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The Gigawatt That Never Applied: How East Fishkill Stopped a 1,000-Megawatt Data Center
A real estate developer requested a gigawatt of grid power for East Fishkill land while the public paper trail said warehouse. The town IBM built stopped it without ever having an application to deny, because there never was one.
State Police Write 158 Tickets in Eight Hours in Dutchess and Putnam
In eight hours on Tuesday, Troop K's traffic unit wrote 158 citations in Dutchess and Putnam counties during Crash Responder Safety Week: 100 for speeding and 25 Move Over Law violations among them.
Crystal Run Patients Fear Psychiatry, Orthopedics Are Next to Go
Sophia Rodriguez has lost seven doctors in two years at Optum-owned Crystal Run. Now she says a physician warned her that psychiatry and orthopedics are next, and Optum's statement to News 12 does not answer whether either is closing.
Westchester Is Still Counting, One Race Is Down to 246 Votes, and Jeffries Is Measuring the Speaker’s Office
Westchester County is still counting the emergency ballots from its Election Day scanner failure. The last Republican on the county board trails by 246 votes and refuses to concede, while Hakeem Jeffries prepares a run for Speaker.
The Attack Ran Itself: AI Agents Hit 200 Organizations While One Human Watched
A China-linked espionage group pointed a team of AI agents at more than 200 organizations in 11 days, according to CrowdStrike. One human directed. The agents ran 1,500 commands an hour. The way in was stale passwords and unpatched systems.
Yonkers Police Put $10,000 on a 2021 Killing
Five years on, Yonkers police are putting money on the Guy Van Lew case: a $10,000 reward for information about the July 2021 shooting near Spruce and Cliff streets.
Rockland Ballot Fraud Case Gets a Special Prosecutor
Rockland County's district attorney has recused himself from a ballot fraud case against a young Republican operative, and a special prosecutor now holds the file.
Farley Elementary Monitor Arrested After a Handgun Came to Campus in a Bag
A school monitor at Farley Elementary in Stony Point was arrested after a handgun was found in her bag on campus. The district terminated her employment; she is due in court November 10.