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Broome County declares state of emergency ahead of winter storm, 8-12 inches of snow expected

New York state and local officials are issuing travel advisories and implementing other restrictions amid a winter storm, expected to start Monday evening and last until Wednesday.

Broome County is declaring a state of emergency effective at 7 p.m. Monday night. A travel advisory will be issued saying no unnecessary travel after 8 p.m., except for work-related and emergency travel. County facilities will close Tuesday, but the airport and public transportation will operate as scheduled.

Alternate side parking rules are in effect in Ithaca and Binghamton. Garbage collection in Binghamton will be suspended Tuesday.

The city of Oneonta will close its offices Tuesday and public transport will be canceled.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul is also declaring a state of emergency beginning at 8 p.m. Monday night. Some tractor trailers will be banned on the entirety of Interstate 88 and other state highways in the eastern portion of the state.

Nearly the entire state is under a winter storm warning or watch through Wednesday morning.

Eight to 12 inches of snow is expected in Broome and Tioga counties. Nine to 18 inches of snow could hit parts of Tompkins, Cortland, Chenango, Otsego and Delaware counties.

Hochul said officials are expecting the heavy, dense snow to cause a significant loss of power.

“It's going to take down the wires, there's no way around it, when you have snow that's 50 percent heavier than normal," Hochul said. "This is not the light, fluffy, pretty Christmas snow, this is going to come down like a brick. It is that weight that causes the problems. One-and-a-half feet of snow is going to have the effect of three feet of snow.”

The governor said the National Guard and thousands of utility workers are ready to respond, including some who came from as far away as Canada.

Broome County officials issue travel advisory, suspend BC transit service

BINGHAMTON (WBNG) -- Broome County has issued a travel advisory Sunday morning.

In a tweet, county officials said they are urging people to not drive unless travel is necessary.

Additionally, Broome County Transit is suspending operations all day Sunday. Previously, the county said it was also suspended through noon.

Updates from Broome County regarding the winter storm: @BroomeSheriff has issued a travel advisory, urging no unnecessary travel; @ridebctransit is suspending service until at least noon, will be reassessed at that time; all @BroomeCoParks are closed today. Stay safe! pic.twitter.com/EautboTm85 — Broome County Government (@BroomeCountyGov) January 9, 2022

BINGHAMTON (WBNG) -- Road conditions across the Southern Tier are dangerous, and the Broome County Emergency Services office is warning people to stay off the roads unless it’s necessary.

Early Sunday morning, freezing rain and sleet fell across a large portion of the Southern Tier. As a result, the Broome County Parks Department closed all parks within the county due to inclement weather.

According to the National Weather Service Binghamton, while air temperatures should rise above freezing, pavement temperatures will stay below freezing for the next few hours. The office says ice can still form in untreated areas.

The Broome County Office of Emergency Services warns motorists to be especially cautious around bridges and overpasses, as the surfaces of those structures are well below freezing.

The roads are extremely icy this morning! We recommend you don’t travel unless it is necessary! Multiple weather hazards will occur over the next few days. If you have to leave the house during this time period, please be aware of the conditions and plan accordingly. pic.twitter.com/yFDdeMiBkC — Broome County Emergency Services (@BroomeEmergency) January 9, 2022

Officials also expressed concerns about black ice, which could be difficult to see while on the road.

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Updated: Broome County Travel Ban Lifted

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Broome County Director of Emergency Services, Patrick Dewing advises WNBF News that a Travel Ban is being issued for roads throughout the county due to the weather conditions.

Motorists are advised to stay off the roads until further notice unless they are deemed essential services or travel is necessary in an emergency.

Dewing adds all Broome County Government buildings are closed April 19 due to the hazardous conditions.

The Emergency Services Department head adds the county communications center had over 1,200 downed utility line reports lined up as of 6 a.m. That incudes cable lines in addition to electric lines that are being addressed by crews from New York State Electric and Gas.

