Day: October 20, 2025

With Route 17 Expansion Paused, Climate Advocates Push for Transit Alternatives

The New York State Department of Transportation has hit pause on its $1.4 billion plan to expand Route 17 through Orange and Sullivan Counties following community pushback. In October, the New York State Department of Transportation (DOT) quietly announced it needed more time to review project alternatives. “Over the past several months, the State Department […]
With Route 17 Expansion Paused, Climate Advocates Push for Transit Alternatives

Guard Found Guilty in Beating Death of NY Prisoner Robert Brooks, 2 Others Acquitted

A former New York state corrections officer was found guilty Monday of murdering prisoner Robert Brooks last year, but two other guards were acquitted of second-degree murder, manslaughter and assault charges, according to multiple upstate media outlets. Jurors in Oneida County took more than two full days to render their verdict after a weeklong trial. […]
Guard Found Guilty in Beating Death of NY Prisoner Robert Brooks, 2 Others Acquitted

The Moral Debate Over Death Facing NY Gov. Hochul

Jules Netherland sent New York Gov. Kathy Hochul a handwritten greeting card earlier this year asking for the right to end her own life, on her own terms. Netherland, a 58-year-old from the South Bronx, has terminal cancer. She asked the governor to sign a bill known as the Medical Aid in Dying Act, which […]
The Moral Debate Over Death Facing NY Gov. Hochul