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In response to rising transit crime in New York City, Governor Kathy Hochul has announced the deployment of 750 National Guard members, along with state and MTA police officers, to conduct mandatory bag checks at busy subway stations. This initiative aims to reassure commuters following a series of violent incidents in the transit system. Passengers […]
As of yesterday, New York’s State of emergency entered into effect as the National Guard moved in. Now that the National Guard has arrived, hospitals can pause elective surgeries to make room for an influx of COVID patients. Starting today, National Guard members will be stationed at Monroe Community Hospital. In a statement, Monroe County […]
After the state of emergency was announced in Monroe County, Governor Kathy Hochul is sending members of the National Guard to Monroe County to help alleviate nursing home staffing shortages. Yesterday, Lt. Governor Brian Benjamin made the announcement for Monroe County in Rochester. Benjamin stated: “We are also looking at more folks of the National […]
With the school year now in full swing, state and federal leaders are facing increasing pressure to take action in hopes of finding a solution for the current bus driver shortage. Currently, in every corner of the state, district leaders and bus companies have been scrambling to find ways to transport more than 2 million […]
The National Guard has been deployed at the U.S. Capitol for the past several months. Their mission ended Sunday, and President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden thanked them for their services Monday. The Bidens stated: “Since the insurrection on January 6, thousands of proud service members, from states and territories all across our Union, […]
According to officials in Washington DC, around 5,000 National Guard troops will remain stationed in the capitol until at least mid-March due to a QAnon conspiracy theory. The latest conspiracy theory says that Trump will be sworn into office on March 4th. Rep. Adam Smith, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee gave a statement […]
Emergency crews are still sifting through the wreckage 2 days after the fatal crash of a U.S. Army Reserve Blackhawk helicopter crash in Mendon. Investigators and their working dogs spent yesterday looking across the field for clues that could tell us what went wrong in those final moments. Mark Kokinda witnessed the crash from his […]
Last night around 6:30, a Blackhawk helicopter belonging to the National Guard crashed into a farmers field in Mendon. Witnesses reported hearing sputtering sounds before seeing the chopper flying low to the ground. According to Monroe County Sheriff Todd Baxter parts of the helicopter were on fire in the field and when first responders got […]
Normally this week is a joyful one — Every four years there is a transition of power from one president to the next that thousands of people can celebrate by going to the nation’s Capitol and witnessing the event. After the storming of the Capitol on January 6, things are different. The capitol looks like […]
The Pentagon released a statement saying the were sending the 900 remaining active duty troops back to their home bases in North Carolina and New York.These soldiers were stationed near the capital region on standby orders and were not actually deployed into the city. Sources say that enough National Guard troops are present and there […]