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AllOTSEGO.com (The Freeman's Journal)
Published September 03Coop Trustees Hear Concerns on Smoking Law, Temporary Use Permits, Main St. Development
The session opened with public comment from Kyla Coburn, lead designer at Kyla Coburn Designs, speaking on behalf of Cooperstown Main Street Partners LLC. Coburn outlined plans for three recently purchased Main Street buildings...
AllOTSEGO.com (The Freeman's Journal)
Published September 03Town Renews Push for Review of County Sales Tax Sharing Formula
The Town of Oneonta is again urging Otsego County leaders to revisit the county’s decades‑old sales tax sharing formula, arguing that the system—unchanged since 1991—no longer reflects the realities of where revenue is generated or the strain placed on local infrastructure.
AllOTSEGO.com (The Freeman's Journal)
Published September 03Sheriffs File Suit Against Gov. Hochul’s ‘Local Cops, Local Crimes Act’
The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York by the Federation for American Immigration Reform, challenges the state’s “Local Cops, Local Crimes Act” and the newly created Office of Immigrant Trust.
AllOTSEGO.com (The Freeman's Journal)
Published September 03Tague: ‘I Stand with the Sheriffs’
The recent enactment of the Local Cop/Local Crimes Act is a direct attack on our local police and county sheriff’s offices, handicapping their law enforcement tools at a time when we need them the most.