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NYS Free School Meals Program explained

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:40:39 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (WTEN) -- Friday is Hunger Action Day; people all over the world focus on closing the gap for those facing hunger. In New York lawmakers on both sides of the aisle looked to fix this issue by expanding the Free School Meals Program. During the pandemic, schools received free breakfast and lunch; school faculty and state lawmakers said this helped students who faced hunger which is why they fought to include it in this years budget. The bipartisan effort called for over $200 million to fund universal school meals, but this was a new ask. Our Capitol Correspondent, Amal Tlaige was told, there wasn’t enough revenue available and the state could only set aside $134 million for free school meals. Kyle Belokopitsky, Executive Director of the NYS PTA said even though its not fully funded, it's still a tremendous help, "Cause it really is making a difference in our high need, low wealth school districts. In those school districts, school meals has been expanded to cover in...

People in tents want new approach to housing crisis 

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:40:39 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – Affordable housing has become more difficult to find in Albany. People who live in tents said the city’s sweeps have dehumanized them and want a new approach to the problem.Jasmine Tice has been staying in Washington Park with friends and they woke up to commotion. She said she went to use the restroom and less than 5 minutes later Albany’s Department of General Services took her tent. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! “I freaked out. He got out of his tent and started yelling, ‘That’s someone’s stuff! They just left for two seconds!’ So they let me get the tent out and like one bag of stuff but I couldn’t tell what was even in there. It was everything I owned,” said Tice. She said they’ve thrown out her stuff a couple of times in the past. “It makes me feel like a piece of garbage to be honest,” said Tice.Timothy Charles lives in a nearby tent and tried to intervene. “We are just looking for some hel...

Professional clothing drive in Pittsfield

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:40:39 GMT

PITTSFIELD, M.A. (NEWS10) — The Pittsfield District Attorney's Office coordinated with a national organization to help those in need access professional clothing. MORE News from NEWS 10The old saying goes clothes don't make the man, but they're important for 19-year-old Alan Tamayo. He’s getting a new suit today. To Alan, a recent immigrant, this is bigger than fancy clothes and nice fabrics. He hopes looking his best can grant him success. Success for Alan is scoring a job interview in the business field. Alan says good clothes equals flexibility:“For example, you can go like I don't know like prom or like work everything you want."Luis Mata of non-profit 18 Degrees, helped connect Alan to this event. “I feel like if you look good, you feel good, and it's a great opportunity for them…” said Mata. It was Dress for Success’ very first clothing drive in Pittsfield.  The event was sponsored by the Berkshire County District Attorney's office. The drive aims to help people entering or re...

Albany firefighters promoted to leadership roles

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:40:39 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Seven Albany firefighters were promoted during a ceremony Friday morning. The department welcomed a new deputy chief, battalion chief, captains and lieutenants. Family members and other firefighters were in attendance to provide support as they officially begin their new leadership roles. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! "Firefighters will look to them as examples," Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan said. "The importance they place on safety, training, professionalism, and respect will set the standard for this department."The department also recognized another lieutenant who was promoted in 2022 and was serving in the military during last year's ceremony.

Wentzville workers picket, demand fair contracts in historic UAW strike

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:40:39 GMT

WENTZVILLE, Mo. - A nice sunrise Friday over General Motors Wentzville Assembly revealed signs that autoworkers hope will usher in the dawn of a new labor contract.More than 13,000 members the United Autoworkers Union hit the picket line Friday morning. Workers in Wentzville were among the first nationwide to strike. “We would not be on strike if General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis were sitting down and negotiating in good faith,” said Glenn Kage Jr. with UAW Local 2250.Kage Jr. was also the union's president during the 2019 GM Strike.“Nobody wins, but sometimes it’s a necessary tool that you have to use to get them to sit down and bargain a decent, fair and equitable contract,” added Kage Jr. Study reveals potential health risks associated with household cleaning supplies From Missouri to Michigan and Ohio, United Auto Workers hit the picket lines around midnight. It’s the first time in history that the UAW is striking against the three big automakers at the same time. Around 13...

