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Wednesday January 16, 2008
State Housing Advocates Applaud Governor Spitzer's $100M in Housing Opportunity Funds for Upstate
Below are statements in support of Governor Spitzer’s proposal to create a Housing Opportunity Fund that will provide $100 million to upstate New York for its housing needs.
SUNY Plattsburgh Music and Theater Present "Once More . . . With Talent," a Lyric Scenes Workshop Performance
The SUNY Plattsburgh winter session course, Lyric Scenes Workshop, is staging its own reality show, of sorts. Two performances of "Once More … With Talent," will take place on Saturday, Jan. 26 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Jan. 27 at 3...
Edwards Named to SUNY Plattsburgh College Council
Gov. Elliot Spitzer has appointed Karen Edwards, of Malone, NY, to the SUNY Plattsburgh College Council.
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DEC Recognizes Sullivan County Officials For Environmental Commitment
Recognizing the efforts of the Town of Rockland, Sullivan County officials, Pat Pomeroy and Patrick Casey, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Pete Grannis today presented them with a token of appreciation fo...
PSC Order to Show Cause Against Con Edison Regarding Steam Operations
The New York State Public Service Commission (Commission) will require Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (Con Edison) to show cause why the Commission should not initiate a prudence proceeding to determine whether the company was impru...
OASAS Reinforces Committment To New York's Addictions Workforce
State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) Commissioner Karen M. Carpenter-Palumbo today announced a series of measures aimed at streamlining the credentialing process for New York’s 6,300 addictions professionals.
Con Edison To Submit Emergency Implementation Plan
The New York State Public Service Commission (Commission) today directed Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (Con Edison) to submit an implementation plan addressing the independent management audit of its electric emergency outage respo...
PSC Grants Certificate for Sheldon Energy Wind Project
The New York State Public Service Commission (Commission) today decided to authorize the construction and operation of a wind energy project capable of generating 112.5 megawatts (MW) of electricity in the Town of Sheldon, Wyoming County, that wil...
Statement from New York State Bar Association President Kathryn Grant Madigan
“As the New York State Bar Association argued in an amicus brief before the United States Supreme Court, the convention based process for selecting judges severely burdens the rights of voters and judicial candidates. The decision by the Cou...
No Jackpot Prize Winner in $32,000,000 Mega Millions Drawing
1st prize: 5 out of 5 numbers + Mega Ball - $32,000,000 - 0 Winner(s)
Putnam County's Lucky Streak Continues With $12,000,000 LOTTO Win
No matter how you pronounce it, “May-O-pac” or “Mah-HO-pac,” there’s one thing that everyone can agree on: Mahopac, NY, population 8,478, is a lucky place to live, especially if you play the Lottery.
Response to Governor Spitzer's Upstate of the State Address
Environmental groups across New York State and throughout the Great Lakes Basin praised Governor Eliot Spitzer for his support of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact in his ‘State of Upstate Address’ earlie...
Two First-Prize Winners Sold for Tuesday’s Take Five Drawing
1st prize – Match 5 out of 5 numbers - $42,832.50 - 2 Winners
PSC Grants Pricing Flexibility to Verizon for its Business Service Rates
The New York State Public Service Commission (Commission) today granted Verizon New York, Inc. (Verizon) the flexibility to increase its business service rates 10 percent for services that do not already have pricing flexibility. Verizon had soug...
PSC Calls for Advanced Metering Technical Conference
The New York State Public Service Commission (Commission) today, in recognition of the substantial potential Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI), or Smart Metering, has to help owners of buildings, homeowners and utilities gain greater control ...
Expansion of Energy Efficiency Programs for O&R's Customers
The New York State Public Service Commission (Commission) today approved a Joint Proposal of Staff of the Department of Public Service (Staff) and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) for the expansion of existing...
New Poll Shows Continued Public Support For Increase in State Aid for Libraries
The New York Library Association commissioned a recent Zogby Poll that confirmed continued public support for increased state aid for library services and book purchases.
Green Watchdog to Release Report on How NYS’ Lost Revenue & Spending Shortchange Environment, Taxpayers
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Commission Acts on Green Building Initiative
The New York State Public Service Commission (Commission) today ruled that Applied Water Management, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of American Waterworks Company, Inc. and an affiliate of the Long Island Water Corporation, which designs, operate...
PSC Approves Upgrade of Ithaca Transmission Facility
The New York State Public Service Commission (Commission) today voted to issue a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need to New York State Electric and Gas Corporation (NYSEG) to upgrade an existing and build a new transmission ...
Price Chopper and Sunoco to Launch "Fuel AdvantEdge" in the Lower Hudson Valley of NY on Thursday, January 17
Price Chopper announces the launch of ‘Fuel AdvantEdge’, an exclusive new program never before offered in the Lower Hudson Valley of New York marketplace, in partnership with 16 local Sunoco stations that discount gasoline as a reward...
College Council To Meet January 25
The SUNY Cortland College Council will hold its next regularly scheduled meeting on Friday, Jan. 25, at 4 p.m. in Miller Building, Room 405.
Arboretum/Wildlife Learning Company Offer Teacher Trainings
In celebration of their new partnership for environmental education, the Landis Arboretum and Wildlife Learning Company offer national environmental education curriculums through teacher training sessions this Spring at the Arboretum.