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TSA Precheck Now Available At BGM

Greater Binghamton Airport is happy to announce TSA Precheck is now available! BGM has been working with the Transportation Safety Administration for some time now to get this done and now it is available to all eligible travelers. TSA Precheck allows expedited screening when passing through a TSA checkpoints at participating airports. This means there is no need to remove shoes, belts, jackets, or even your laptop from your bag while going through the checkpoint.

What does this mean for BGM? Shorter wait times at our TSA checkpoint, and more time for you to relax before your flight and throughout your travel beyond BGM. TSA Precheck is a nation-wide program with hundreds of participating airports. BGM will continue to have one lane screening, but passengers with TSA Precheck will pass through much smoother.

Who does this help? Families traveling will have an easier time going through security. Children ages 12 and under can travel with their parent or guardian through the precheck lane. Business travelers benefit from this as well. It makes their trip less stressful allowing them more time for them to relax.

How does one apply for TSA Precheck? Go to  www.TSA.gov/precheck  and submit an online application. After that schedule a ten minute in-person appointment that includes a background check and fingerprinting at an enrollment center closest to you. Once approved, TSA Precheck will be applied to your boarding pass if it is with a participating airline. Currently 76 Airlines across the globe, including Delta, Untied, and American Airlines, are participating in TSA Precheck. For a map of airports and airlines participating go to  www.tsa.gov/precheck/map  and  www.tsa.gov/precheck/participating-airlines .

Why does BGM need this? TSA Precheck will help BGM compete with other airports to make the traveler’s experience as smooth as possible.  It also improves BGM’s image to prospective airlines as they seek the best customer experience for their passengers. BGM will always strive to make the customer’s experience the best it can be. TSA Precheck helps contribute to that aspiration.

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Standard IDs  can be used for identification purposes and to board domestic flights until October 1st, 2021. After that, an Enhanced ID or REAL ID will be required to get on a plane, unless you have a passport or  any other accepted forms by TSA.

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Jamaica, Bahamas & parts of Europe under travel advisory

C AMILLUS, NY (WSYR-TV) — Many Central New Yorkers will be ditching the cold weather next week for February break and instead traveling somewhere much warmer than here.

The Caribbean country just so happens to be a hot spot during this time of year.

According to AAA Western and Central New York, the top destinations for Western New Yorkers and Central New Yorkers from Feb. 17 through Feb. 25 include Caribbean cruises, Orlando, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, Aruba, Jamaica, Sydney, Australia for a cruise, Madrid and Cancun, Mexico. But the government says traveling to certain parts of the Caribbean right now is far from ideal.

The U.S. State Department has issued travel advisories for several places including, Jamaica, the Bahamas, Mexico and Turks and Caicos. Parts of Europe also have travel advisories including, France, Italy, the United Kingdom and more.

“Here in the northeast, this time of year everybody wants to go anywhere that’s warm,” said Deanna Taylor, senior travel advisor at AAA for Western and Central New York.

One of those warm spots is Jamaica. The tropical island comes in at number five locally for top destinations. Taylor says several people from Central New York will be heading there next week for February break, despite a travel warning going into effect just last month.

Taylor says she only received maybe one or two phone calls when the travel advisory was first issued, but says it hasn’t deterred travel.

It’s also not deterring the U.S. Department of State from reissuing the level three reconsider travel warning due to crime and medical services. The government warns travelers about the high volume of violent crimes, including armed robberies, homicides and more.

The advisory also says sexual assaults happen often, including at all-inclusive resorts. 

“All-inclusive resorts are also very popular when it comes to vacation travel in Jamaica, so it raises a measure of concern,” said Taylor.

So what measures should you take if you are heading to the tropical island or other destinations on the travel advisory list? The government says to research the country you are going to so you’re familiar with the local law, security environment and culture. Also, find out what medical health services are covered overseas, in case you come across a medical emergency. 

“Common sense is really key no matter where you are traveling. So you don’t want to wander off into unknown regions alone. Safety in numbers, the wee hours of the morning we have to be careful about where we are and who we’re with” said Taylor. 

Taylor says so far none of her clients have canceled their trip to Jamaica but have seen cancellations with parts of Europe. 

