“January marked the 17th consecutive month that the state has added private sector jobs โ the longest streak since the State Labor Department first started tracking this statistic. When compared to the 166,000 jobs added across the country during the same month, nearly one out of every five jobs added in the nation were created […]
If the New York Assembly proves victorious there will be no fracking in New York until at least May 2015 as a two-year moratorium has been passed by the body pending further studies of the safety of the drilling technique. Horizontal hydraulic fracturing, aka fracking, is an efficient means of extracting natural gas from shale […]
BY JARED RODRIGUEZ The State of New York is moving toward replacing the Tappan Zee Bridge. With no viable alternatives to driving and paying soon-to-be double digit (no one knows how high) tolls, we need a solution to preserve growth and economic development that makes historic Hudson River towns like Haverstraw more attractive to those […]
PHOTOS BY MIKE GRIES The movement to overturn Governor Andrew Cuomo’s “NY SAFE Act” continues to grow. Over 10,000 pro-gunners showed up at an Albany rally last Thursday and several more counties passed resolutions seeking repeal of the bill. When all is said and done about 50 out 62 counties will have passed similar resolutions. […]
Governor Cuomo and other state officials told media on Wednesday that they want to pass an exemption on the NY SAFE Act for films and television. Many films and TV shows feature the dramatized use of military-style rifles and high capacity handguns. State officials said they might also need to pass an exemption for police […]
PRESS RELEASE Governor Andrew M. Cuomo recognized the nine Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Forest Rangers and the dispatcher involved in the rescue of three men whose plane crashed in the Adirondack Mountains last week. Governor Cuomo commended the men and woman for their heroic efforts to save the lives of the survivors in sub-zero […]