Cuomo's budget cuts DEC funding by $53 million
In Gov. Andrew Cuomo's 2013-2014 budget, the Department of Environmental Conservation is looking at a budget cut of 5.5 percent. What will this mean for the department if hydrofracking comes to New York?
View ArticleState agencies try to explain gun laws to critical citizens
Two weeks after passing new gun control measures, New York officials are holding public forums around the state to discuss what's in the law.
View ArticleOfficials bring gun control law to forums across the state
Two weeks after passing new gun control measures, New York officials have begun holding public forums to discuss what’s in the law. Forums have been held in Lake Placid, near Buffalo, Rochester and in...
View ArticleMillions in incentives go to firearms industry in New York state
As the nation has been focused on gun control since the Newtown, Connecticut school shooting, additional attention is now being paid to the incentives going to the gun industry in New York.
View ArticleFracking delay could take weeks or much longer
On Tuesday, New York state officials announced another delay of their final decision on hydrofracking. The Department of Environmental Conservation will wait for a report on the health protections in...
View ArticleBroome County opens Office of Energy Development
The Broome County Legislature recently approved a new Office of Energy Development, but the purpose of the office is not clear.
View Article$25 million goes to expand broadband access in New York
The state's Connect NY Broadband Grant program awarded $25 million to 18 projects on Tuesday.
View ArticleSome Southern Tier air traffic towers facing closure
The regional airports in Ithaca and Binghamton would both lose their air traffic controllers if federal budget cuts known as sequestration take full effect. The first round of closures begins April 7.
View ArticleJury still out on Cuomo's Energy Highway blueprint
On a residential street outside of Albany, there is a discreet red-brick building. There’s no sign telling drivers that the flow of all the electricity in New York state is being controlled inside. The...
View ArticleArguments over fracking bans focus on one sentence
Oral arguments were completed Thursday in the case that will decide whether New York towns have the right to ban gas drilling. The case comes down to how the panel of four judges will interpret a...
View ArticleStartup uses sensors to find cause of knee pain
Tim Cortesi is a software engineer at a downtown Binghamton company called Sonostics. At the company's offices in Binghamton's startup incubator, he sticks four small patches attached to wires onto the...
View ArticleChenango County named latest foreign trade zone in N.Y.
In March, the federal government awarded Chenango County, northeast of Binghamton, foreign trade zone status. That means county businesses can import goods without paying a tariff. They also pay a...
View ArticleConnecting farmers to restaurants in Binghamton
In New York’s central region, there are hundreds of farms selling meat and produce directly to the public, and a Binghamton group is working to connect restaurants with those farms. The downtown...
View ArticleElmira faces ups and downs of gas business
The City of Elmira is just seven miles from the Pennsylvania border. And for four years, the natural gas boom in Pennsylvania’s Northern Tier crossed over the border and boosted Elmira’s economy. But...
View ArticleCourt upholds 'home rule' over drilling laws
In two separate rulings Thursday, New York's appellate court, the state's second highest court, ruled that the state's Oil, Gas and Solution Mining Law (OGSML) does not preempt municipal land use laws.
View ArticleImmigration reform would address labor shortages on NY farms
As lawmakers in the Senate's Judiciary Committee debate the immigration reform bill released last month, farmers in New York State are hoping to find enough workers to fully staff their operations....
View ArticleFarmers and beekeepers respond to colony collapse
Since 2006, honey bees have been abandoning seemingly healthy hives in large numbers, raising alarm among beekeepers, farmers and researchers. But, the industries that are dependent on honey bees are...
View ArticleCritics of Cuomo's tax-free initiative speak out
At a rally Tuesday in Albany, labor advocates protested Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s latest economic development program. The program, Tax-Free NY, is a new spin on an old economic tool.“I think tax-free zones...
View ArticleDebate over coal plant shows challenges of energy transition
Once every week, a freight train loaded with coal makes its way through Ithaca to the coal-fired power plant north of town in Lansing, on the shore of Cayuga Lake. Those shipments may stop soon.The...
View ArticleEndicott Interconnect files for bankruptcy, layoffs may follow
Southern Tier-based Endicott Interconnect Technologies filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week. The Broome County high-tech manufacturer, which employs approximately 600 people, plans to continue...
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