… more than 2 percent, they have to get super majority,” Cuomo said in a speech Jan. 10 at SUNY Purchase in Westchester County. Districts are required by March 1 to report their initial plans on whether they may seek a tax-cap override. Cuomo is …
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Governor Cuomo Launches Indian Point Closure Task Force to Assist Local Community With Transition
Governor Cuomo announced the appointment of a new task force to ensure compliance with the agreement to close the aging Indian Point nuclear power plant. Albany, NY – February 28, 2017 – Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the appointment of a new task force to ensure compliance with the agreement to close the aging Indian Point nuclear power plant in Westchester County and to provide guidance and support to affected local municipalities and employees.
Consumer 30 mins ago 1:22 p.m.Bag tax? N.Y. panel to eye plastic fix
… to New York City — not to similar fees approved by other municipalities. His hometown of New Castle, Westchester County, just implemented a plastic-bag ban on Jan. 1, with paper bags subject to a 10 cent fee. “There’s always going to be some people …
Mayors, Senate leader push back against Cuomo plan
… services they can vote the officials out of office. Mayors, from large communities on Long Island and Westchester County to villages of a few thousand people in western New York, recounted the kinds of consolidation moves or shared services they …
Parole denied for New York woman who helped 2 killers escape
To continue reading up to 10 premium articles, you must register , or sign up and take advantage of this exclusive offer: ALBANY, N.Y. – Prison tailor Joyce Mitchell, who helped two killers escape from a maximum-security facility in northern New York in 2015, was denied her first bid for early release on Monday, with a state parole board saying that despite her good conduct behind bars she probably would break the law again if she were freed. Mitchell had a parole hearing last week at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility in Westchester County.
Here’s why the rebate check is late
… with your office. They can’t find out where the check is,” Assemblywoman Sandra Galef, D-Ossining, Westchester County, said to tax officials. “They don’t know when it’s coming. They don’t know what it is for.” Nonie Manion, the executive deputy …
Sex Offender Moves To Somers
… Treacey was also enrolled in an anti-aggression and polygraph program. Treacy was arrested by the Westchester County Department of Public Safety in May 2014 and convicted in November 2015 by local police. He was sentenced to between one and three …
John Flanagan for governor?
… has thought about running for the state’s top political post but has not committed one way or the other. Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino is still being mentioned at a repeat contender (he ran in 2014), though he currently is focused on …
Cuomo’s Plan to Close Indian Point Power Plant Draws Skepticism from NY Lawmakers
After plans were announced to shut down Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant in Westchester County, some lawmakers are upset they didn’t get more of a heads up from Governor Andrew Cuomo. Capital Tonight’s Nick Reisman explains.
Cuomo pitches 750-mile biking-hiking trail plan for NY state
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is proposing to complete and connect two greenway trails crisscrossing the state from Manhattan to Canada and from Albany to Buffalo to create a 750-mile paved biking and hiking route that will be marketed as a national tourist destination. “We want to build the largest multi-use trail in the nation,” said the Democratic governor at a state of the state speech Tuesday in Westchester County.
Gov. Cuomo announces proposal to complete 750-mile statewide hiking trail
Gov. Andrew Cuomo today announced a proposal to connect hiking trails in different parts of New York, creating a 750-mile trail that will span the New York Harbor, Adirondack Mountains, shores of Lake Erie and elsewhere. The state would have to develop 350 additional miles of new trails in phases, the governor said during a “State of the State” address Tuesday in Westchester County.
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… — an amount that the company says is the equivalent of a quarter of the power used in New York City and Westchester County. Cuomo has long called for the plant’s closure, saying operating a nuclear plant so close to a major population center is a …
N.Y. Gov. Cuomo: We want the largest multi-use trail in the nation
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is proposing to complete and connect two greenway trails crisscrossing the state from Manhattan to Canada and from Albany to Buffalo to create a 750-mile paved biking and hiking route that will be marketed as a national tourist destination. “We want to build the largest multi-use trail in the nation,” said the Democratic governor at a state of the state speech Tuesday in Westchester County.
Entergy says it is closing Indian Point over economic reasons.
… city. Although the plant provides about a quarter of the electricity in New York City and suburban Westchester County, experts agree that taking he plant offline should have a negligible long-term impact on supply. Whether electric rates climb as a …
NY can absorb closing of Indian Point nuke plant
ALBANY, N.Y. >> New York will be able to make up for lost electricity generation after the aging Indian Point nuclear power plant shuts down in 2021, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday, announcing a deal between state officials and plant-owner Entergy Corp. that will close the facility by 2021. Sitting along the lower Hudson River about 30 miles north of New York City, Indian Point produces 2,000 megawatts of electrical power – an amount that the company says is the equivalent of a quarter of the power used in New York City and Westchester County.
Cuomo: NY can absorb closing of Indian Point nuke plant
… – an amount that the company says is the equivalent of a quarter of the power used in New York City and Westchester County. Cuomo has long called for the plant’s closure, saying operating a nuclear plant so close to a major population center is a …
Q&A: Time to re-up your NY pistol permit
… the normal county-level costs still apply. The state’s re-certification process doesn’t apply to those in Westchester County, New York City and on Long Island, which had already required pistol license holders to periodically re-up prior to the SAFE …
DEC Proposes Guidance Document Relating to Living Shorelines
… much of the salt water shoreline, bays, inlets, canals, and estuaries of Long Island, New York City, and Westchester County. These wetlands also line the Hudson River in Westchester and Rockland counties upstream of the salt line. The guidance …
Wegmans eyes store between Albany and NYC
But Capital Region residents who crave the staple of western New York grocery shopping shouldn’t get their hopes up about the arrival of a closer store. Wegmans plans to build its first store in the Westchester County community of Harrison, according to Lohud.com, a Gannett-owned website in New York’s northern suburbs.