5 things to know this Wednesday, April 2
ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)-- Happy Wednesday! Meteorologist Matt Mackie says it will be a bit cooler outside today and may rain later in the afternoon; temperatures are expected to reach 49 degrees in parts of the Capital Region.
A reward is being offered in connection to a fatal 2021 shooting in the city of Schenectady. Also, some incarcerated individuals will be moved to residential treatment outcount status, or released. These stories, and more, are in your five things to know this Wednesday, April 2.
1. ATF offering reward in connection to 2021 Schenectady homicide
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is offering up to $5,000 for the positive identification, arrest and conviction of those responsible for E-Shawn Berkley’s death. Berkley was shot and killed on September 5, 2021 at the Tropics Restaurant and Bar on South Brandywine.
2. NYS Budget Extender issued | NEWS10 ABC
The state budget deadline has come and gone. To keep state operations going and to pay employees, a $1.7 billion dollar budget extender has been issued until Thursday.
3. First local patient receives groundbreaking cancer therapy
History is being made in local cancer care. New York Oncology Hematology administered the first commercial CAR T cancer treatment in the region to a man with blood cancer on Tuesday.
4. ADK Karting coming to Aviation Mall in Queensbury
Aviation Mall is bringing a new form of entertainment to its shopping center this fall. ADK Karting Experience is leasing the former Sears space for a go kart track, an arcade, and simulators.
5. DOCCS releasing some inmates early due to staffing
Prisoners who are within 15 to 110 days of an approved release date, not serving a sentence for an A-1 or A-2 non-drug offense, a class B through E violent felony offense, or a sex offense, and who have an identified approved residence meet the requirements for being released, according to the memo. The approved residence must not be a shelter or a Department of Social Services placement.