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There’s an additional level of job security in exchange for the sacrifices and the contributions that the union members have made.
(02/10/12) With just six weeks left in the state's fiscal year, the Cuomo Administration has still not settled labor contracts with some significant public worker's unions. These include the state's corrections officers, and professors and other staff in the State University System. Karen DeWitt has this report. more
Last year, then state Sen. Darrel Aubertine spoke at a rally to save Ogdensburg Correctional (Photo: NYS Senate)
(04/05/11) Governor Andrew Cuomo is preparing a final list of state correctional facilities that will close this year as part of his austerity spending plan.
That means prison towns here in the North Country are waiting on pins and needles, hoping their facilities aren't on the list. Once the governor announces his decision, prisons could close within thirty days. Brian Mann visited Ogdensburg. He found that people there are worried, but hopeful. more adirondacks ·
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Blacksmith David Woodward sets in place the final piece of the weather vane he made for the Adirondack Carousel in Saranac Lake, which opens Saturday at 1 pm with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Photo: Mark Kurtz.
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