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Will state elections move to even years?
Critics of New York’s law that would change election day from odd to even years have had their day in court, or at least in a hearing before the state’s highest court, the Times Union says. The change of year would align the local elections with the state and national elections. It is a move that would mean local elections would be lost in the tide of larger, national issues, and it would be expected to help the Democratic Party in the state. Petitioners fighting against the change say it violates the state constitution’s Home Rule protections for local autonomy, the story says. The story covers Monday’s time in the hearing and the Constitutional challenge before the court.
1st African-American astronaut-pilot to speak
Sian Proctor, the first African American woman to pilot a spacecraft, will speak at a Union College forum on Friday, part of the annual Feigenbaum Forum on Innovation and Creativity. Proctor piloted the Inspiration4 spacecraft in 2021 on the first all-civilian orbital mission to space, a story in the Daily Gazette says. Proctor is a scientist and geology professor at South Mountain Community College. “EarthLight: Exploring the Intersection of Art, Science and Engineering for Earth and Beyond,” will be held at 5 p.m. on Friday in the Nott Memorial building on Union College’s campus. It is free and open to the public.
End of the season
Stella’s Creamery and Cakes will serve up its last of the season on Sunday, Sept. 28, according to a story in the Daily Gazette. Other places that are shuttering: Martha’s Dandee Creme in Queensbury, Sept. 13; mini-golf and ice cream shop Pirate’s Hide-Out in Watford, Sept. 13. Poppy’s Ice Cream, Sept. 28.
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Police and drunk driving
New York State Police records show that at least 17 cases from 2013 to 2023, state police officers did not take basic steps to confirm if their fellow officers had driven drunk, despite significant indications that they had, a story in the Times Union says. They drew some of their data from investigations by the New York Times and New York Focus. Drunken driving by state police could be treated as a human resources issue, not a crime, the story says. One officer clearly drunk at the scene of his own accident, was not charged and later was awarded Erie County’s DWI enforcement award, the story says.
Hot Crispy Oil buys plant
Albany-based Hot Crispy Oil has purchased a warehouse, at 24 Thacher St. in Albany, behind the Nine Pin Cider Works, a story in the Albany Business Review says. HCO founder John Trimble and a silent partner paid $475,000 for the property. Trimble told the news outlet that his former location was too close to defunct Central Warehouse, and he did not want to be near that location when demolition of it started.
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