The first few days of session are always full of anticipation, excitement and potential. The pageantry and ceremony of the opening days are welcome reminders the New York State Legislature has an important role to play in shaping the lives of millions of people, some of whom were on hand at …
As we entered the new year and new decade this week, New York also took tremendous steps in becoming safer and fairer by implementing significant changes to the state’s criminal justice system. These reforms — eliminating cash bail for many misdemeanors and low-level, non-violent felonies, r…
A renaissance is defined as a rebirth, a revival, a renewal of energy and spirit. I think it goes without saying that Oswego is undergoing its own kind of renaissance. Downtown is once again booming and building and the waterfront is being shored up, protected and modified for greater public…
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As many of us gather with family and friends over the holidays, some of those celebrations will include special meals and desserts. Because we have access to a wide selection of food year-round at local grocery stores, it is sometimes easy to forget where our food comes from but New York’s …
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On Dec. 16, the law allowing undocumented immigrants the ability to obtain a New York State driver’s license went into effect. The fact that this is now the law is a stunning reversal from 12 years ago when then-Gov. Eliot Spitzer proposed the measure. Some may recall, Spitzer dropped the …
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NEW YORK — The first line of President Donald Trump’s obituary has been written.
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The shipping industry continues to insist on lake levels that favor their profits over the destruction of our homes, the lakeshore environment and the other business related economies along the lake and river. The shipping interests talk about the negative impact on the shipping related econ…
The Division of Budget recently released its mid-year financial plan update which shows that the state is facing its largest budget gap since the recession in 2010. This time, however, the economy is not to blame. It is largely Medicaid that is causing the gap.
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Editor's note: Mike McCrobie's 'My Oswego' column is a print-only feature of The Palladium-Times, appearing every other week. This column below, appearing in the Wednesday, Dec. 4 edition, has been unlocked for online audiences for a limited time — please enjoy. For more of Mike McCrobie and…
Selling pots and pans can be a very lucrative occupation. Selling Certificates of Deposit and financing homeownership can also be a very lucrative endeavor. If you don’t believe me, just ask Chris Gagas.
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Editor’s note: The Palladium-Times received the following op-ed this week from representatives of Speech First, an activist group that claims to fight the “chilling effect on students’ willingness to exercise their right to free speech” on campus at American colleges and universities. The Pa…
Over the course of my 40-year-plus legal career, I have questioned and empanelled several dozen juries. The process is called the “Voir dire,” a French term that translates as “to speak the truth.” I have entreated many hundreds of prospective jurors to do just that: tell me the truth during…
Editor's note: An abridged version of this column ran in the Nov. 20 edition of The Palladium-Times. It appears here in full.
With an estimated 10,000 baby boomers turning 65 each day and approaching retirement, there is a growing need to find qualified individuals to fill jobs across many employment sectors. One tool that is helping businesses fill these skilled-labor gaps are apprenticeship programs. Last week…
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When the water is rising—that’s when you find out who your true friends are. You never forget that friend who came to pump out your basement, move the camper to higher ground or stack heavy sandbags on your property to keep the flood waters at bay.
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It doesn’t get any more “Forks in the Road” than the intersection of Turrill Street and Hillside Avenue in Oswego. That was the home of Bill “Badeye” Gorman, his wife Wanda and their seven children: Barb, Joe (David), Nancy, Jeanne, Teddy, Mary and Mina. Members of the Gorman family still li…
It’s often the case that wisdom is not recognized in its time.
Editor’s note: The following is a portion of remarks delivered Thursday by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on the campus of SUNY Oswego. It have been lightly edited for length and clarity.
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Editor’s note: In the wake of the publication of The Palladium-Times’ 200 year celebratory edition earlier this month, former Port City Mayor John Sullivan was inspired to pen the following retrospective of his own.
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Medicaid is a federal and state program established in 1965 to provide healthcare for people with limited wealth. It is often confused with Medicare, which is a federal program that provides health coverage to people, regardless of wealth, who are 65 and over and to people who are under 65 …
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After Billy Barlow was elected mayor in November 2015 and set to take office as the youngest municipal executive in New York, there were doubters about his ability to lead.
I will always remember my father’s words as a child. He taught me that given my disability, I’ll walk into a room and people will make assumptions. He told me that I’d need to show them that those assumptions are wrong. To do this, I’d have to work harder, be faster and be smarter. I listene…
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What do you want in a Family Court Judge?
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Very often, the ideological difference between Republicans and Democrats is over the role of government in people’s lives. For the most part, Democrats favor a more active government role while Republicans seek the opposite. Because NYS government, for the first time in recent memory, is a…
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