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Provided photo/Harry Wilson's campaignThere are three days of early voting left in Onondaga County before primary election day on Tuesday. Wednesday, we heard from Rob Astorino and Andrew Giuliani who made campaign stops in Syracuse. Today, we check in with Harry Wilson. -
Kevin P. Coughlin/� 2022 Kevin P. Coughlin / State/� 2022 Kevin P. Coughlin / StateThe case, brought by the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association, took issue with New York’s laws, on the books since the early 1900’s, that made it a crime to possess a firearm without a license, and that required anyone who wanted to carry a concealed firearm outside the home to obtain an additional permit.
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The bill targets voter discrimination, enhances legal protections for voters and centralizes election data in New York. -
More than 700 primary voters have already chosen which candidate they’d like to see for governor on the November ballot.
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The measures are in response to an anticipated decision from the U.S. Supreme Court that would overturn the 1973 abortion rights decision, Roe v. Wade.
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Members of the independent redistricting commission will take feedback into consideration for possible adjustments.
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It’s less than three weeks until New York state’s primary for governor, and so far, it seems the contest is Governor Kathy Hochul’s to lose. While she’s ahead of her two challengers, Hochul does have some potential vulnerabilities.
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The bill imposes a moratorium on new and renewed permits at fossil fuel-burning plants for a type of crypto mining known as proof-of-work. The process to create bitcoin relies on large amounts of energy.
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Another session of the Onondaga County Legislature came and went Wednesday without a vote on the proposed $85 million aquarium. Wednesday’s agenda included the usual array of routine items, but the aquarium was notably absent for a sixth month.
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New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, who is running to the left of Hochul, and Long Island Congressman Tom Suozzi, a moderate democrat to the right of the governor, ganged up to attack Hochul on the rising crime rates, and a deal she struck to keep the Buffalo Bills playing in Western New York.
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The five districts are being redrawn for the first time in 20 years to reflect changes in the city’s population numbers and demographics.
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The bills are aimed at closing some loopholes that allowed the alleged 18 year old gunman in the Buffalo massacre to purchase a semi- automatic rifle, a bullet proof vest, and evade the state’s red flag laws.
