“It’s an existential crisis because (Botstein) really is Bard at this point,” said James Cox “Fergie” Chambers Jr., whose billionaire father chairs the college’s board of trustees. (Note: If the success of your institution depends on one person, your institution has a poor management structure.)
We need positive stories more than ever. Here’s a cool seniors group I got to hang out with a few days ago
After nearly 100 years in business and five decades under Tom and Faye Sit, Eng’s has capped its resurgence with one of the nation’s top hospitality honors.
Just in from my colleague Nora Mishanec: ICE officials said Tuesday they had made a “mistake” after falsely claiming to have bought a Hudson Valley warehouse for a detention center.
On Friday, after multiple outlets ran with ICE’s claims, we reported that county officials had no record of a sale.
“I don’t think they get just how furious people are,” said one Bard student, who described a recent Q&A with Botstein at the president's house — where he had previously hosted Epstein — as “a shitshow. ... By the end, people were shouting ‘resign.’” Sarah Trafton and Nora Mishanec report.
Orange County officials said they have no filings indicating that ICE has purchased the property where it wants to build a new detention center.
New York’s governor signaled her ban on local law enforcement being deputized by ICE could be rolled into an omnibus immigration bill.
An Albany Law School student has filed a federal lawsuit alleging he faced retaliation when administrators took steps to formally discipline him after he accused a Black professor of directing racist remarks at him for appearing to be a “white conservative.” Brendan Lyons reports.
Many call him a dedicated community member. Others say he is ripping families apart. A community in upstate New York is split over a school trustee’s job with ICE. www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley...
An excellent, lucid profile of one young man’s journey through the digestive system of an ICE detainment. Maria Silva reports.
A Guatemalan man living in Dutchess County recounted his two weeks in detention. His experience highlights an ongoing legal battle over who can be detained.
The upstate New York's largest immigration raid since President Trump returned to office was on Sept. 4. That was just the beginning. Lawsuits and long fights for freedom are underway.
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Fernando Isaias Carranza Chuqui had federal humanitarian protection and long-standing work authorization when he was detained in July.
Less than three days after Maria Silva reported on the cancellation of naturalization ceremonies across upstate, an apparent reversal by USCIS.
Journalism, amirite?
BREAKING: USCIS is reinstating halted naturalization ceremonies in several New York counties, per U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler. The move comes days after a @timesunion.com report revealed abrupt cancellations in at least seven counties. www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley...
In other food news: Local businesses are helping SNAP recipients, two new bars open in Kingston, and Little Rye Bakehouse is launching an events program.
🧶 Trump’s tariffs are impacting many industries, even unexpected ones. I recently spoke with several New York fiber business owners, who said they are running low on inventory, being hit with surprise levies and seeing delayed shipments www.timesunion.com/business/art...
For the vibrant upstate fiber industry, which heavily relies on imported yarn and tools, the local infrastructure can’t keep up with rising costs and uncertainty.
BREAKING: An Afghan refugee whose family resettled in New York after fleeing Taliban persecution was detained by ICE agents following a routine asylum interview on Tuesday.
@mariamsilva.bsky.social has the story www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley...
Where ICE arrested thousands of immigrants in New York this year. @timesunion.com mapped the arrests so you can see the enforcement action by county, court house and jail
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Important story by my colleague @mariamsilva.bsky.social: the federal government has stopped paying for new citizen naturalization ceremonies
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SCOOP: Homeless people said they were paid to be listed as donors for a NY Senate candidate. Others told the @timesunion.com the candidate paid them with pre-paid cash gift cards worth 2x the value of their donation
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Back in June, my partner and I found an injured, fledgling robin in our yard. A Google search and some text messages later and we were driving up the Northway with a robin in a shoebox to a rehabilitator for passerine birds --- one of the few people who knew how to care for them, we'd soon learn
Plans are up in smoke
Beginning in September, the new rates will add roughly $14.29 to an average customer’s monthly electric bill and $7.66 to the customer’s monthly gas bill. National Grid provides utility service to 2.3 million customers in upstate New York.
Central Hudson admitted it did not provide safe and adequate service in the lead-up to a gas explosion in Wappingers Falls that hospitalized eight people, including children, two years ago.
The company will also pay a $5 million penalty. www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley...
A federal judge denied a Honduran immigrant’s petition to halt his deportation, but extended his restraining order by two days to give him time to appeal.
Gerson Josué Santamaría Turcio’s arrest July 18 prompted an outcry in Rhinebeck, where locals have raised $75,270 to support his legal defense.
“Community concierge” Janet Nuñez is the link between social services and residents who can’t access them.
New York is suing Trump for states' rights, Tish says. Monday CapCon: www.capitolconfidential.com/p/letitia-ja...
- Texas AG is suing the acting Ulster County clerk in NY
- Former NYDEC commissioners pen letter over emissions
- Hochul and the politics of MAID
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