Feb 11
2013
Seven organizations, including Public Citizen, ask the district attorney in Albany to investigate whether the stock holdings of Lawrence Schwartz, a key Cuomo insider, represent a conflict of interest. The groups said Schwartz owns stock in companies that would benefit financially should Cuomo approve hydrofracking.
Feb 11
2013
Fred Dicker of The New York Post portrays the governor as obsessed with his poll numbers and election prospects. “He’s running around like a banshee, blaming his staff and everybody else for the problems of his own making,” Dicker quotes one insider.
Feb 11
2013
The practice of hydraulic fracturing for natural gas may not take place here in Western New York, but is the waste from it potentially headed this way? A report by the Niagara Gazette.
Feb 10
2013
Alan Bedenko gives his first impressions of Sergio Rodriguez, whose announcement that he’s running for mayor isn’t going over well with some Republicans, much less Democrats.
Feb 8
2013
The three experts the state picked to review health impacts of hydrofracking say they finished over a month ago. But the Department of Environmental Conservation and the state Health Department didn’t reveal this in front of lawmakers last week. DEC faces a Feb. 27 deadline to finish regulations or they expire. A report from Albany’s Gannett bureau.
Feb 7
2013
The Obama administration called for a 17 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. But the chance of hitting that mark is not looking good. Now, he might target existing coal-fired power plants to reduce CO2 emissions. A report by the Wall Street Journal.
Feb 6
2013
Republicans in the state Assembly, upset with Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s propensity to press for hurried votes in the dead of the night on key bills, are striking back with both harsh words and legislation. A report from the Albany Times Union.
Feb 5
2013
An emerging duopoly of beer companies headed by Budweiser and Miller is bad news for consumers, who, The Washington Post reports, should cheer efforts by the U.S. Justice Department to block Bud’s proposed purchase of Corona.