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NY Doctor Sentenced for Filing False Tax Returns, Ordered To Pay $245,212
A New York doctor will avoid prison after admitting that he filed false tax returns.
Albany County resident Ehab Kodsi, age 56, of Watervliet, was sentenced to pay $245,212 in restitution and pay an additional $25,000 fine Thursday, Nov. 3, in federal court in Albany.
The sentence followed Kodsi’s guilty plea to filing a false tax return and admission that he deliberately underreported revenue from both his pain management company in Queensbury, in Warren County, and his real estate company between 2015 and 2018.
He was also accused of improperly deducting personal and business expenses.…
These NY Counties Among Healthiest In Nation, New Report Says
When it comes to the healthiest locales in the United States, several counties in New York are faring quite well, according to a new ranking by U.S. News & World Report.
The outlet analyzed nearly 3,000 US counties on metrics it said shape and show the health of a community, like public safety, access to healthcare, educational equity, income, housing affordability, food availability, and nutrition.
Analysts then used that data to rank the 500 healthiest communities in the country across 10 categories on a scale of zero to 100.
In New York, Saratoga County was ranked healthiest overal…
NY Sees New Increase In Flu Cases: Here Are Counties Most Affected
With all eyes concentrating on the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, flu season has quietly snuck up on New Yorkers, where flu is being categorized as "widespread."
In the latest update from the Department of Health, New York recorded 1,133 cases of influenza out of more than 46,000 tests that were conducted, marking the “second week that widespread activity has been reported following one week of regional activity.”
According to health officials, 47 counties reported cases of influenza, with just one having none.
The hardest-hit areas, with more than 10 cases per 100,000 population, are in o…
Cause Of Massive Fire At Rachael Ray's Upstate NY Home Revealed As TV Host Reflects On Blaze
Authorities have revealed where the massive fire that broke out in the upstate New York home of TV host Rachael Ray began.
The celebrity chef, her husband John Cusimano, her mother Elsa Scuderi, and the family’s dog, Bella Boo, were in their Lake Luzerne house, located in Warren County in the Adirondacks, on Sunday, Aug. 9, when the fire broke. It left the main house on the property with extensive damage.
Ray had been taping her show from the home, located about 60 miles north of Albany, since April due to the COVID-19 outbreak with Cusimano producing and operating the camera.
Crews f…
Covid-19: New Rundown Of Total, New Cases In Rockland County
The following are the latest number of total novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases followed by new cases for counties in New York as of early Saturday evening, April 11.
Albany
446 total cases, 20
Allegany
26, 0
Broome
117, 5
Cattaraugus
19, 1
Cayuga
28, 1
Chautauqua
21, 1
Chemung
60, 1
Chenango
61, 1
Clinton
43, 0
Columbia
77, 3
Cortland
17, 0
Delaware
39, 0
Dutchess
1,744, 146
Erie
1,472, 63
Essex
12, 2
Franklin
11, 0
Fulton
21, 3
Genesee
67, 2
Greene
37, 3
Hami…
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