ALBANY — The state Legislature was poised to vote for the temporary successor to fill the attorney general's position Tuesday, two weeks after Erie Schneiderman suddenly resigned amid allegations he physically abused four women he dated.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie announced that the Democrat-controlled Assembly and Republican-led Senate intend to cast a joint ballot starting at 3 p.m. Tuesday. Under state law, the full Legislature is required to vote on the attorney general's replacement should the job become vacant.

The Boil Water Notice is no longer in effect for the Town of Ontario.

The New York State Department of Health has given the all clear for residents to resume their normal water use.

Repairs to the broken water main have been completed and service has been restored, according to the NYDOH.

It states bacteriological samples collected from the public water system on May 20th and 21st do not have coliform or E.coli bacteria present.

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Second hour: Discussing the Reel Mind Theatre and Film Series

Police agencies were investigating a potential threat in the West Irondequoit School District Tuesday morning.

According to the district’s spokeswoman, Carol Crumlish, a student at Rogers Middle School had an online conversation with someone who claimed to be a Webster resident.

That person allegedly made threats against Rogers, and an alert was sent out to parents in the district.

The 28th running of the JP Morgan Corporate Challenge is Tuesday, and for the second year in a row, it will be in downtown Rochester.  For much of its existence, the 3.5  mile road race was held in Highland Park, and then at RIT.

Spokesman Alan Tieueli says this year’s race has a slightly different course compared to last year, to have more of the race run on downtown streets.

The New York State Public Service Commission says that its staff, along with RG&E, NYSEG and other parties have a proposed settlement over the way the two utilities responded to the March 2017 windstorm.

The storm caused power outages to more than 250,000 customers and Governor Andrew Cuomo had ordered the PSC to investigate the way the two utilities had prepared and responded to that storm which left some customers without electricity for days.

The state is stepping up efforts to control the tick population in an attempt to reduce the spread of Lyme disease.

That includes expanding deer treatment feeding stations that automatically apply tick treatment to deer as they eat.

And launching a new information program targeted at high-risk groups such as hunters and hikers.

Head of Infectious Diseases at the Rochester General Hospital, Dr. Edward Walsh says it would be beneficial if that campaign is expanded to include everyone, especially to those who live in areas where deer are present.