Olean man sentenced to 3-9 years for hit-and-run death
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KELLEN M. QUIGLEY kquigley@oleantimesherald.com 
August 27, 2025
OLEAN — An Olean man has been sentenced to three to nine years in state prison for a 2023 hit-and-run incident on Seneca Avenue that resulted in a wom...

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NY governor faces fallout of running mate resignation
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MARINA VILLENEUVE and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press 
May 02, 2022
ALBANY — When New York Gov. Kathy Hochul took office last year after her predecessor resigned in a sexual harassment scandal, one of her first big dec...
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Kathy Hochul is on shaky ground
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CHRIS CHURCHILL Times Union 
Apr 28, 2022
ALBANY (TNS) — New York is blue. Very blue. You could even argue that no state east of California offers more favorable terrain for Democrats. Gov. Ka...
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Benjamin reaches for ‘de Blasio’ defense
Local Columnists, New York, Opinion
Apr 22, 2022
It looks like disgraced ex-Lt. Gov Brian Benjamin’s defense will resort to the “get out of jail free” card that worked for former New York Mayor Bill ...
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A new governor, but the same old mess
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CHRIS CHURCHILL Times Union 
Apr 17, 2022
ALBANY (TNS) — In Andrew Cuomo’s first speech as governor, he promised he would remake a state government mired in scandal and tainted by corruption. ...
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Judgment lapse for Hochul
Local Columnists, New York, Opinion
Apr 14, 2022
The latest corruption scandal rocks Albany, and its timing is stunning — placing Gov. Kathy Hochul, with only 7 1/2 months in office, in a terrible po...
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