Senator Joseph Griffo and Assembly members Brian Miller and Marianne Buttenschon have sent a letter to FEMA, expressing frustration with the agency’s decision to reject individual assistance for residents affected by flooding in the Mohawk Valley.
New York is one of only four states in the country that does not have a state veterans cemetery, but several local officials are hoping to change that.
Parents, students and community members rallied at the State Office Building in Utica on Friday, asking state lawmakers to fund the collective $57 million owed to the Utica and Rome School Districts.