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Wednesday, May 08, 2013  Rep. Dan Maffei (D-NY) and Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner announced Wednesday that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will not eliminate midnight shifts at Syracuse Hancock International Airport’s air traffic control tower in the 2013 fiscal year.

Thursday, April 25, 2013  With flight delays mounting, the Senate has passed legislation to end air traffic controller furloughs blamed for inconveniencing large numbers of travelers.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013  Mayor Stephanie Miner is calling on the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to keep the overnight shift at Hancock Airport, citing extreme weather conditions as one of the reasons to keep the shift.

Monday, March 04, 2013  Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says U.S. airports, including Los Angeles International and O'Hare International in Chicago, are already experiencing delays as a result of automatic federal spending cuts.

Friday, March 01, 2013  Here's a bright spot amid the doom and gloom of the government's automatic spending cuts: They shouldn't delay tax refunds.

Friday, March 01, 2013  Automatic federal spending cuts take effect Friday after lawmakers were unable to reach an agreement. President Barack Obama says it may take a couple of weeks or a couple of months to reach a deal to end Washington's battle over spending cuts.

Friday, March 01, 2013  The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is looking at possibly eliminating overnight shifts at the air traffic control tower at Hancock and furloughs for tens of thousands of workers.

Monday, February 25, 2013  If automatic spending cuts go into effect on Friday, your next flight out of Hancock Airport could be delayed.

Wednesday, May 12, 2010  If the state budget isn’t passed soon, Onondaga County residents will have one fewer day each week to get their business done at the DMV.

Wednesday, May 12, 2010  A federal judge has issued an order blocking Gov. David Paterson from imposing furloughs on about 100,000 state workers.

Tuesday, May 11, 2010  New York's powerful public employee unions on Tuesday sought temporary court orders blocking state worker furloughs approved Monday night by the Legislature.

Monday, May 10, 2010  Despite their strong objections, New York lawmakers are scheduled to vote for unprecedented furloughs for state workers to contend with a fiscal crisis.

Thursday, May 06, 2010  New York's legislative leaders said Thursday they won't try to block Gov. David Paterson's plan for furloughs of unionized workers to keep the state solvent.

Wednesday, May 05, 2010  Each weekday we will collect and publish links to stories that may be of interest to our Central New York readers.

Tuesday, May 04, 2010  About 100,000 unionized state workers will start getting a day of unpaid furlough each week under a plan announced Tuesday by Gov. David Paterson.