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Jose Gonzalez, 31, wearing handcuffs inscribed with his victim’s name, received the maximum sentence seven weeks after his first-degree murder conviction for the gruesome on-the-job death of Arroyo, a 14-year EMT veteran and the mother of five sons. ....
A day after the governor expressed hope that a spending plan could be finalized by the end of the week as she and legislative leaders focus on charter schools and cracking down on illegal cannabis sales, some of her fellow Dems panned a plan to raise New York’s minimum wage to $17 an hour downstate by 2026, and upstate by 2028. ....
A House panel led by a close ally of Donald Trump said Monday that it will hold a hearing next week in Manhattan tying District Attorney Alvin Bragg to local violent crime, infuriating Democrats and intensifying the GOP’s attacks on the prosecutor who charged the former president. ....
Correction sources said the fire suppression system in the North Infirmary Command was installed in 2018, and features recessed sprinkler heads which are supposed to pop out and spray water when triggered by significant heat or smoke. But on Thursday, the sources said, the sprinklers failed to come on, and warning strobes didn’t function. ....