By MICHAEL GORMLEY Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Friday he will veto the new legislative district maps proposed by the state Senate and Assembly majorities. That throws the process into likely negotiations to revise what Cuomo and good-government groups called partisan efforts to solidify the majorities’ power. “The maps are… [Read more…]
January 27, 2012
by Gregory Keeler
Karen DeWitt, ALBANY Governor Cuomo is lending some support to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s proposal to raise the pay of state legislators. From Albany, Karen DeWitt reports: The Assembly Speaker said lawmakers “deserve” a pay raise, after being stuck at the same base salary of $79,500 for over a dozen years, and has suggested a… [Read more…]
January 27, 2012
by Gregory Keeler
Karen DeWitt, ALBANY A one paragraph clause in Governor Cuomo’s budget has caused some concern among state lawmakers over the separation of powers between the governor and the legislature. Karen DeWitt reports from Albany: It’s one short paragraph in the hundreds of pages in Governor Cuomo’s budget plan, and it’s repeated in several different places.… [Read more…]
January 26, 2012
by Gregory Keeler
Matt Richmond, BINGHAMTON Binghamton looks to many visitors like any other post-industrial city in the Northeast: The historic buildings are in disrepair, and the rundown strip malls hide years of slow progress towards a revitalized Binghamton. The Innovation Trail’s Matt Richmond filed this report: Mayor Matt Ryan: “They say the imagination of change comes before… [Read more…]
January 26, 2012
by Gregory Keeler
Karen DeWitt, ALBANY The New York State legislature’s proposed redistricted lines have been finally been released to the public. The plans for Senate districts are drawing the most fire, for the addition of a newly created 63rd district and configurations that pit some incumbent minority party Democrats against one another. Karen DeWitt reports: The GOP… [Read more…]
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (AP) – Members of a Broome County landowners’ coalition are getting a huge payout on their gas leases this month. The Binghamton Press and Sun-Bulletin reports (http://press.sn/zLaxHe ) that the landowners are among 600 in the Friendsville Group, which received a $165 million gas lease offer from Talisman Energy in September 2009. Most… [Read more…]
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – New York state is announcing $30 million in grants for communities and businesses struck hard by Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee. State officials say $9 million will be available to counties with flood mitigation or flood control projects. Eligible projects include stream debris removal and culvert replacement. Also, $21 million… [Read more…]
BATAVIA, N.Y. (AP) – Officials say they’re hoping to entice a food company to open a mammoth processing plant in Batavia in western New York that could employ as many as 400 people. Sen. Charles Schumer is calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to provide between $300,000 and $500,000 to help pay for sewer… [Read more…]
January 24, 2012
by Gregory Keeler
Karen DeWitt, ALBANY Mayors from across the state came to the Capitol to testify to a joint legislative fiscal committee on Governor Cuomo’s proposed budget. While New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg went out of his way to offer support to the governor and for his budget plan. And as Karen DeWitt reports, mayors of… [Read more…]
January 24, 2012
by Gregory Keeler
Matt Richmond, BINGHAMTON The Department of Energy has drastically reduced its estimate for natural gas reserves in the Marcellus Shale. The Innovation Trail’s Matt Richmond reports: In a preview of its Energy Outlook for 2012, the DOE reduced its estimate of recoverable natural gas in the Marcellus from 410 trillion cubic feet to 141 trillion… [Read more…]
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January 27, 2012
by Gregory Keeler
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