3-point shots. He was also credited with six rebounds and five blocked Virginia shots. Click here to read the syracuse.com story.

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Schools
Spano Still Hopeful About State Help To Fix Yonkers Schools Spano Still Hopeful About State Help To Fix Yonkers Schools
Spano Still Hopeful About State Help To Fix Yonkers Schools YONKERS, N.Y. -- Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano, who was in Albany last week to lobby for state funding to fix Yonkers schools, said he still plans to pursue it even though it is not in the state's proposed $145 billion budget, according to a report by lohud.com.Spano said he's still hopeful to have lawmakers agree to pick up most of the cost of the 13-year, $2 billion capital improvement plan to repair Yonkers public schools. He said it would be similar to capital improvement projects in which the state participated in Rochester, Syracuse and Buffalo, reports lohud.com. Though it is not in the bu…

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Woman Accused Of Taking $18K In Jewelry From Piermont Store Woman Accused Of Taking $18K In Jewelry From Piermont Store
Woman Accused Of Taking $18K In Jewelry From Piermont Store PIERMONT, N. Y. -- A 19-year-old Queens woman was arrested Thursday and later charged with grand larceny after police say she took jewelry worth about $18,000 from a Piermont jewelry store, according to a report from News 12.Ashley Deleon of Queens was released on $800 bail for the grand larceny charge, and police are still looking for a second person, reports News 12. The jewelry was taken from AB Artisans in Piermont, according to New 12. Click here to read the News 12 article.

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Beacon Man Gets Prison Time For Third DWI Offense Beacon Man Gets Prison Time For Third DWI Offense
Beacon Man Gets Prison Time For Third DWI Offense BEACON, N. Y. -- A Dutchess County judge ordered one to three years in state prison, along with other punishments, for a Beacon man convicted of his third driving while intoxicated offense since 2009, according to the Poughkeepsie Journal.Nelson F. Ramos Gonzalez, 49, who pled guilty to a felony DWI charge last month, also has to pay the mandatory fine of $2,520, lose his driver's license and attend victim impact and drunk driving programs, the Poughkeepsie Journal says.  Dutchess County Court Judge Peter M. Forman also required that he use an ignition interlock device in his car that will t…

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Westchester County Police Down Five Officers, More Expected Westchester County Police Down Five Officers, More Expected
Westchester County Police Down Five Officers, More Expected WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N. Y. -- The president of the union representing Westchester County police says the department is down five people with the potential for three more, which could put public safety at risk, according to lohud.com. Michael Hagan, president of the Police Benevolent Association, said he's hopeful county leaders will find the funds to fill those positions and bring the department back to the 330-officer level originally planned for this year. He said the county has not filled three new positions called for in this year's $1.8 billion budget, lohud.com reports. Click here to r…

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Former Mount Vernon Water Chief Pleads Guilty To Bribery Former Mount Vernon Water Chief Pleads Guilty To Bribery
Former Mount Vernon Water Chief Pleads Guilty To Bribery MOUNT VERNON, N. Y. -- A former Mount Vernon water commissioner pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to trying to take a bribe in exchange for a job promotion then lying about it to investigators, federal law enforcement officials said.Anthony Bove, 48, of North Salem, pleaded guilty to one count of bribery, and one count of delivering a false statement. Possible sentences go as high as 10 years and five years, respectively. Federal officials say the incident dates back to the spring of 2015 when a bookkeeping employee was seeking a promotion within the city's water department. Rather tha…

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