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NY’s state budget expected to be late

ALBANY — New York lawmakers are expected to miss the state’s budget deadline as negotiations over housing and education funding remain ongoing, a top official said Wednesday. The due date for adopting a new state budget is April 1, but legislators are set to give themselves a extension ...

Civic Center to remain open for ice skating sessions

SARANAC LAKE — The Saranac Lake Civic Center will stay open until April 9 — later than usual this year — as part of the celebration surrounding the total solar eclipse that will occur on April 8. The Civic Center administrators made this decision to help support activities for locals ...

$15 toll to drive into part of Manhattan approved

NEW YORK (AP) — New York is on track to become the first U.S. city with congestion tolls on drivers entering its central business district after transit officials approved a $15 fee for most motorists headed into part of Manhattan. Members of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority ...

As Boeing turbulence persists

NEW YORK (AP) — Boeing keeps hitting more and more turbulence. The American plane maker has been under intense pressure since early January, when a panel blew off a brand-new Alaska Airlines 737 Max midflight. That’s spotlighted a lengthy series of safety and manufacturing problems that ...

940,000 unclaimed tax refunds from 2020 are about to expire

WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS is warning taxpayers that they may be leaving more than $1 billion on the table. The federal tax collector said Monday that roughly 940,000 people in the U.S. have until May 17 to submit tax returns for unclaimed refunds for tax year 2020, which total more than ...

New York’s paid COVID sick leave could end this year

Paid sick leave for New Yorkers with COVID-19 may come to an end later this year. Gov. Kathy Hochul this year proposed to sunset the existing COVID-19 Sick Leave Law, which went into effect in 2020, in her proposed fiscal year 2025 budget. The law requires state employers to provide at least ...