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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2020
4 indicted in Handy assault case
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The courtroom at the indictment in the Harold Handy assault case.
HUDSON — A grand jury indicted four people Wednesday in connection with the July 5 assault case of Harold Handy Jr. at the Kinderhook home of a local gym owner and a sheriff’s deputy. Alex Rosenstrach, 37, of Kinderhook and the owner of Clublife Health Fitness gym, was charged with one count each of second-degree gang assault, a class C felony; second-degree assault, a class D felony; three counts of
third-degree assault, a class A misdemeanor; and one count each of first-degree unlawful imprisonment, a class E felony; third-degree coercion, a class A misdemeanor; and second-degree reckless endangerment, a class A misdemeanor. Rosentrach’s wife, Columbia County Sheriff’s Deputy Kelly Rosenstrach, 32, of Kinderhook, was charged with one count each of seconddegree gang assault, a class C felony; third-degree coercion, a class A misdemeanor;
first-degree unlawful imprisonment, a class E felony; and three counts of official misconduct, a class A misdemeanor. Bryan Haag, 37, of Kinderhook and an IRS agent, was charged with one count each of second-degree gang assault, a class C felony; second-degree assault, a class D felony; three counts of third-degree assault, a class A misdemeanor; and one count of first-degree unlawful imprisonment, See HANDY A8
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Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, center, tours The Wire wedding and event center, with developer Aaron Flach, left, and Coxsackie Mayor Mark Evans, third from right.
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A former iron foundry is being transformed into The Wire, a wedding and event center, in downtown Coxsackie.
Cuomo blasts foes of hot-spot regulations By Melanie Lekocevic
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COXSACKIE — A multi-million-dollar project in downtown Coxsackie is “transformative,” Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul said during an upstate tour Tuesday. Hochul visited
development sites in Coxsackie, Hudson, Fort Edward and Lake Placid. “I see a lot of projects around the state and I can tell you right now, this is spectacular,” Hochul said of the
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ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo has imposed tighter regulations on coronavirus hot spots in targeted ZIP codes with rising infection rates despite opposition from some communities. Protests against the stricter regulations turned violent Tuesday night in parts of southern Brooklyn, home to many of New York City’s Orthodox Jewish communities, where infection rates are spiking. The overall statewide infection rate is 1.05%, but hot spot areas have a 5.1% infection rate, Cuomo said during a media telephone call Wednesday. “The infection rate in the hot spots is five times what it is statewide,” Cuomo said. Cuomo announced stricter rules on social distancing, maximum capacity and mass gatherings in hot-spot areas, and within one mile of the hot spot ZIP codes mass gatherings are prohibited and nonessential businesses are closed, with schools closing down and reverting to remote learning and take-out-only
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo, pictured at an Oct. 6 coronavirus briefing, said Wednesday the state will continue to enforce stricter COVID regulations despite opposition.
allowed in restaurants. Houses of worship in these zones are limited to 10 people maximum or 25%
capacity. The tighter COVID rules are in place for a 14-day period and will be lifted if the
infection rate gets under control, Cuomo said Wednesday. Hot spots have been identified in Brooklyn in New York City, Orange and Rockland counties downstate, Broome County and Western New York. The infection rate Tuesday in Broome County was the highest of the hot spots at 6.1%, with Rockland County at 4.5%, Orange at 3.9% and Brooklyn at 2.2%. The rising infection rates in those areas led to the heightened attention. “It’s about focusing on the hot spots. The hot spots are generating people at three times their population rate who are becoming hospitalized,” Cuomo said. “The infection rate in the hot spots is five times the overall state infection rate, so the focus is on the hot spots.” Religious groups in Brooklyn have taken to the streets to oppose their neighborhoods being targeted by the stricter regulations, but Cuomo said it is no surprise, and there have been protests at the Capitol since the beginning of the outbreak. See CUOMO A8