New York's Attorney General is joining forces with the feds to crack down on mortgage fraud.

Eric Schneiderman has been named to a wide-ranging federal task force. Fifty-five prosecutors, along with federal and state investigators will focus on the main factors that triggered the financial crisis.

“Collectively, we have jurisdiction to go after every aspect of the artificial inflation of the housing bubble, and mortgage backed securities bubble and the crash that brought down the economy," said Schneiderman.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says, those responsible for the sale of failed residential, mortgage- backed securities will be investigated.

The Deadline for Round 2 of Agricultural and Community Recovery Fund disaster assistance is Jan. 30.

The Agricultural and Community Recovery Fund (ACRF) was established to help rebuild the agricultural industry in farming areas effected by Tropical Storms Irene and Lee.

Please visit the NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets website to learn about funding and how to apply.

ALBANY--Since random tics and convulsions have overtaken her body, Lori Brownell has found solace online.  It's there that the 17 year old Corinth girl has been able to connect with others experiencing similar and someone unexplainable problems. 

"I'm going to do whatever I can to get it under control to go back to what I was before this started," Brownell said in an interview with NewsChannel 13 last Thursday.

The one time scholar athlete came forward to describe her symptoms after 15 teenage girls in LeRoy, NY who have almost identical issues made national news.