DEC encouraged staff to work from home Monday if they felt unsafe about threats the agency has received since the squirrel’s death. ALBANY — Employees at the state Department of Environmental Conservation were told they could work from home Monday and ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Buffalo Police asked the community to avoid the vicinity of 700 Delaware Ave. late Monday morning due to what officials said was a bomb threat. Authorities said the city’s K9 unit conducted a thorough search of the premises and the building was cleared.

Officials say at least 10 state offices from Albany to Tarrytown received emailed bomb threats on Monday, including the Region 3 office in New Paltz.

Peanut the squirrel is no more and neither is his fur brother Fred the raccoon. NY officials have termed their deaths 'euthanasia' but nobody really agrees

Bomb threats have been made to eight DEC facilities across the state of New York following the death of Peanut the Squirrel.