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A 68-year-old Farmington man pleaded guilty in federal court to violating the Clean Air Act. It comes with a potential one-year sentence in prison, along with a $125,000 fine.
Sentencing for James Marshall, 68, of Farmington is scheduled for May. He was accused of violating the federal law while serving as a Maintenance Supervisor with the Finger Lakes Office for People with Developmental Disabilities.
“The very essence of the Clean Air Act is to protect people from dangerous, and potentially deadly, hazardous air pollutants,” said U.S. Attorney Kennedy. “As maintenance supervisor for the property owner where work was being done, the defendant had an obligation to look out for the safety of the hired contractors. Unfortunately, his failure to do what he should have
Negotiations between school district, unions over school reopenings resume
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FILE - In this file photo, San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera listens to questions during a press conference at City Hall in San Francisco. The city of San Francisco took a dramatic step Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, in its effort to get children back into public school classrooms, suing its own school district to try to force open the doors amid the coronavirus pandemic. City Attorney Herrera, with the backing of Mayor London Breed, announced he had sued the San Francisco Board of Education and the San Francisco Unified School District in a statement and discussed it at a news conference. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)Marcio Jose Sanchez / Associated Press