Common Core May Be Why Ianuzzi is Out of Union Post
April 7, 2014
ALBANY, NY – The Albany Times Union is reporting that the likely reason behind the New
York State Union of Teachers ousting union leader Richard Ianuzzi, is because of Common
Core.
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State Teachers Union Head Voted Out
April 7 2014
New York State Teachers Union head Richard Ianuzzi is out.
Time Warner Cable News reports that Ianuzzi was voted out this weekend by union delegates.
Bath VA Mobile Vehicle To Be In Hornell This Week
April 6, 2014
HORNELL, NY – On Tuesday, April 8th, the Bath VA will be holding a mobile clinic at the Hornell VFW parking lot.
That will be Tuesday from 8am till 11:30am.
The mobile clinic will be there to explain to veterans what the VA can offer them, and how to enroll in VA care.
NYSUT Wants Education Commissioner John King Out Now
April 6, 2014
The Saratogian.com is reporting that delegates for the United Teachers Union had a vote of no-confidence on Saturday, in state education commissioner John King, and called on the state board of regents to remove King from the state education commission immediately.
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New Trial Date For David Lee Simpson
The Corning Leader is reporting that the trial date for David Lee Simpson will be on May 8th…the Bath man is accused of threatening CNN personalities Nancy Grace and Jane Velez Mitchell for their coverage of the Jodi Arias trial.
Cattaraugus County Solider Injured in Fort Hood Shooting
April 3, 2014
FORT HOOD, TX – WROC TV Rochester is reporting that Major Patrick Miller, who is from the Cattaraugus County Town of Allegany, underwent surgery after being injured in the Fort Hood shooting
yesterday.
Melissa Olin Has Pleaded Guilty
April 2, 2014
BATH, NY – Steuben County District Attorney Brooks Baker reports that Melissa Olin, of Avoca, who worked at the Steuben County Treasurers Office, has pleaded guilty to tampering with public records in the first degree.
The district attorney says Melissa Olin stole money and then made false entries to cover the payments. She could get up to three years, when she is sentenced in March of 2015.
Robertson Issues Statement About Ryan Budget
April 2, 2014
Congressional Candidate for New York’s 23rd District Martha Robertson made the following statement regarding the Republican budget plan:
“The working families of the Southern Tier, Finger Lakes Region and Western New York deserve better than the budget released today by Congressman Tom Reed’s Republican colleagues. We must balance the budget and reduce the deficit, but we cannot do it on the backs of the hard working middle class and our seniors,” said Martha Robertson. “We need to work together to find a responsible way to reduce our debt and grow our economy, instead of yet again rewarding millionaires and billionaires while raising taxes on hard working families and ending the Medicare guarantee for our seniors. It is extremely hypocritical that Congressman Reed and his Republican colleagues are working to raise taxes on middle class families, even though Congressman Reed has failed to pay his taxes on time 39 times.”
New Owners, New Name for PT Professionals
April 2, 2014
HORNELL, N.Y. – Yesterday, two employees of Physical Therapy Professionals, P.C. located at 100 Loder Street in Hornell, purchased the existing business and have renamed it Maple City Physical Therapy.
The new owners are Dr. Jeremy Bittel and Dr. Megan O’Brien. have a combined 24 years of experience in the field of physical therapy. The original location opened in February of 2011 and saw great success with both Dr. Bittel and Dr. O’Brien as the original employees under the previous ownership.
“It’s important for patients to realize that no matter what kind of healthcare provider you are seeking out, the ultimate choice is yours,” said Dr. O’Brien, about the options patients have in selecting their own provider. “Patients are sometimes under the impression that they have to visit a certain provider. Hospitals, both locally and in larger areas, do encourage their physician practitioners to refer patients within the hospital system to maximize revenue streams. We try to educate our patients that they always have a choice in their healthcare.”
Maple City Physical Therapy places the patient first in every interaction,” said Dr. Bittel. “Our goal from the patient’s first visit is to get them back to a healthy and independent lifestyle in the least time possible. We strive for nothing less than to see our patients return to the things they love.”
Both Dr. Bittel and Dr. O’Brien are members and actively involved with the New York Physical Therapy Association (NYPTA) and the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA).
Additional staff includes Nathan Hibbard, physical therapist assistant and Angela McCullumn, office manager.
To schedule an appointment for a tour and an initial consultation, please contact Maple City Physical Therapy at 607.324.9344 or by email at MapleCityPT@gmail.com .
