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YOUR MORNING NEWS ROUNDUP

Wed Jun 28 2023

 

Traffic deaths surged in New York State during the pandemic. Here's why

Traffic is at a crawl on westbound I-287 through Harrison, as police and fire departments investigate a double fatality on the eastbound side, Aug. 19, 2021.

Research shows drivers engaged in riskier behavior during the pandemic, leading to a jump in fatalities

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Ida Lewin of Yonkers, who turns 100 this summer, is a Holocaust survivor, and through the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany will receive monetary aid after the conference recently won $1.4 billion in aid to be distributed to more than 128,000 survivors worldwide. Lewin, photographed June 26, 203, will also receive extra aid through Westchester Jewish Community Service.
 

The Holocaust ended 78 years ago. The fight to aid survivors continues

 

In one labor camp, Ida Lewin worked in a munitions factory. She recalled wryly how prisoners would say, "we are making bullets for ourselves."

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Yankees' legendary radio broadcaster John Sterling
 

John Sterling: Q&A with Yankees broadcaster as his 85th birthday nears

 

To mark John Sterling's July 4 birthday and his 35th season with the Yankees, here’s Pete Caldera's Q&A with the legendary radio broadcaster.

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FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018 file photo, traffic makes it's way across 42nd Street near Grand Central Terminal in New York. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday Feb. 26, 2019, announced a deal on plans for new tolls on motorists entering the heart of Manhattan, an important show of support as state lawmakers debate ways to raise revenue for an outdated transit system.(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
 

NYC congestion pricing means cleaner air, less traffic, Hochul says

 

Gov. Kathy Hochul touted the benefits of a proposed congestion pricing plan below 60th Street after Gov. Phil Murphy hired lawyers to fight it.

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Traffic moves northbound in a haze covered Interstate 684 northbound in Southeast June 7, 2023. Smoke from wildfires in Canada continue to cover our area.
 

Wildfire smoke expected to blanket Rochester, Hudson valley this week. What to know

 

A cold front entering Western New York from the northwest is set to bring wildfire smoke to surface levels by Wednesday, state officials warned.

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