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New York lawmakers pass another state budget extender through Thursday

Another state budget extender was passed Monday by the New York state Senate to keep the government running through Thursday, but will fund pay for state employees through next Tuesday.

The state Assembly approved the measure over the weekend. Gov. Kathy Hochul signed it into law Monday afternoon.

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Krueger said another extender beyond Thursday is "very likely." Two more budget negotiation sessions are scheduled for Tuesday and Friday.

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Binghamton University announces four honorary degree recipients

Educator, neuroscientist, former military-political affairs officer and musician to be honored.

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Binghamton University announced that Govindasamy Viswanathan and Binghamton alumni Alexander S. Vindman, Yasmin L. Hurd and Lee Ranaldo will receive State University of New York (SUNY) honorary doctorates this year during the University’s Commencement , May 9-11, 2024.

• Govindasamy Viswanathan , founder and chancellor of Vellore Institute of Technology in India, which has partnered with Binghamton’s Thomas J. Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science for almost 15 years, will be awarded the Doctor of Laws during Watson’s ceremony at 8:30 a.m. May 10.
• Alexander S. Vindman ’98 , a retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army and former director of European affairs for the U.S. National Security Council, will receive the Doctor of Laws during the College of Community and Public Affairs ceremony at 12:30 p.m. May 10.
• Yasmin L. Hurd ’82 , an internationally renowned neuroscientist, will be awarded the Doctor of Science during the Harpur College of Arts and Sciences ceremony at 8:30 a.m. May 11.
• Lee Ranaldo ’78 , a musician, visual artist, writer and co-founder of the band Sonic Youth, will receive the Doctor of Music during the Harpur College of Arts and Sciences ceremony at 4:30 p.m. May 11.

Binghamton University’s Office of the President invites nominations of individuals who represent what the University values and strives to instill in its graduates. Their accomplishments may be scholarly, artistic or a life of outstanding service. Nominees are considered by the President’s Honorary Degree Advisory Committee, the SUNY chancellor, the SUNY Honorary Degree Committee and the SUNY Board of Trustees before honorees are selected. Recipients are recognized with a SUNY honorary degree: Doctor of Fine Arts, Doctor of Humane Letters, Doctor of Laws or Doctor of Science. In awarding honorary degrees, Binghamton University celebrates the recipients’ achievements and claims them as having a special relationship with the University.

Brief bios of the four honorary degree recipients follow.

Govindasamy Viswanathan

Born in Tamil Nadu, India, he holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in economics from Loyola College and a law degree from Madras Law College. He also completed an Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School (2003) and received an honorary doctorate from West Virginia University (2009).

Viswanathan was a member of Parliament (1967–77) who advocated for the working class. He also served two terms in the Tamil Nadu State Legislature. He was minister for food, cooperation and dairy development, where he implemented measures that lowered essential commodities costs, improved bank functions and reduced corruption.

In 1984, he established Vellore Engineering College, which became VIT in 2001. VIT now has four campuses and serves over 82,000 students from across the globe. It has been recognized as an institution of eminence by the Indian government and is known for its academic excellence, commitment to students, and addressing the educational needs of socially and economically disadvantaged students.

Viswanathan also received several national and international awards and was the past president and chief patron of the Education Promotion Society for India.

Viswanathan promotes community service through multiple projects, including the Centre for Sustainable Rural Development and Research Studies, Support the Advancement of Rural Students and the G.V. School Development Programme. He founded the Universal Higher Education Trust in 2011 to aid underprivileged students from the Vellore district in pursuing higher education.

Additionally, Viswanathan founded a center for sustainable development of rural communities and launched the Clean Palar Project to clean up the Palar River. He also initiated a project that planted one million trees in Vellore.

Alexander S. Vindman ’98

Born in Kyiv, Ukraine, Vindman and his family immigrated to the U.S. in 1979. He received his bachelor’s degree in history from Binghamton University, where he was in the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Army’s Infantry Branch in 1999. Later, he earned a master’s degree in Russian, Eastern European and Central Asian studies from Harvard University and a doctorate from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, where he is now a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute.