Videos From April 1st Anti-Safe Act Rally in Albany
Trump, Paladino and Astorino Speak At Anti-Safe Act Rally
By Kyle Hughes
NYSNYS News
ALBANY, N.Y. (April 1) – Donald Trump, Rob Astorino and thousands of pro-Second Amendment, anti-SAFE Act demonstrators rallied outside the Capitol Tuesday against Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s gun control law.
“You’re getting beaten up by either incompetent or very, very stupid politicians,” Trump said in a short speech before offering onlookers the sight of a Capitol flyover in his personal helicopter with “TRUMP” emblazoned on the side.
“I have a pistol permit,” Trump declared. “I live in Manhattan and a lot of people don’t know that. But, you know, if I ever have a problem I’ll at least have a good shot at it.”
“I wanted to be here to support you,” Trump said. “I’ll be with you no matter where you are. I truly, truly believe what you’re fighting for. You have to protect the Second Amendment. You have to protect yourselves. You have to protect your family because generally speaking nobody else will be doing it. So whatever I can do for you folks I will be there for you.”
Astorino, who is seeking the GOP nomination to run against Cuomo, urged the crowd to register to vote. He said the campaign will be won door to door and by using social media, not by the millions Cuomo has raised to buy TV ads.
“I don’t know what Cuomo’s talking about,” Astorino told the crowd. “You don’t look like extremists. You look like great New Yorkers.”
“I love what you’re doing,” he added. “I love you are standing up for the Second Amendment and the First Amendment as well. You’re right to be here to protest what you think the government did wrong. There is nothing un-American about that.”
Astorino was referring to Cuomo’s controversial comments that pro-gun, pro-life conservatives have no place in New York state politics.
The rally, which also featured Cuomo’s 2010 opponent Carl Paladino, comes just before one of the most controversial provisions of the SAFE law kicks in on April 15. That is when owners are required to register all assault weapons style rifle, which are banned for sale under the law but grandfathered in for possession by current owners. The rifles cannot be sold in New York or given away once registered, prompting many owners to say they will not register the guns.
The Cuomo administration has refused to say how many gun owners have complied with the registration law. Asked about the number again Tuesday at a press conference after the budget signing, Cuomo only said, “I don’t know.”
Cuomo took steps to avoid the rally, updating his schedule as the rally began to include a previously unannounced trip to Long Island. Tom King, the head of the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association, said Tuesday officials were advised by legal counsel not to speak at the rally because comments made at rallies could make it harder to win a court case to overturn the law.
Pro-SAFE Act legislators held a press conference inside the Capitol, calling for passage of more gun laws, including micro stamping gun casings and requiring all guns to be locked up and kept away from children.
“Thanks to Governor Cuomo’s leadership in proposing and a bipartisan state legislature in passing the NY SAFE Act, all New Yorkers are safer today from gun violence,” said Leah Gunn Barrett, Executive Director of New Yorkers Against Gun Violence. “Both state and federal courts have found this common-sense law to be constitutional and it is supported by a wide majority of New Yorkers.”
The SAFE Act has propelled a huge increased in Rifle and Pistol Association membership. It now has 41,000 members, making it the biggest state NRA affiliate in the U.S.
Will Trump Buy the Buffalo Bills?
April 1, 2014
BUFFALO N.Y. – ESPN and WBEN are reporting that Billionaire Donald Trump has said that he has been approached by a group of people that wants him to invest in the Buffalo Bills NFL franchise. Trump said he would look at it, and give it serious consideration. Rumors have been swirling since the death of the Owner Ralph Wilson jr. last week that the club would be sold and possibly moved out of Buffalo. Los Angeles is a city that has been trying to land an NFL franchise since the metropolis lost the Rams, and later the Raiders who played in the rose bowl stadium in Pasedena, before moving back to Oakland.
Western New Yorkers are concerned that the Bills may be moved including retired Bills legend Jim Kelly, who has been in the news recently because of his battle with cancer. Kelly himself called Donald Trump and asked that he consider buying the team. Kelly had said in an interview with ESPN in 2010 that he would do everything in his power to keep the franchise that he directed to four straight super bowls in Buffalo. Trump has said that he would like to see the football team stay in Buffalo adding that he thought that it would be catastrophic for Buffalo to lose the team in the event of a move to another city. Buffalo Bills fans now collectively hold their breaths as their hero quarterback fights both cancer and to keep the Bills in Western New York.April 1, 2014