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Albany's Director Of Operations Taking Job In Hudson Valley Albany's Director Of Operations Taking Job In Hudson Valley
Albany's Director Of Operations Taking Job In Hudson Valley One of Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan’s top aides announced that he will be leaving upstate to take on a new job in Westchester. Brian Shea, the director of operations for the City of Albany is heading to Westchester, where he will serve as Rye’s newest assistant city manager beginning in February. Prior to his time in the mayor’s office, Shea was chief of staff to the mayor, serving as a chief spokesperson for the mayor and as Albany’s public information officer. Shea also spent time working for the New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services after receiving his underg…

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by Zak Failla
News
MTA PD Schedules Metro-North Emergency Training Exercise At Croton Station MTA PD Schedules Metro-North Emergency Training Exercise At Croton Station
MTA PD Schedules Metro-North Emergency Training Exercise At Croton Station Commuters passing through the Croton Harmon Train Station on Thursday morning may see delays as MTA Police conduct an emergency exercise. The MTA Police are partnering with the New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services and New York State Police for Operation NY SECURE (Securing the Empire Corridor by Unifying Regional Efforts.) According to Croton-on-Hudson officials who released an alert on Wednesday afternoon, the exercise includes activities such as heightened platform patrols, increased security presence onboard trains, explosives detection canine sweeps, and c…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Crews Work For Hours To Battle Blaze That Razed Cortlandt House Crews Work For Hours To Battle Blaze That Razed Cortlandt House
Crews Work For Hours To Battle Blaze That Razed Cortlandt House All hands were on deck for several hours as crews worked to safely extinguish a blaze that razed a house in Northern Westchester. First responders were dispatched near the intersection of Jacobs Hill Road and East Main Street (Route 6) in Cortlandt shortly after 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 12, where there was a report of a structure fire. New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services personnel assisted New York State Police and the Mohegan Fire Department for hours, battling the blaze until the flames were eventually knocked down late in the afternoon, prompting a le…

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by Zak Failla
Politics
Cuomo Will Toughen State Election Security In Response To Russian Hacking Indictments Cuomo Will Toughen State Election Security In Response To Russian Hacking Indictments
Cuomo Will Toughen State Election Security In Response To Russian Hacking Indictments Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New Castle announced on Tuesday, July 16 that New York will toughen its barriers to electronic hacking in light of the federal indictments of Russians who reportedly hacked Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign emails.  Cuomo proposed a comprehensive initiative with the state Board of Elections to further secure New York State's elections infrastructure and protect against foreign interference.  The initiative will help county Boards of Elections strengthen their election cyber security in the face of foreign threats after the Department of Justice this week released an indic…

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by Jon Craig