ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Health officials say a New York college student who now has measles recently traveled across the state on a train. So they want to make people aware while noting that most New Yorkers have been vaccinated against the disease.

The state Health Department said Friday that the Bard College student took a 1:20 p.m. Amtrak train from New York City's Penn Station to Albany and then to Niagara Falls this past Sunday.

Assembly Majority Leader  Joe Morelle says he's ready to move on with doing the business the legislature should be doing, now that it appears Bronx Assemblyman Carl Heastie will likely be named the next speaker of that body. Morelle returned to Irondequoit on Friday night, after having taken himself out of contention earlier in the day to try and be the next Speaker.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)  New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver announced his resignation as two lawmakers jockeyed for his position Friday following federal charges that the longtime leader took nearly $4 million in kickbacks. 

The Manhattan Democrat filed a letter with the clerk of the Assembly making his resignation effective as of 11:59 p.m. Monday, spokesman Michael Whyland said. Silver, who has said he expects to be exonerated, intends to keep his Assembly seat. 

We base our discussion around A Path Appears, the film that uncovers gender-based oppression here and around the world, searching for solutions. We'll have audio from our special presentation and community discussion at The Little this week. WXXI Reporter Michelle Faust helps lead the discussion.

We start with a brief discussion of developing news about the NYS Assembly Speaker. 

Then we talk  why participation in youth sports is  declining, and what is the impact on at-risk children? Rochester  has a new effort to get kids age 7-15 involved in sports. Will it work? And spring leagues are already pushing membership, hoping to drive interest. They're also willing to work with families that can't afford fees and equipment.

Guests include: Craig Cypher and Sean Hanna, Southside Little League.

John Picone, City of Rochester director of athletics
 

Congresswoman Louise Slaughter announced that a Rochester-based consortium is a finalist in a nation-wide photonics grant competition. The $110 million federal dollars, matched with non-federal grants, would go toward establishing an Integrated Photonics Manufacturing Institute.

Slaughter says the group, headed by RIT, University of Rochester, and SUNY Polytechnic Institute is a shoo-in for the money because of Rochester's history of success in manufacturing and engineering.

The race to replace the disgraced Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver seems all but over, with the Assembly’s Majority Leader Joe Morelle ending his bid for the job and throwing his support to Bronx Assemblyman Carl Heastie. A vote could be held as early as next week.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)  Restaurant servers and other tipped workers in New York state would make $7.50 an hour before tips under a proposal recommended by a state wage board Friday.

The proposal from the state Wage Board would go into effect Dec. 31 if approved by Gov. Andrew Cuomo's labor commissioner. That looks likely to happen after Cuomo signaled his support Friday. 

``For far too long, wages for tipped workers in New York State have been too low,'' Cuomo said in a statement. ``Today the Wage Board has recommended a course that begins to rectify that.'' 

The Rochester City School District needs the help of the entire community in addressing issues with fights that have broken out from time to time as city students change buses downtown.

That according to Superintendent Bolgen Vargas in response to the reaction by city officials to a Facebook video this week which showed students fighting near the new transit center on St. Paul Street.

Joe Morelle has pulled out of contention for the job of Assembly Speaker, throwing his support behind Carl Heastie of the Bronx.

Assembly Minority Leader, Republican Brian Kolb of Canandaigua, says the chamber has lost a very viable candidate.

He says New York City assembly members tend to want to have their speaker come from New York City.

And there was political pressure amongst the boroughs to have someone from New York City to be speaker.