GOP leaders in the New York State Senate are stalling the implementation of provisions in the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act putting the health of nearly 3 million uninsured New Yorkers at further risk. The Act requires that all Americans have health insurance by 2014 and leaves it to the individual states...
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Dr. Maathai Dr. Wangari Maathai, a Kenyan environmentalist who reforested her country by paying women small stipends to plant tree seedlings has died at 71 of cancer. She was the first African woman—and the first environmentalist—to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Maathai was educated in the United States at the University of Pittsburgh, as...
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has made good on his campaign promise to increase his own transparency by launching a new website called CitizenConnect. This website provide citizens with details about his schedule and allows them to conduct online town halls with him. Jimmy Veilkind has been critical of...
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Yet another GOP clerk refuses to issue marriage licenses to a same sex couple, but she's the first to actually turn one away.
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Sen. Carlucci State Senator David Carlucci responded quickly but cautiously to the State of New York’s revised report on hydraulic fracturing, which was released today. The report—still in draft—had been widely anticipated. It was prepared and edited by a wide range of state agencies and released by the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). The...
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