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STATE LAWMAKER CALLS FOR PROBE OF STATE BROADBAND PROGRAM State effort lacks transparency, says state Sen. Rob Ortt Photo courtesy of U.S. Ski & Snowboard
Weibrecht calls it a career
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band access to all New York residents by the end of the year, a state senator is calling for a formal probe into how the Broadband Program Office (BPO) allocated
A large amount of our tax dollars have gone to a program that has not achieved its advertised goals and we must find out why.”
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PLATTSBURGH | As the state nears the end of a four-year project to provide universal broad-
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$670 million in state and federal funding. State Sen. Rob Ortt (R-North Tonawanda) on Wednesday formally called for the Senate Committee on Investigations and Government Operations to investigate the New NY Broadband Program, claiming the effort has fallen short of its goals. » Broadband Cont. on pg. 7
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SARANAC LAKE | Saying that the timing was right and he wants to be able to chase his children around “as fast as I have to,” Olympic skier Andrew Weibrecht has called it a career. The Saranac Lake native said now was the right time to leave the sport as a professional. His daughters — the second is expected in June — are a main reason. » Weibrecht Cont. on pg. 12
Stefanik supports proposal to strengthen work requirements for food stamps GOP plan draws criticism from left By Pete DeMola EDITOR
WASHINGTON, D.C. | The House will vote on a bill this week that proposes implementing stricter work requirements on food stamp recipients. The proposed Farm Bill legislation tightens the requirements for applicants to enroll in job training pro-
grams in order to access food stamps. Formally known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, SNAP constitutes about 80 percent of the bill’s spending. The program currently contains some work requirements for able-bodied adults between the ages of 18 and 49 without young children. The proposed GOPpenned legislation would raise the age to 59 and would require recipients to work at least 20 hours per week. Recipients would alternately be required to enroll in vocational training
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for the same amount of time, which would increase to 25 hours in 2026. The current $900 billion bill is scheduled to expire at the end of September. Republicans believe the work requirements will alleviate poverty and incentivize some 5 to 7 million beneficiaries to enter the workforce. But the measure, widely expected to be one of the last big policy fights before this year’s midterm elections, has Republicans and Democrats on track to clash.
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