The state Department of Environmental Conservation on Friday signaled it anticipates missing a little-noticed deadline for its proposed hydraulic fracturing regulations—a move that would force the agency to restart its rule-making process and reopen the regulations to public comment. Missing the deadline would further cloud the already murky situation surrounding… Read More →
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and a Republican senator responded Friday to a threat from the state teachers’ union to sue the state over a property-tax cap. New York State United Teachers President Richard Iannuzzi said Friday that the group was preparing to court to court over the 2 percent cap, which… Read More →
A Binghamton worker at the state Department of Transportation has been charged with stealing scrap metal, selling it and keeping the cash, said Acting State Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott. Rocco Ranucci, 55, of Vestal, Broome County, was arrested Thursday and arraigned in the Town of Kirkwood Court, Scott said…. Read More →
As the Barclays Center gets set to open tonight in Brooklyn with the first of eight Jay-Z concerts, Brooklyn Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov took another playful jab at their cross-town rivals, the New York Knicks. On Good Day NY with Rosanna Scotto this morning, she asked the Russian billionaire if… Read More →
Catskill Mountainkeeper is out with an email to supporters today, outlining the reasons why they feel an expanded review of the health impacts of hydrofracking doesn’t go far enough. Here’s where it gets particularly interesting: The “action alert” (politely) targets current Department of Environmental Conservation chief Joseph Martens, who helped… Read More →
The state released a startling report today on the troubles of horse-racing deaths at Aqueduct Race Track in Queens, finding that at least half of the 21 horse deaths between November and March could have been prevented with better oversight. Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered the state to enact dozens of… Read More →
Cuomo administration officials and industry experts are announcing new horse safety measure for tracks owned by the New York Racing Association. They are releasing a 100-page report that shows that more than half of the 21 racehorses who had fatal breakdowns at Aqueduct Racetrack this year could have been saved… Read More →
Democratic Senate candidate George Latimer filed a complaint today with the Westchester County Fair Campaign Practices Committee over a television ad from Republican candidate Bob Cohen. The complaint says fair campaign practices were violated “by blatantly misleading viewers into believing ‘regular’ people are offended by his opponent.” Cohen’s ad uses… Read More →
The leader of the statewide teachers’ union said Friday the organization is preparing to challenge in court the state-mandated property-tax cap. During a radio interview Friday, New York State United Teachers President Richard Iannuzzi said, “We will go to court” over the tax cap, which has limited school districts’ revenue…. Read More →
Joseph Bruno, former Senate majority leader facing his second federal corruption trial in three years, gave a wide-ranging radio interview today that touched on everything from his legal issues, his successor and his changed views on same-sex marriage. The loquacious 83-year-old appeared on Fred Dicker’s radio show on WGDJ-AM in… Read More →