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NYS Senator David Carlucci announced on his Facebook page that he joined Sen. Greg Ball to propose a one year moratorium on hydrofracking in the state so the risks and benefits can be properly weighed by a public that stood up in strong protest of the NYS DEC survey which sought to open the...
In a bold move against Citigroup the SEC, and the all too common practice of “buying immunity”, a Federal Judge in NY abruptly put the brakes on the settlement agreement proposed between the Obama Administration and another giant Wall Street firm accused of betting against their own investors. Judge Jed Rakoff sent a message...
A ‘cute’ piece in The Capitol reports that the NY State Senate chamber is actively tracking which of it’s members are amassing the most fans on Facebook: Buffalo Sen. Mark Grisanti, with 7,797 fans. Second prize for popularity goes to Sen. George Maziarz, with 2,620 fans, followed by David Carlucci with 2,170. The article speculates that Grisanti’s...
As the public learns more about ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council, it becomes more clear the US government has been farming out lawmaking for a long time, using ALEC as the speed-dating service that pairs billionaires, corporations and industry lobbying groups with “ambitious” elected officials in every state. Created by the founding president of...
As Time Magazine, Rolling Stone, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and local papers all over the country are now noticing, the stand that New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has taken against the Obama administration and five largest mortgage firms is building drama. After CBS Marketwatch called the all-too-kind settlement being offered...
Verizon workers from all over the tri-state gathered to walk a candlelight vigil past the home of a wealthy chairman in West Nyack, NY tonight beginning from a nearby school parking lot. Following a walk out begun last Saturday night at midnight, picket lines have been seen all week around the region dressed in telltale...
A review of NYS pension investments as of March 2010 turned up about $1 billion invested in hydrofracking companies, as Gannett investigator Jon Campbell reports here. $72 million to Chesapeake Energy Corp. $145 million in Schlumberger Ltd. $15 million went to Chesapeake/Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. $30 million to Southwestern Energy Company Hundreds of...
Alarm bells went off as Hudson Valley teachers and parents heard the Katonah-Lewisboro Board of Ed was making final arrangements to hire New Berlin, WI schools superintendent Dr. Paul Kreutzer as their next superintendent. From their statement: In recent days Dr. Kreutzer has been painted by some in our Teachers Union as bad for...
By FRITZ MAYER A group of environmentally conscious investors are applying pressure on some of the leading gas drilling companies to release more information about their hydraulic fracturing or fracking activities. Specifically, the investors want to know the companies’ plan for managing such things as water pollution, possible litigation and other risks that are...
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