Evening News Brief
Written by Tom Tharp on June 17, 2021
New York’s Assembly has passed the Child Poverty Reduction Act and it has been sent to the governor’s desk. The measure officially creates a public commitment for the state to reduce child poverty by 50% over the next decade. It will also establish a Child Poverty Reduction Advisory Council that will develop plans, assess policies and send out annual progress reports. That council will also examine structural racism and determine sources of inequity that result in poverty. There are over a million children living in Poverty in the Empire State with almost a third of them going into poverty during COVID.
A family in Darien is looking for the driver of a car that hit their dog on Harper Road Wednesday at around 9am. The car was a blue sedan thought to be a Chevy Impala which did not stop after hitting the dog. A complaint was made to the Sheriffs office and the car is believed to have been captured on a neighbors security camera.
Buffalo Bills coach Sean McDermott flew with the Blue Angels yesterday after the flying team arrived in Niagara Falls ahead of the Buffalo air Show Saturday. McDermott flew in an F18 hornet over Lake Ontario. He said that the flight was 3 times more intense than coaching at the Super Bowl.