Guns N' Roses plans new fall concerts, postponed STL show not yet rescheduled

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:40:39 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Guns N' Roses has announced several new fall concert dates, but has not yet rescheduled a St. Louis show abruptly postponed last week. The rock band announced the following new dates in its North American Fall Tour: Oct. 16 in Edmonton, Alberta (Canada)Oct. 22 in Nampa, IdahoOct. 24 in Salt Lake City, UtahOct. 27 in Denver, ColoradoLast Friday, on the eve of a show scheduled in St. Louis, Guns N' Roses announced that the performance would be postponed due to an "illness," but did not further specify what led up to the decision. Guns N' Roses ended up performing in Knoxville, Tennessee just three days later. Study reveals potential health risks associated with household cleaning supplies The St. Louis Cardinals and Live Nation, sponsors for the Busch Stadium-planned concert, are telling fans to hold onto their tickets. The event organizer is hoping to reschedule sometime in the future, but when remains to be determined. Guns N' Roses also told fans via Twitter: “Hang o...

Mount Evans, named for disgraced Colorado governor, officially has a new name

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:40:39 GMT

Mount Evans, the Colorado fourteener named after the state’s disgraced territorial governor, now has a new name: Mount Blue Sky.The U.S. Board on Geographic Names voted 15-1 on Friday afternoon to accept the proposal for the new name, which was one of six suggestions for the Front Range peak in Clear Creek County that’s prominently visible from across metro Denver. Three board members abstained.Territorial Gov. John Evans was forced to resign following the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864, when U.S. soldiers attacked and killed Cheyenne and Arapaho people in southeastern Colorado territory, even after they had tried to broker peace.The federal board selected Mount Blue Sky, the recommendation put forward by Colorado’s Geographic Names Advisory Board and Gov. Jared Polis. The new name also was backed by the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes; the Northern Arapaho Tribe; the Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; and Ute Mountain Ute Tribe.The North...

Denver to pay $825,000 to man jailed after presenting laundry-damaged ID at DIA

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:40:39 GMT

Denver City Council will vote Monday on whether to pay $825,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a man jailed for three days after he presented an expired, laundry-damaged ID at Denver International Airport.The California ID was not a fake but police at DIA accused Juan Valenzuela of forging a government ID, a felony, even after Valenzuela presented other identification, including his Social Security card, his work photo ID, and a firearms certification card, according to a 2022 federal court ruling. He was employed as a state prison guard. Three police officers arrested him anyway. Denver prosecutors, three months later, dropped the charge against him.But, because the Colorado Department of Corrections cannot employ anybody facing a felony forgery charge, Valenzuela lost his job following the arrest and stayed unemployed for five months. His attorneys, in a lawsuit filed in federal court, emphasized that his family struggled to pay rent and living expenses.A federal court in 2022 awa...

EU lets Ukrainian grain ban expire even as some member countries impose their own

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:40:39 GMT

LONDON (AP) — The European Union on Friday decided not to renew a ban on Ukrainian food heading to nearby countries that have complained that an influx of agricultural products from the war-torn nation has hurt their farmers.The move sets up a clash with Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania, which have said that food coming from Ukraine has become stuck within their borders, creating a glut that has driven down prices for local farmers and hurt their livelihoods. The issue threatens European unity on supporting Ukraine against Russia’s invasion.Poland’s prime minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, reacted by saying that his government will extend its own the ban on Ukrainian grain, regardless of any lack of consent from the European Commission, the EU’s executive arm. Officials said the measure would be published Friday.“We will do that because it is in the interest of Polish farmers,” Morawiecki said during a campaign rally ahead of Oct. 15 parliamentary...

If CSU Rams want love from ESPN, Fox, CBS, analyst says, that starts with beating No. 18 CU Buffs, Deion Sanders

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:40:39 GMT

BOULDER — The Rams couldn’t beat Washington State. But if they want a chance to join them, they’re going to have to follow the Cougars’ lead. Right here. Right now.“(For CSU), it’s a very similar situation to Wazzu against Wisconsin last week,” Louis Riddick, ESPN’s color analyst for Saturday night’s Rocky Mountain Showdown, told The Denver Post earlier this week. “Washington State, they’re a team without a home. They’ll go from being a Power 5 (program) to maybe being a Mountain West school. It’s kind of the same with (Saturday) for (The Rams): You’re hunting for credibility. You’re hunting for respect.“The only way to get it is to go against the perceived ‘big dogs’ and take them down and take them down in a dramatic fashion and take them down in a dramatic fashion with a lot of people watching. That’s what you have setting up here (with CU).”Possibly. Wazzu took...