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Tuesday is the deadline for people to register guns defined as assault weapons by the NY Safe Act. Holding signs in the crowd are Frank Getman of Herkimer (far left) and Jim Jerome of Westvale (right). File photo, March 2013.

(David Lassman | dlassman@syracuse.com)



SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Morning, all. It's Dolphy Day at Le Moyne College, just in time for our fleeting burst of warm weather. Union College, we're trusting you to keep us warm through the rest of the week.

Tuesday is the next -- and last -- big deadline within the NY Safe Act, and many gun owners plan to defy it by not registering their guns under the state's new definition of assault weapons. One columnist in Forbes writes as many as 1 million gun owners in New York will not register their guns as assault weapons.

Some members of the disbanded anti-corruption panel are angry at what they say was interference from Cuomo's staff and unfinished work. "It was an exercise in frustration," one Moreland Commission member told the New York Daily News, which did not name the source.

Does this all mean Cuomo is a control freak?

In the end, Cuomo and state lawmakers agreed to a pilot program for public campaign financing as part of their reforms. The one candidate who could opt-in for taxpayer help, Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, has refused. Proponents of public financing -- who are angry about the outcome -- have launched a television ad in Syracuse and Buffalo criticizing the governor.

State geologists in Ohio have linked hydraulic fracturing to earthquakes.

The success of New York's health exchange has come with some hard decisions.

Google and Facebook are sinking tens of thousands of dollars into lobbying efforts in Albany, including an effort to block criminal penalties for "revenge porn."

David Flaum, who owns the Galleries in Syracuse, is looking at partnering with Off-Track Betting in his bid to run a state-sanctioned casino in the Albany area.

The lawyer for Osama bin Laden's son-in-law is due in federal court in Syracuse today on charges involving obstructing the IRS.He's expected to plead guilty.

ICYMI Hillary Clinton played a role in the creation of wine ice cream.

ICYMI Part two: Sen. John DeFrancisco, R-Syracuse, tried to float legislation that would have made it impossible for Destiny USA to by-pass the city to gain tax breaks.

Friday was veto day -- Cuomo issued nearly 500 vetoes for a slew of already spent, unspent, duplicated and, in a few cases, dead projects with the 2014-15 budget.

Saturday was meet-your-GOP-gubernatorial-candidate day in Erie County, where Rob Astorino made his pitch to some Republicans who had hoped Donald Trump would decide to run.

Cuomo says the state is on the right economic track, while Astorino says New York's economy is losing. Who's right?

Meet your newest state Board of Elections member.

News of the state Democratic Committee's nominating convention has been greatly exaggerated -- no date or place has been set.

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