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In reply to Charlie Symon. This is a great idea -- for a person visiting someone at this facility, the staff are rude and don’t wear name tags, so when trying to report them to Albany you can't give names. They treat inmates in an inhumane way. These facilities should be open, however, for mental health treatment, which is what many inmates need.

In reply to Tom Tannery. We've added a link in the story to a copy of the complaint.

In reply to Ann Fanizzi. The answer is both. The state is now asking hospitals to report two totals: patients admitted "due to COVID-19 or complications of COVID" and patients admitted "where COVID was not included as one of the reasons for admission." As of Jan. 12, 58 percent of the COVID patients hospitalized statewide were admitted du […]

Are hospitals seeing patients “with” or “because” of COVID-19? Rampant confusion. [via Facebook]

In reply to Ann Borthwick. Or any people of color? [via Facebook]

I guess there were no qualified women? [via Facebook]

What a great team of law enforcement officers with years of experience. Congratulations to all. [via Facebook]

This hurts horribly. I met Scout when he jumped in front of a fast-turning car that was oblivious to my 5-year-old daughter fallen in the road. She remembers it as well as I do, nearly eight years later. He underplayed the episode like it was merely his civic duty. I’ll never forget him. [via Instagram]

Compare your meter reading to the stated reading on your next bill. In Central Hudson’s efforts to clean up the mess created by this system update/transfer, it adjusted the meter reading, producing an erroneous number on the invoice. Per customer service, Central Hudson is working to clean up this further-compounding error. [via Facebook]

Just paid $900. They need to sort it out. [via Facebook]

I owed more than $700 after not receiving a bill for months. They changed my account number in September; discovered this today. [via Facebook]

I had one rather small bill after months of no bills. Now I’m waiting for the other shoe to drop. [via Facebook]

The situation was aggravating but Central Hudson did make an effort to correct it for us and reached out through social media and also called us. It was finally corrected. I paid the amount I usually owe every month over the phone so I wouldn’t be behind. Central Hudson usually provides top-notch customer service, so this seems like a bump in the road for th […]

I’d like to draw the public’s attention to the Haldane Board of Education policy on public comment. In contrast to practices at meetings held three or more years ago, the policy does not allow the board to reply to any questions or concerns raised during public comment. Only after the meeting do members respond privately by email or phone. Further, the polic […]

And so it begins. Please upload the complaint filed by Hart.

Everything the police said indicate the driver caused Giuffrida's death; there should be more consequences for killing someone while breaking the law. A ticket for failure to yield to a pedestrian isn't fair consequences.

In reply to Patricia Burruano. No one ever caused a school massacre by driving into a classroom. The guns make these slaughters possible. It’s not either or, it’s both: better mental health services and more and better gun control. [via Facebook]

I disagree with Speiser. Mental health is indeed the issue. You can take away all the guns, but if someone want to harm someone, they will find a way to do it. They will use a car, make an explosive device, or something else. The first thing to do is have the appropriate security measures in place. Going to the state Legislature and getting it to act takes a […]

These lawsuits are right out of Trump's playbook. If developers “investment expectations” are in any way infringed upon or rejected, sue! Then sue some more, until the town or city faces bankruptcy. These lawsuits are all about the towns or cities won't change the laws for them. P.S.: To the new members of the Town Board, these are not great-paying […]

What a diverse team!

Expanding the coverage of The Current to include Beacon as well as Cold Spring, Garrison and Nelsonville must have at first seemed visionary, if not chancy. We in Philipstown tend to be rather insular in our outlook, and understandably so. But the sun also rises and sets in Beacon, a community much like our own slightly to the north. Many readers remember th […]

Scientists at the Princess Elizabeth Antarctic science lab had an outbreak of the Omicron variant. Before arriving, they had to be vaccinated and follow a stringent and lengthy isolation and testing protocol, yet it hit two-thirds of them, according to news reports. What does this tell us about all our expensive, impractical and soul-crushing efforts? At bes […]

How can we rely on at-home tests when so many parents consistently send their sick children to school? Students would arrive to school with fever, coughs, etc., before the pandemic. What makes districts think this would be any different? Some people don’t care about anyone or anything else besides themselves. [via Facebook]

In reply to Francisco Javier. What’s the harm? There is huge mental-health harm caused by children going remote. Plus, many parents can’t take off work. [via Facebook]

There is not enough testing is available to make this an effective strategy for schools. At-home tests are scarce and many families don’t have access to immediate testing. There will be a surge as students get back to school after the break. There is a large subset of the student population that is not approved by the Food and Drug Administration to be boost […]