{"id":104560,"date":"2026-01-19T12:03:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T12:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/104560\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T12:03:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T12:03:12","slug":"morning-briefing-in-central-new-york-jan-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/104560\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Briefing in Central New York: Jan. 19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good morning, New York.\u00a0Here&#8217;s what you need to know today.<\/p>\n<p>Your Weather Planner<\/p>\n<p>Cold with a snow shower or possible snow squall as the day progresses. Highs in the 20s to near 30. Heavy lake effect snow develops east of Lake Ontario tonight and continues through Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/cny_am_wx_011926.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"hashed-image\" img-data-alignment=\"center\" img-data-width=\"percent-hundred\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/nys\/central-ny\/weather\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNY Forecast<\/a> |\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/nys\/watertown\/weather\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Northern NY Forecast<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/nys\/binghamton\/weather\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Southern Tier Forecast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spectrumnews1.com\/snpluslive\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Spectrum_News_Plus_PromoCard_4-11-2023.jpeg\" width=\"100%\" class=\"hashed-image\" img-data-alignment=\"center\" img-data-width=\"percent-hundred\" style=\"--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: var(--darkreader-border-ff0000, #b30000); --darkreader-inline-border-right: var(--darkreader-border-ff0000, #b30000); --darkreader-inline-border-top: var(--darkreader-border-ff0000, #b30000); --darkreader-inline-border-left: var(--darkreader-border-ff0000, #b30000);\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nIntroducing Spectrum News+<br \/>Watch the latest news and more local stories from across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Around New York<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nystateofpolitics.com\/state-of-politics\/new-york\/news\/2026\/01\/16\/hochul-outlines-plan-to-save-new-yorkers-money-on-utility-bills\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hochul outlines plan to save New Yorkers money on utility bills<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gov. Kathy Hochul announced sweeping proposals to lower utility costs for New Yorkers during her 2026 State of the State address.<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nystateofpolitics.com\/state-of-politics\/new-york\/politics\/2026\/01\/16\/political-reporters-weigh-in-on-hochul-s-state-of-the-state-address\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Political reporters weigh in on Hochul\u2019s State of the State address<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gov. Kathy Hochul delivered her fifth State of the State address and the legislative session moved into full swing. To break it down,\u00a0Capital Tonight\u00a0host Susan Arbetter was joined by two veteran state Capitol reporters: Jimmy Vielkind, the New York state issues reporter for WNYC, and Rob Gavin, the Albany bureau chief at\u00a0The Buffalo News.<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nystateofpolitics.com\/state-of-politics\/new-york\/politics\/2026\/01\/17\/hochul-s-budget-won-t-change-raise-the-age-law\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hochul&#8217;s budget won&#8217;t change Raise the Age law<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nystateofpolitics.com\/state-of-politics\/new-york\/news\/2026\/01\/16\/hochul-outlines-plan-to-save-new-yorkers-money-on-utility-bills\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gov. Kathy Hochul will not propose changes to a law that prevents 16 and 17-year-olds to be tried as adults in her executive budget to be released next week, her office confirmed Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>Around the Nation<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/nys\/central-ny\/news\/2026\/01\/17\/minneapolis-immigration-demonstrations-national-guard\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pro- and anti-ICE demonstrators face off during Minneapolis immigration crackdown<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/nys\/central-ny\/international\/2026\/01\/17\/greenland-us-delegation-tariff-threat\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trump says 8 European countries will be charged 10% tariff for opposing U.S. control of Greenland<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/nys\/hudson-valley\/news\/2026\/01\/17\/minneapolis-immigration-demonstrations-national-guard\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/nys\/central-ny\/news\/2026\/01\/13\/some-democrats-float-ice-reforms-in-exchange-for-support-for-dhs-spending-bill-ahead-of-next-funding-deadline\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/nys\/capital-region\/news\/2026\/01\/12\/democratic-lawmakers-fume-over-dhs-policy-on-congressional-ice-facility-visits\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/nys\/rochester\/news\/2025\/12\/30\/trump-administration-rolls-out-rural-health-funding--with-strings-attached\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/nys\/buffalo\/news\/2025\/12\/30\/trump-administration-rolls-out-rural-health-funding--with-strings-attached\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/nys\/rochester\/international\/2025\/12\/29\/donald-trump-benjamin-netanyahu-meeting-gaza-ceasefire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">3.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/nys\/central-ny\/politics\/2026\/01\/17\/epstein-files-doj-response-monitor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Justice Department argues against appointment of independent monitor for release of Epstein files<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t Miss This<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/nys\/central-ny\/news\/2026\/01\/17\/cuban-immigrant-arrested-in-rochester-dies-in-ice-custody-\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cuban immigrant arrested in Rochester dies in ICE custody<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/nys\/central-ny\/news\/2026\/01\/17\/lawsuit-filed-in-effort-to-halt-construction-of-micron-s-central-n-y--facility\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lawsuit filed in effort to halt construction of Micron&#8217;s Central N.Y. facility<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/nys\/central-ny\/news\/2026\/01\/08\/only-a-quarter-of-required-ignition-interlocks-installed-post-dwi--advocates-wonder-why\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Advocates concerned as many ignition interlocks not being installed post-DWI<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning, New York.\u00a0Here&#8217;s what you need to know today. Your Weather Planner Cold with a snow shower&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104561,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[577,25,257,9,11,10,49,51,50,380],"class_list":["post-104560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-app-morning-briefing","tag-app-top-stories","tag-central-ny","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news","tag-spectrum-news-staff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}