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WBFO Brief Thursday January 5, 2023

More storm stories, including the tale of some workers at Horizon Health Services, lholding out together for two days at Engine 3 on Broadway. Also, Albany correspondent Karen DeWitt on the start of the NYS legislature's term .And the Buffalo Bills report that DeMar Hamlin is showing "signs of improvement" after his on-field cardiac arest

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