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Mon Nov 6 2023

NY can't get people to recycle as more trash heads to landfills

Jade Eddy, the owner of MT Returnables in Queensbury, NY, wants New York to increase the percentage bottle redemption companies receive for recycling containers.

Local governments are having trouble paying for recycling programs while bottle redeemers say they need state help to keep their doors open.

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Black-eyed Susan is a cold, hardy perennial you may be able to find a good deal on this fall.

Gardening advice on perennials

There is a benefit for having perennials in your garden

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FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2013, file photo, an employee of North Raleigh Guns demonstrates how a "bump" stock works at the Raleigh, N.C., shop. The gunman who unleashed hundreds of rounds of gunfire on a crowd of concertgoers in Las Vegas on Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, attached what is called a "bump-stock" to two of his weapons, in effect converting semiautomatic firearms into fully automatic ones. (AP Photo/Allen Breed, File) ORG XMIT: NYHK202

Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to Trump-era ban on bump stocks

The decision to weigh the federal bump stock ban puts the issue of guns on the Supreme Court's docket days after a deadly mass shooting in Maine.

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Hope Dealers sets up in a vacant lot at 10 Sullivan St. to provide free clothing, food and any help for drug addiction for anyone who wants it. In addition two groups go out and do outreach and clean up discarded needles in the Joseph and North Clinton Aves. area.

NY overdose deaths tied to addiction treatment gaps amid COVID pandemic

Addiction treatment inpatients in NY plummeted from 2019 to 2020, falling from about 9,900 to 6,500. A new audit details why, how it hurt New Yorkers.

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Rideshare drivers demonstrate against rideshare companies Uber and Lyft during a car caravan protest on August 6, 2020 in Los Angeles. - The drivers, organized by the Mobile Workers Alliance and Rideshare Drivers United unions, say Uber and Lyft's are pushing a "deceptive" November ballot initiative, which, if passed, they claim would "rewrite labor law" and turn app-based drivers into independent contractors, exempting companies such as Lyft and Uber from standard wage and hour restrictions. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) (Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)

Uber, Lyft drivers in NY may be eligible for settlement money. How to claim your back pay

Eligible Uber and Lyft drivers throughout New York can file a claim to receive the funds they are owed.

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