Government
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jun. 1, 2010 - 3:51 pm
Quick, how do you repair the 65 years' worth of decay in the longest tunnel in the world while keeping the billion gallons of water per day it delivers to 9 million thirsty New Yorkers flowing?
Answer: With a fancy computer program and a giant plug.
Today... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, Jun. 1, 2010 - 10:55 am
And you thought that a federal judge blocking Gov. David Paterson's plan to furlough 100,000 state workers was good news. Nope, reports the New York Times. Now that he can't save money with furloughs, the governor has to outright lay off 10,000:
Days... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, Jun. 1, 2010 - 10:45 am
A wild party on Beaverkill Rd. on Sunday led to a whopping 13 arrests for underage drinking, report the Times Herald-Record and the Daily Freeman. (One of the underage drinkers who was arrested rammed a car into a police car and then fled the scene.) Now... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, May. 28, 2010 - 11:30 am
U.S. District Judge Lawrence Kahn just ruled that 100,000 state workers can't be furloughed and will get their raises, budget issues be damned. From the AP.
By WP Newsroom on Friday, May. 28, 2010 - 10:23 am
You know it's a political hot potato when legislators stay up all night. The New York State Assembly passed Gov. Paterson's keep-the-state-parks-open bill around 3am last night, according to WPTZ. The Senate is reportedly considering the bill right now.... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, May. 27, 2010 - 11:33 pm
A proposed resolution by Oneonta Democrat Richard Murphy, which would have called on the state to pass a moratorium on hydrofracking, has died in committee, the Daily Star reports. It's possible the bill could go back to the drawing board:
Murphy said he... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, May. 27, 2010 - 6:21 pm
John A. Sanzone Sr. allegedly used false mortgage documents to give himself a loan while he ran Catskill Mortgage in Stamford, NY. Via WBGH in Binghamton.
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, May. 27, 2010 - 5:47 pm
All week, there's been talk of a hail-Mary agreement that would manage to re-open the parks for Memorial Day. Now the AP reports that Gov. David Paterson says that there really is a deal:
Paterson said negotiations that ended early Thursday morning would... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, May. 27, 2010 - 1:04 pm
The Times Herald-Record documents that rarest of events: an apology from the New York City DEP to an upstate town.
"We forgot about Wawarsing," Paul Rush said at a meeting with homeowners and local lawmakers. "We should have been more connected. We should... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, May. 26, 2010 - 2:42 pm
Tomorrow, New York's Department of Environmental Protection will open boating season with an announcement that it has opened up 33 percent more of the Cannonsville Reservoir -- 1,473 acres between Cannonsville Bridge and the Cannonsville Dam -- to... Read more
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