Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday will make his first trip to Washington since taking office last year, administration officials confirm. He will be at the nation’s capital to lobby for $42 billion in disaster aid for Superstorm Sandy that New York is seeking. Newsday reported that Cuomo plans to meet… Read More →
On Saturday, activists statewide are organizing to call on U.S. House members to end tax cuts for the rich and urge Congress to support New Yorkers by a deal on the looming fiscal cliff, Gannett’s Haley Viccaro reports. Groups from labor, community, student and faith organizations will target house GOP… Read More →
The Department of Environmental Conservation has drawn grief in recent days related to a decision to extend a key regulatory deadline for hydrofracking by 90 days. Environmentalists say the agency has put the cart before the horse, so to speak, by issuing a newly revised set of regulations for the… Read More →
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced today that a biopharmaceutical company will establish manufacturing operations at Rockland County’s Pearl River Campus, Gannett’s Haley Viccaro reports. A vaccine and biopharmaceutical company Protein Sciences Corporation will invest in an expansion that will create 50 new high-paying jobs, which could grow to a total of… Read More →
About two hours after the Colorado School of Public Health released its own agreement, the New York Department of Health unveiled a second contract with an academic expert assessing its hydrofracking review. The state will pay George Washington University $241.68 per hour for the work of Lynn Goldman, the dean… Read More →
In a statement released Thursday, Karen Pecora, the president of CSEA Unit 9200, said county workers have been told by their department heads not to speak at public hearings on the proposed 2013 Westchester County budget. The directive came from County Executive Rob Astorino’s office, she said. “Some CSEA members… Read More →
The public will have an opportunity to comment beginning Dec. 12 on a new set of proposals to regulate shale-gas drilling, the state announced late Thursday. The comment period on the new proposals—posted to the Department of Environmental Conservation’s website about 15 minutes ago—will close January 11. The DEC had… Read More →
Assemblymember Kevin Cahill, D-Kingston, Ulster County, announced today that FEMA is opening a Disaster Recovery Center on Tuesday in Kingston following Superstorm Sandy, Gannett’s Haley Viccaro reports. Homeowners and business owners in Ulster County will have the opportunity to meet with FEMA representatives to discuss their needs after Sandy. The… Read More →
The Department of Health will pay $480 an hour for a Colorado School of Public Health expert to assess the state’s hydrofracking review. The payment to the school will be capped at $12,000, according to a copy of the contract obtained by Gannett’s Albany Bureau. John Adgate, chair of the… Read More →
What’s it take for the Department of Environmental Conservation to grab an extra 90 days for its hydrofracking regulations? The answer, apparently, is eight separate documents, filed yesterday with the state Department of State. The package of documents are filled with quite a bit of legalese and tend to be… Read More →