During his military service, Vindman completed tours in South Korea, Germany and Iraq. He was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds sustained from a roadside bomb in Iraq in 2004. He also received nearly two dozen commendations and decorations for his meritorious and valorous service.

Vindman became a foreign area officer with expertise in Russia and Eastern Europe. Fluent in Russian and Ukrainian, he served in U.S. embassies in Kyiv and Moscow and was a Eurasian specialist in Washington, D.C. In 2018, Vindman was appointed director for European affairs at the National Security Council, where he developed and oversaw policies managing national security issues at all levels.

He became prominent in October 2019 when he was subpoenaed and testified at former President Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of justice, stemming from a phone call Trump had with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in July 2019.

Vindman retired from the military in 2020 and is now head of the national security think tank, the Institute for Informed American Leadership. He is also an executive board member for the Renew Democracy Initiative, a senior advisor to VoteVets and a senior fellow at the Kettering Foundation. Additionally, he wrote the New York Times bestselling memoir, “Here, Right Matters: An American Story,” and leads the Here Right Matters Foundation.

Vindman frequently shares his expertise on national media outlets and remains engaged with decision-makers in Washington and Kyiv.

Yasmin L. Hurd ’82

Hurd was born in Jamaica and grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y. She graduated from Binghamton University with a degree in biochemistry and psychology (1982). She completed a PhD in medical science at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, where her work in micro-dialysis led to neuropharmacology advances. She also completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the National Institutes of Health and was a staff fellow at the National Institute of Mental Health before joining the Department of Clinical Neuroscience faculty at the Karolinska Institutet (1993).

In 2006 she joined the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai as professor and director of the MD/PhD program, where she also founded the Diversity in Biomedical Research Committee. Since 2014, she has been director of Mount Sinai’s Addiction Institute. She also serves as the Ward-Coleman Chair of Translational Neuroscience and a professor of psychiatry and neuroscience at the Icahn School.

Based on her significant contributions to medicine and science, Hurd was elected to the National Academy of Medicine (2017) and the National Academy of Sciences (2022).

Hurd has published over 140 papers in leading journals and is the principal investigator for several federal and nonfederal grants. She occupies numerous national leadership positions, including chairing the Board of Scientific Counselors of the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the National Institutes of Health Study Section on Pathophysiology of Mental Disorders and Addictions. She has also been a member of the MacArthur Foundation Neuroscience Network and other notable national scientific organizations.

Lee Ranaldo ’78

Ranaldo earned a bachelor’s degree in studio art from Binghamton University in 1978.

He began his music career by playing with various bands before forming Sonic Youth in 1981 with Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon. Under his contribution, Sonic Youth played a crucial role in merging experimental music and New York’s no-wave scene with mainstream alternative rock. Critics hailed the band, which influenced a generation of indie-rockers and contributed to the rise of an alternative arts scene encompassing underground films, comics, conceptual art, experimental music and fashion. The band was instrumental in mainstreaming what was once considered “fringe.”

Ranaldo performed with Sonic Youth until 2011, while also pursuing a number of solo projects. In 1987, he released his first solo album, “From Here to Infinity.”

Rolling Stone magazine ranked Ranaldo #33 on its “Greatest Guitarists of All Time” list in 2004, and in 2012, he and Thurston Moore were jointly awarded the #1 spot on SPIN magazine’s top 100 guitarists list.

Ranaldo was nominated for a Grammy award in 2017 for his work on “Music of Morocco From the Library of Congress.” Since then, he has released over 50 recordings as a solo artist, with his band and through collaborations. He has also authored a dozen books on topics such as travel, poetry and art.

Recently, Ranaldo has been performing live with Leah Singer, presenting their Contre-jour performances, which are large-scale, multi-projection sound and light events. In November 2021, he released his solo acoustic composition called “In Virus Times” on Mute Records. Additionally, Sonic Youth released its “Walls Have Ears” album in February 2024 on Goofin’ Records.

Ranaldo has exhibited his art in galleries and museums worldwide. He has also been an artist-in-residence at various institutions, including La Comisión Nacional Evaluadora de la Actividad Investigadora in Paris, the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Canada and Villa Arson in Nice, France.

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