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COVID-19: Hochul Extends NY Indoor Mask Mandate COVID-19: Hochul Extends NY Indoor Mask Mandate
Covid-19: Hochul Extends NY Indoor Mask Mandate New York’s COVID-19 mask mandate has been extended, even as the state is in court to determine its legality in certain settings. The mandate, which had been set to expire on Tuesday, Feb. 1, has been extended through Thursday, Feb. 10, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced. Related story - COVID-19: Mask Mandate Back In Effect In NY After Appeals Court Judge's Ruling An appeals court issued a stay on Tuesday, Jan. 25 that kept the mandate in place for businesses and schools during the appeals process, and court proceedings are scheduled for Friday, Jan. 28.  
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Hudson Valley Woman Convicted Of Killing Boyfriend Has Sentenced Reduced Hudson Valley Woman Convicted Of Killing Boyfriend Has Sentenced Reduced
Hudson Valley Woman Convicted Of Killing Boyfriend Has Sentenced Reduced A Hudson Valley woman convicted of murdering her boyfriend and father of her children will not spend the rest of her life behind bars after seeing her sentence reduced following an appeal. Last year, Dutchess County resident Nicole Addimando, now 32, of the Town of Poughkeepsie, was sentenced to a term of 19 years to life in prison after being found guilty of second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon in the fatal shooting of her former boyfriend, Christopher Grover. Earlier story - Gymnastics Coach Sentenced For Killing Boyfriend, Father Of Her Two Children However, an appe…

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Judge's 'Racist' Words Cut 10 Years Off Area's Man Prison Sentence Judge's 'Racist' Words Cut 10 Years Off Area's Man Prison Sentence
Judge's 'Racist' Words Cut 10 Years Off Area's Man Prison Sentence An area man had 10 years shaved off his prison sentence after a panel of appeals judges ruled against the presiding judge for making racists comments during sentencing. Retired Judge Frank Labuda’s remarks at Angelo Johnson’s 2018 sentencing for burglary in Sullivan County were slammed by the appellate panel as being an outrageous 19th-century racist ideology that claimed that Blacks were inferior because they had smaller brains. During Johnson's trial Labuda told him he pitied him because his brain was “probably retarded in growth” and repeatedly ordered his mouth bound with mask…

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Ex-Beacon Detective's Conviction Upheld After Latest Appeal Ex-Beacon Detective's Conviction Upheld After Latest Appeal
Ex-Beacon Detective's Conviction Upheld After Latest Appeal Former City of Beacon detective Richard Sassi Jr. has lost another bid to have his conviction for falsely reporting a burglary in 2012 to avoid being caught in an affair thrown out. In their decision last month, the Second Department Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court found "that it (the evidence) was legally sufficient to establish the defendant’s guilt."  The denial was the second the former police sergeant has been dealt since being convicted twice for falsely reporting a burglary in 2012 to hide that fact that he was having an affair with a police informant he ha…

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by Kathy Reakes