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Saddle up for the latest More than a decade after “THE CONJURING: film in the family-friendly Lin-Manuel Miranda’s adtook THE DEVIL MADE “Spirit” series about the Tony-winning musical ventures of a wild mustang. Broadway to new heights, ME DO IT” are The animated movie, which the film adaptation is here The “Conjuring” movies June 4, movie canters into theaters to hit a high note. The always a devilishly good Jake Latino and has a cast that includes centers on a primarily time for horror lovers, should Gyllenhaal, Isabela Merced community in New York’s this third installment and Julianne Moore. Washington Heights neighbe no exception. It brings borhood, where people back Patrick Wilson and have big dreams and major Vera Farmiga as paranormal from. pride for where they’re investigators exploring It opens June 11 in theaters the circumstances around trial. and on HBO Max. a mysterious murder 4 in The movie is out June Max. HBO on and theaters
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An overdose spike alert has been issued for Greene County. The county issued the alert Friday notifying the community there has been a spike in overdoses. “In the last 24 hours, there have been two overdoses in Greene County,” said Carl Quinn, program director for Greener Pathways, a community-based outreach program that assists people living with substance use. The two overdoses were not fatal. One involved opioids and for the other overdose the
drug was not classified, Quinn said. The criterion for issuing an alert is two or more overdoses in the county in a 24-hour period, Quinn said. “The software automatically generates an alert that is sent to the counties,” he said. With a spike in the number of overdoses, there are concerns about tainted substances, according to a statement released by Greener Pathways. “Be vigilant. This could be indicative of a contaminated drug supply,” according to the statement. “Overdoses have
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An overdose spike alert has been issued for Greene County. Narcan kits to counteract an overdose are available free of charge from Greener Pathways.
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Child-sex survivors push to amend Child Victims Act
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Survivors of child-sex abuse who have struggled to get legal representation to sue abusers who lack money or assets are pushing the state Legislature to fix flaws in the Child Victims Act as lawmakers push to pass similar legislation for adult survivors in the next two weeks. The proposed Adult Survivors Act, S.66/A.648, would give people ages 18 and older a year to file civil lawsuits for past sexual abuse, even if any statutes of limitations on those legal claims have expired. Lawmakers are pushing to pass the Adult Survivors Act in the next two weeks, or the end of legislative session June 10. Sponsors Senate Judiciary ComFILE PHOTO mittee Chair Brad Hoylman, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signing the Child Victims Act into law Jan. 28, 2019, surrounded by state lawmakers at Four New York Plaza, D-Manhattan, and Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal, Manhattan. Bill sponsors Sen. Brad Hoylman, D-Manhattan, and Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal, D-Manhattan, who sponsor the D-Manhattan; modeled the bill proposed Adult Survivors Act, stand on either side of the governor. after the Child Victims Act. as an employer, who might be The state Office of Court AdThe Child Victims Act, signed ministration reports 5,641 cases culpable for abuse such as rape, into law Jan. 28, 2019, gave child criminal sex acts and incest ofsexual abuse survivors a vehicle filed under the Child Victims Act throughout the state’s 62 counfenses. to file civil suits against their ties from August 2019 through Those lawsuits must be filed abusers. But state child-sex Friday. within one to five years of the abuse survivors are speaking “We have no way to know abuse, depending on the act, out against the law to help adult what hasn’t been filed,” Court under current state law. The survivors and pushing the LegAdult Survivors bill would also islature to amend the Child Vic- Administration spokesman Lucian Chalfen said in a statement waive the 90-day notice of claim tims Act first. requirement to bring a legal “These cases aren’t moving Friday. Greenberg spearheaded the case against a public institution. forward,” activist Gary Greenmovement to pass the state’s Greenberg’s sexual abuse berg, a New Baltimore resident, as a child allegedly took place said of filed Child Victims Act Child Victims Act and led the in the former Cohoes Memocases. “Very few cases have been effort through forming the rial Hospital, now Samaritan settled. I know none have gone Fighting for Children PAC and Hospital, and has had his case to a jury yet. ...A lot of it was be- ProtectNYKids Inc. Greenberg FILE PHOTO move forward. Greenberg said cause of COVID, a lot of victims hears from several fellow vicare getting notices from lawyers tims of child sexual abuse, he Activist Gary Greenberg and supporters rallying in support of the the state Legislature should not that they’re rescinding their said, who are hitting legal road- Child Victims Act in 2019. pass the Adult Survivors Act unpayment agreements ... and that blocks and pushing for a fund til the Child Victims Act is fixed “You have all these victims justice in the courts, but it hasn’t first, otherwise, it will add to an they only can proceed with the to cover victims’ legal fees and that are disillusioned — they’re worked out that way.” time to do the cases they feel will push more cases to court. already blooming issue for vicIf passed, Hoylman and tims. Attorneys are often disin- heartbroken, they’re upset,” get them the most back monterested in their case, he said, Greenberg said. “When the Rosenthal’s Adult Survivors Act etarily.” “We’re going to pass the The deadline to file cases un- unless victims are accusing an Child Victims Act was passed, would start a year-long clock to Adult Survivors Act and you der the Child Victims Act is Aug. alleged abuser with money or we initially thought the ma- allow adult accusers to sue their See CHILD A8 jority of the victims would get alleged abusers and others, such 14, 2021. assets, or a wealthy institution.
Hinchey holds first town hall since taking office By Melanie Lekocevic Columbia-Greene Media
State Sen. Michelle Hinchey, D-46, held her first town hall meeting Wednesday. Hinchey took office in January. The town hall was held in a virtual format on Zoom and Facebook Live. “When we first ran and got into office, we promised to be as accessible as possible and to make sure we would show up in every community to address the needs across the district and to continue to learn about the issues, the challenges and the things that are going really well across the 46th District and across New York state,” Hinchey said. Since taking office, Hinchey said she has hosted community events across the district
including Narcan training to teach people about treating drug overdoses, park cleanups, blood drives, food drives and other events, including a document shredder program in Greene County where residents could take confidential documents to be destroyed at no cost. There are plans in the works to begin doing in-person events in communities across the district, she said. A schedule will be released this summer. “As more businesses begin to open, we will also be launching our Meet Michelle events across the community so we can begin having regular updates in person supporting our local businesses, breweries and cafes,” Hinchey said. Mobile office locations will
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State Sen. Michelle Hinchey, D-46, held her first virtual town hall meeting Wednesday.
open this fall at libraries and other public spaces where constituents can bring their concerns and issues. “We have so far helped over 100 people access the unemployment that they are owed,”
Hinchey said. “We have helped hundreds more get their vaccine appointments. We have secured COVID resources at a time when communities lacked the necessary infrastructure, including setting up vaccine pop-up sites across the district, making sure our underserved communities were getting access to the vaccine when many of our rural communities were being left behind.” Hinchey talked about programs funded in the state budget since she took office, including education funding that restores full foundation aid to public schools and funding for full-day pre-Kindergarten. Infrastructure funding has also been increased for rural communities, she said.
“The CHIPs (Consolidated Local Street and Highway Improvement Program), which provides direct road funding to municipalities and hasn’t seen an increase in nearly a decade, will receive an increase of $100 million,” Hinchey said. “Local governments saw an almost 20% increase in funding next year to fix potholes, repave roads and to make sure that all our roads are more storm-resilient. These are transformational investments in infrastructure.” Increasing broadband access is a top priority, Hinchey said. “Many of our upstate New Yorkers are still struggling without access to broadband,” Hinchey said. “We were able See HINCHEY A8