Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York knows that those making minimum wage would love to get a raise, but according to him if it is going to happen this year then it will be up their employers to actually give them a raise. It won't be by passing a law this year.
My mom always said "don't write a check with your mouth that your *#@ can't cash". Apparently a 22 year old Saratoga County woman never talked to my mom.
I know there have been a lot of red flag warnings due to the earlier lack of rain we had this season, so at first I thought it may have been Smokey The Bear. Nope! A real black bear was spotted in the back yard of a Albany residential neighborhood.
According to News 10 ABC, if you stayed at the Desmond (or know anyone who did) between May 2011 and March 2012, their credit or debit card information may have been stolen.
There are many ways the welfare system gets abused. One is by people who take the benefits that they are really and legally not entitled to by falsifying information and finances on their applications for services.