Cheap milk and immigration: A blunt farmer’s uncomfortable truth about NY’s dairy industry.
Mike McMahon, 73, is approaching the end of his farming career at the same time President Donald Trump has threatened to arrest everyone who does not legally belong in America. McMahon has been preaching about immigration obstacles in the dairy industry for 25 years – since he first hired workers from Mexico and Guatemala. Here’s the truth, according to McMahon: There is no work visa available for foreign workers who milk New York’s 630,000 cows, birth their calves, take their temperatures and administer their shots. It’s difficult, dirty work most Americans do not want to do. Instead, dairy farmers build workforces in ways that evade federal laws.
Rep. John Mannion erupts at fellow NY congressman on House floor
Rep. John Mannion exploded in anger on the House floor Thursday, shouting at fellow New York Rep. Mike Lawler during a vote to pass a House Republican bill canceling funds for foreign aid, PBS and NPR. Mannion, D-Geddes, began shouting at Lawler, a Republican from the Hudson Valley, after he spotted Lawler on the Democratic side of the floor and exchanged words.
Bishop Grimes school’s final farewell: ‘I felt like I was part of a family’
Fifty-five years ago, Bishop Grimes celebrated its first graduating class. On Saturday, 50 seniors and their families will celebrate its last. Since the announcement in February that the school would close, high school rituals at Grimes have become a mix of remembrances and mourning, parents and students told syracuse.com | The Post-Standard.
Nottingham looks to Syracuse, NFL alum Will Hunter to turn around football program
Former Syracuse and NFL player Will Hunter will try to restore a Nottingham team that hasn’t had a winning season since current Henninger coach Nick Patterson led the Bulldogs to the 2012 Section III Class A championship. Hunter replaces Marty Clanton, who had a 6-28 record in four seasons and a 1-8 record last year.
House Republicans have passed a bill that could force the U.S. Small Business Administration to shut down its offices in Syracuse and pull out of New York state because they are “sanctuary jurisdictions” with immigrant-friendly policies. The bill requires the SBA to shutter regional, district, or local offices within 60 days if the agency determines the office is in a sanctuary city, county or state. Those offices could be relocated to “non-sanctuary jurisdictions.”
Liverpool mayor urges movie studio to leave town, says celebrity photo shoots ‘not worth the price’
The rift between the village of Liverpool and the teen comedy movie making studio American High just rose a notch. Village Mayor Stacy Finney is blasting the independent studio founded by Jeremy Garelick, suggesting American High leave the village. “We are hopeful that another location will open up, because for me, photo shoots with celebrities at Dinosaur Bar-B-Que are just not worth the price we are paying,” she said in a letter to syracuse.com | The Post-Standard.
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