About 40 to 50 people including several state and county legislators rallied with signs bearing messages such as "No nuke waste in the Hudson."

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Wed Aug 16 2023

 

Rally urges Hochul to block radioactive discharge into Hudson River

Emily Skydel, an organizer with Food and Water Watch, speaks at a rally urging Gov. Kathy Hochul to sign a bill that would make it illegal for Holtec International to discharge radioactive waste in the Hudson River August 15, 2023 at Westchester County Center in White Plains.

About 40 to 50 people including several state and county legislators rallied with signs bearing messages such as "No nuke waste in the Hudson."

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Rockland County Deputy Sheriff Brian Neary with K-9 Galli photographed at the Rockland County Sheriff's office in New City on Tuesday, August 15, 2023.
 

Meet K9 Galli: Rockland sheriff's bloodhound scores first rescue

 

The bloodhound was named for NYPD Officer Thomas Gallagher, who died in 2018 after a battle with 9/11-related cancer.

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From left, Reginald Singleton and Joel Jiminez, both former prisoners at Sing Sing, enjoy the view from the vessel Launch 5 piloted by former state trooper Greg Porteus Aug. 13, 2023. The two along with other formerly incarcerated gentlemen, most of whom are graduates of the Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison, spent the afternoon on the Hudson River.
 

Formerly incarcerated men look back at Sing Sing, and also ahead.

 

A group of seven men, each of whom spent at least 2 years behind bars, enjoined a boating excursion on the Hudson River Sunday.

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Families of asylum seekers are led into the Ramada hotel in Yonkers May 15, 2023. The families were being housed in New York City.
 

Health care costs for asylum seekers are rising in NY. Who will pay?

 

Despite mounting urgency, local officials lacked many details about how migrant health care costs will be funded as NYC pleads for federal help.

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A young boy was among the families of asylum seekers led into the Ramada hotel in Yonkers onkers May 15, 2023. The families were being housed in New York City.
 

NY plans to rent homes for up to 1,250 asylum-seeking families

 

New York will rent homes for up to 1,250 families - about $20,000 per family - in NYC's crowded shelters after being bused from the southern border.

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