Today’s DocGo news: the NYC comptroller rejected their contract, largely because “There was little evidence to show that this company has the experience to provide the services it has been contracted for” and because the CEO said out loud that the migrant crisis is good for them. I suspect it’ll go through anyway but this is a pretty big deal.
In addition, an audit by the NY Department of State found that DocGo security guards (because they provide migrants with security guards rather than social workers) lack proper licensing.
https://www.timesunion.com/state/article/nyc-comptroller-rejects-docgo-s-432m-migrant-18350070.php
https://www.timesunion.com/state/article/state-violations-security-upstate-migrant-18347653.php
There has been a big increase in the number of criminal cases dismissed because the prosecution takes too long. Defendants have the right to a speedy trial, and in NY that is defined as six months for a felony and 30-90 days for other crimes. Statewide they have increased 161% since 2019; in Albany County, from 92 to 150 speedy trial dismissals. (The article does not include what percentage of all cases this is.)
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/ny-sees-surge-botched-prosecutions-speedy-trial-18277664.php
Employers now need to state salary ranges in NY job listings. It’s about time!
Albany County is installing a solar array under a radar tower near the airport. Its production will offset the county’s electric bill. BOCES will also be using it as a teaching tool.
https://www.timesunion.com/business/article/albany-county-breaks-ground-solar-array-18341175.php
Lots of people overstay the 14-night maximum at DEC campgrounds by having different family members sign up for consecutive weeks. The DEC is proposing a long-term permit option at Rollins Pond, but it seems unlikely to me that it will reduce the problem at other more desirable sites.
Hochul signed the bill preventing radioactive water from being discharged into the Hudson. This mostly targets the Indian Point nuclear power plant, which has already been shut down but not yet dismantled.
https://www.timesunion.com/capitol/article/gov-hochul-signs-save-hudson-ending-18303513.php
Guilderland Library is getting a café.
https://www.timesunion.com/tablehopping/article/roundup-cafe-con-mel-18347539.php