The Police Benevolent Association of the NYS Troopers (PBA) has endorsed NYS Supreme Court Justice candidates Ann Crowell and Robert Chauvin who are both from Saratoga.  They have endorsed current Supreme Court Justice John Lahtinen of Clinton County as well.

According to a press release, the three candidates are running in the Fourth Judicial District where two of the three seats that need to be filled are in Saratoga County. 

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 8.

Seventy-five percent of school superintendents in New York State say their districts are in worse financial shape today than they were a year ago.  

They are relying heavily on their fund balances to stay under the two percent cap on property taxes.   

A recent survey of superintendents also found they laid off three percent of their teachers and four percent of their administrators, after the state cut one billion dollars in school aid.     

SCHENECTADY - They send an electric shock, temporarily incapacitating someone. Tasers, or electric stun guns, are sometimes criticized for their overuse by cops who carry them.

But the shooting incident in Schenectady Saturday has left some wondering why all cops there don't carry Tasers.

"When you are being confronted by a subject with a knife and you feel that your life is in danger, the law says you may use deadly physical force. That's what he did," says Schenectady Public Safety Commissioner Wayne Bennett.

Bennett defended the actions of Officer Brett Ferris, who fired four shots at Elvis Norwood Saturday when Norwood charged at him with a knife inside the Daily Gazette building on Maxon Road Extension.

Police say Officer Ferris did not have a Taser, and had called for an officer who does carry one to come to the scene. Before the cop with the Taser could be let in, Norwood charged and Ferris shot him three times.