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Police are looking to identify a man they've dubbed "Merry Christmas Jay," who they say saved lives in the devastating storm in Buffalo, New York. After spending the night in his truck, the man rescued strangers from cars trapped in the snow and brought them to a school for shelter, according to police in the town of Cheektowaga, just outside of Buffalo.

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The National Guard is checking homes in Buffalo looking for more blizzard victims: Source

Governor Kathy Hochul today signed legislation (S.739A/A.6300A) into law, creating a new path for people over the age of 18 to apply for 'one-day designation,' authorizing them to solemnize a single marriage on a specified day in the State of New York. "Joining individuals in marriage is a beautiful moment that should be shared with an officiant selected by the spouses-to-be," Governor Hochul said. "By signing this legislation into law, we are eliminating any barriers to becoming an officiant so friends and family members can share such a meaningful time with loved ones of their choosing and have their marriage recognized under New York State law." Legislation (S.739A/A.6300A) amends the domestic relations law to enable individuals to apply for permission to be designated as an officiant in order to solemnize a particular couple's marriage.

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Albany Democrats introduced legislation late Monday night to raise their own pay by $32,000 per year in a special legislative session expected as soon as Thursday. While state lawmakers will face a $35,000 per year limit on outside income, those changes will not take effect until 2025 compared to the pay bump from $110,000 to $142,000 per year they would get by January 2023 if the bill passes the state Senate and Assembly by the end of 2022. Such a salary increase would make New York legislators the highest paid in the nation ahead of second-place California where lawmakers will make a relatively paltry $119,702 this year, according to the National Conference of State Legislators. Republicans have blasted the idea of a special session in recent weeks after months in which Democrats rejected suggestions to return to Albany to change controversial criminal justice reforms amid rising crime amid calls by the GOP and Democrats like New York City Mayor Eric Adams. State lawmakers typically meet in between January and June each year. Read more from this article HERE “One-party, all-Democrat control of New York State government continues to show no shame," said Republican State Senator Tom O'Mara. "New York is the highest taxed state in America and Albany Democrats think they deserve to be the highest paid legislators in America? Albany Democrats see this state becoming less safe, less affordable, less free, less economically competitive, less responsible, and far less hopeful for the future, and their first order of business is to give themselves a huge pay raise? It’s wrong, it’s irresponsible, and it can’t be justified by any measure of accountability or integrity. One-party, all-Democrat rule has been a disaster for New York. It’s out of control and it’s about to go from bad to worse in the new year.”

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Elmira, N.Y.- State Senator Tom O’Mara (R,C,I-Big Flats) renewed his warnings following yesterday's move by New York’s “Climate Action Council” (CAC) to approve a final plan to impose far-reaching clean energy mandates on all New Yorkers. The CAC met in Albany earlier today to vote on and approve its final draft plan to implement the nation’s most aggressive set of short- and long-term renewable energy mandates. The council was created under a 2019 law, the “Climate Leadership and Climate Protection Act” (CLCPA), enacted by then-Governor Andrew Cuomo and the Legislature’s Democrat majorities. When she took the reins after Cuomo resigned, O’Mara said that Governor Kathy Hochul continued full speed ahead on this radical remaking of energy policy. Among many recommendations, the CAC’s plan calls for: No natural gas within newly constructed buildings, beginning in 2025; No new gas service to existing buildings, beginning in 2030; No replacement natural gas appliances for home heating, cooking, water heating, clothes drying beginning in 2035; No gasoline-automobile sales by 2035; and Installing onsite solar or joining a community renewables program by 2040. Following the release of the CAC’s final draft plan, O’Mara released the following statement: “Governor Hochul’s ambition to impose far-reaching clean energy mandates on all New Yorkers keeps moving forward, yet her unwillingness to explain how much it will cost or how the state intends to pay for it remains shocking. Consumers have no idea what’s coming. The Climate Action Council’s plan has never been accompanied by any cost-benefit analysis of the impact of these actions on energy affordability, reliability, or sustainability. “I have joined legislative colleagues and many others over the past three years to sound the alarm, particularly over how these irrational and unsustainable mandates will come at great costs and consequences. Far too many New Yorkers remain in the dark about these potential costs and consequences, largely because Governor Hochul and her clean energy czars either don’t truly know or really don’t want to shine any light on it. "The plan will require a total electric grid generation capacity of 111 gigawatts (GW) including 95GW of new, not currently existing generation. It further calls for 27GW of dispatchable zero emissions generation, none of which exists today, nor does the technology, nor does the plan even define what zero emissions generation can be. To put this massive generation capacity buildout in perspective, since 1999, New York State has only added 12.9GW of new generation capacity. “Many of us in the Senate and Assembly Republican conferences have steadfastly highlighted the plan’s extreme efforts to eliminate reliable, affordable sources of energy that are vital for the citizens and communities we represent. We have also fully encouraged New York’s past efforts to increase cleaner and renewable power, efforts that have been astoundingly successful. New York State is already a national and worldwide leader accounting for just 0.4% of global carbon emissions. Nevertheless, New York’s ongoing leap into the energy unknown will have no impact on the actions of neighboring states or, even more critically, on China, India, or Russia, which account for 40% of global emissions. In other words, even if New York State does reach zero emissions, there will be zero impact on our own climate or the global climate at large, yet all New Yorkers will pay a heavy, heavy price. “While I believe New York State should continue to be a leader on reducing emissions, it remains important to keep sounding the alarm that the state’s strategy as it stands is not realistic or achievable, and unreasonably risks energy grid reliability and affordability. “It remains important for more citizens, communities, businesses, families, and workers to fully understand where New York’s energy future is headed and to demand a desperately needed rethinking and slowing down of this process.”

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The following letter from Chemung County Executive Christopher Moss to the Chemung County Legislature was sent to Elmira Telegram:

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Over the course of the past three days (11/28-11/30) the Elmira Police Department has taken six separate reports of objects being thrown onto cars from several underpass locations in the City of Elmira. According to police, these incidents occurred shortly after dusk each day. The severity and size of the objects had increased each day. On 12/1/22 Officers with the Elmira Police Department created a plan to focus heightened patrols on several of the city’s underpass locations. Officers also utilized the departments drone along with a second FLIR equipped drone belonging to and operated by personnel with the Chemung County Office of Emergency Management. As officers arrived at their respective locations, a vehicle was already observed to be parked and damaged at the underpass on Madison Ave. Officers immediately created a perimeter in the area and an officer, who had already been parked near Wegmans, located three juveniles on the Lackawanna Trail near E. Washington Ave. The juveniles were observed by the officer to be throwing objects onto the roadway as well. Elmira Police Officers responded to the location and were able to safely take all three subjects into custody and transported them to EPD headquarters where they were later turned over to their parents. This investigation is ongoing and if you have any information about these incidents, police ask you to contact the Elmira Police Department.

In a Reddit post made several days ago, a user asks the question, "What Did The Pandemic Ruin More Than We Realise?" (sic). Some of the 2000+ answers are as follows: What do you think?

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Sometimes newcomers to the area have a hard time adjusting to life here in the area. Let's help them out. With anything humorous, snarky, or yes, even helpful, finish this sentence: "Living in Chemung County, you need to know..."