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Archive of New York on Friday October 30, 2009
NY: Deficit alert increases to $3.2B
New York's budget deficit is growing again. The current fiscal year, which ends March 31, is expected to run a $3.2 billion deficit -- up from the $3 billion previously predicted, Gov. David Paterson said Thursday. Read More
NY: Excessive testing in schools gets 'F'
The state's new education commissioner says he wants to de-emphasize assessment testing, saying too much "teaching to the test" is going on in schools. Read More
NY: Feisty audience tackles natural gas drilling report
At the first public hearing of the New York Department of Environmental Conservation's review of natural gas drilling, one speaker summed up the sentiment of many in Sullivan County, which is likely to see much of the drilling in the state. Read More
NY: State aims to avert swine flu 'disaster'
Gov. David Paterson declared a state of emergency, saying a recent rise in swine flu cases has created a "disaster" and that certain provisions of state law needed to be set aside to get people vaccinated as quickly as possible. Read More
NY: Thompson endorsed by Cuomo
With five days remaining before the mayoral election, William C. Thompson Jr., the Democratic nominee, was endorsed on Thursday by Andrew M. Cuomo, the state attorney general and one of the most popular Democratic elected officials in the state. Read More
NY: Health care costs to soar for Kodak workers, retirees
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- The cost of health care could increase by triple-digit percentages for some Eastman Kodak Co. employees and retirees in 2010. Read More
NY: Students see economic anxiety as top concern
Economic anxiety is a top concern of local college students eying a shrinking job market as they prepare for graduation. Read More
NY: Fund draws call for probe
Four government reform groups Thursday demanded an investigation of the legal defense fund set up by Sen. Hiram Monserrate, who was convicted two weeks ago of misdemeanor assault stemming from an incident in which his girlfriend's face was slashed with a broken glass. Read More
NY: State subpoenas hotelier in suit against contractor
The state attorney general's office served subpoenas at the home and businesses of a developer of budget hotels Wednesday afternoon as part of a widening investigation into a construction contractor who investigators say routinely underpaid hundreds of immigrant workers and imposed a three-tiered wage system based on race. Read More
NY: In Medicaid fraud cases, some unlikely suspects
One is a Manhattan painter and mime who owns two waterfront properties in the Hamptons and has performed with the singer Melba Moore. Read More
VT: Vermont part of $1.5M northern border jobs bill
A commission created to provide jobs and boost the economy in the northern reaches of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and New York is receiving $1.5 million under a measure signed into law by President Barack Obama. Read More
OH: Unity sought in efforts to protect Great Lakes
CLEVELAND -- An Obama Administration road show that began this summer on behalf of America's coastlines made its final stop in Cleveland yesterday, an industrial Great Lakes city that became an unlikely symbol of the nation's environmental movement after the Cuyahoga River caught fire in 1969. Read More
US: Some states weigh earlier primaries in 2010 to accommodate Americans abroad
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- A new law meant to protect the voting rights of deployed troops and other Americans overseas is forcing at least a dozen states to consider holding their primaries earlier or to negotiate another plan that federal officials will accept. Read More
Weekly wrap: Rating agency slams Conn. on borrowing
Agency lowers Conn. credit outlook; federal broadband grants will be delayed a month; and confusion continues on stimulus job claims. Read More |
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