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Electric School Buses and Waterfront Parks Get Environmental Bond Act Boost
Three years ago, voters across New York State approved the Clean Water, Clean Air and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act, which allowed the state to borrow $4.2 billion to pay for projects that would benefit the environment and protect against climate change. Since then, about $1.07 billion — or just over a quarter of the […]
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State Permits Trump-Backed Natural Gas Pipeline in New York Waters
The state Department of Environmental Conservation on Friday approved a key water-quality permit for a natural-gas pipeline that would extend about 17 miles in New York waters — after rejecting the proposal three times since 2018. The Northeast Supply Enhancement natural gas pipeline would run from Pennsylvania to just off the coast of the Rockaway […]
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Rep. Elise Stefanik Announces Run for New York Governor
New York Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik will run for governor in 2026, she announced Friday. The announcement comes after Stefanik spent months hinting at a run and attacking the leadership of Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, who is up for reelection. Stefanik lambasted Hochul’s immigration policies during a House oversight hearing earlier this year and has […]
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LISTEN: Patrick Gaspard Says Mamdani Is Ready To Spend Down His Political Capital
We’re ready in New York for the attacks that we’re going to get from Donald Trump. Donald Trump’s going to find that Mayor Mamdani is not Eric Adams. He’s not Andrew Cuomo. He ain’t going to roll over and play dead for assaults against the city … We’re going to push back against their rhetoric […]
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Post-Election, Pols Hit Puerto Rico for 5-Day SOMOS Feast
Mayor Eric Adams is no-showing the SOMOS political conference for a second straight year, but nearly a dozen current City Hall staffers made the taxpayer-funded jaunt to Puerto Rico to hobnob with his successor. The list of attendees at the annual gathering includes deputy mayors Camille Joseph Varlack, Ana Almanzar, Suzanne Miles-Gustave and Adolfo Carrion, […]
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