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$10M rehab for Coxsackie
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Glencadia big buck winners Glencadia Rod and Gun Club recently hosted its annual game dinner PAGE B1
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By Melanie Lekocevic Columbia-Greene Media
COXSACKIE — A local developer is planning a $10 million rehabilitation of a portion of downtown Coxsackie — and that is just Phase 1. Developer Aaron Flach owns most of the buildings on South River Street in the downtown area, and has plans for a boutique hotel, event center, restaurants and more. Construction is expected to begin in late winter or early spring of this year. The buildings have been vacant for years. Phase 1 will include renovations to the former
Developer Aaron Flach is completing a multi-million dollar renovation project on South River Street in downtown Coxsackie, beginning with the former Becker Electronics building. Work is expected to begin in late winter or early spring of this year.
Becker Electronics building and the long green structure behind it. Flach received a $2 million grant from the state to cover a portion of the Phase 1 construction. The total cost of renovating the two buildings is expected to be just over $10 million, he said. “The grant is to rehab those two buildings,” Flach said. “The front office building will be a 40-room boutique hotel called The Newbury. The grant is $2 million and it is through the REDC — Regional Economic Development Council — which is part of the state Economic See REHAB A8
Cuomo unveils $178B budget with 2% increase By Massarah Mikati Johnson Newspapers
ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday presented his budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year, including solutions to close the state’s looming $6.1 billion deficit. The governor’s nearly $178 billion proposal is a roughly 2% increase over the previous year, and includes legislation and funding allocated for infrastructure, environmental initiatives and Medicaid — some of which he previewed during his State of the State address at the beginning of the month. “You can be a progressive and be fiscally sound,” Cuomo said to the audience at The Egg in downtown Albany. “The answer is to reduce the level
of growth, not cuts, and that’s exactly what we have done in this budget. Of largest concern to most municipalities and legislators has been Medicaid funding, which makes up about $4 billion of the state’s deficit. During his Jan. 8 State of the State address, Cuomo suggested the state could potentially shift Medicaid spending back onto localities, spreading panic and confusion among agencies and municipalities. New York’s roughly $80 billion Medicaid program is shouldered by the federal government, state and its counties. While the federal government funds about half the cost, localities paid a smaller share See BUDGET A8
A Saratoga County man will spend 10 years behind bars for a decade of abusing two children PAGE A3
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo introduces his $178 billion state budget proposal for 2020 in a speech at The Egg in Albany on Tuesday.
Life outside the royal fold
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Prince Harry joins Meghan in Canada without the half-in, halfout bargain PAGE A5
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An audience of senators, assembly members and other state officials listen to Gov. Andrew Cuomo as he delivers the $178 billion proposed budget for New York in 2020 Tuesday at The Egg in Albany.
Siena Poll: Bail reform falls out of favor
By Amanda Purcell Columbia-Greene Media
HUDSON — A new poll shows the opinion among voters has shifted against state bail reform changes, but the swing has not harmed Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s approval ratings. When it was passed as part of a state budget package last April, the criminal justice reforms, including a bill to eliminate cash bail for misdemeanors and socalled nonviolent offenses, were supported by a majority of voters polled across the state. But a recent Siena Poll conducted in mid-January has found that the scales are now tipping in the opposite direction. The polls show 49 percent of state voters say the policies are “bad” for New York, compared with 37 percent who say its
good, according to the results of the Siena College survey released Tuesday. Comparing those numbers to last April, when the bill was passed, 55 percent of New Yorkers were in favor of the law while 38 percent were opposed. “While small majorities of suburban and upstate voters had thought the law would be ‘good,’ today, 56 percent of upstaters and 64 percent of downstate suburbanites think the law is ‘bad,’” Siena pollster Steven Greenberg said in a statement. “While every demographic group moved more negative since April, joining independents and downstate suburbanites with the largest movement from ‘good’ to ‘bad’ See BAIL A8
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Surveyed voters are now less in favor of the newly-enacted criminal justice reforms in New York.
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