Long Island Sports Expo Set for Sept.6-7
June 30, 2008
(Long Island, N.Y.) The first annual Long Island Sports Expo will be held on Saturday-Sunday, September 6-7, 2008, at the Suffolk County Community College Sports & Exhibition Complex in Brentwood.
Targeted toward all sports and fitness enthusiasts; high school, college and youth athletes; coaches; athletic directors, and parents, the Long Island Sports Expo will feature more […]
LIPA Board Votes on Multi-Million Dollar Package
June 26, 2008
(Brookhaven, NY) - The Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) Board of Trustees today gave the go ahead to begin the administrative process to implement a multi-pronged rate mitigation package which will allocate more than $140 million in reserve funds to residential and small business customers and create a special $10 million fund aimed at low-income senior […]
Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Commission Created
June 26, 2008
(Albany, N.Y.) State Senator Antoine Thompson (D-Buffalo/Niagara Falls) and his Senate colleagues have received final passage of a measure creating a 13-member commission to create a cultural corridor in Niagara County honoring the underground railroad, an informal network of secret routes and safe houses used by 19th century Black slaves in the United States to […]
Landmark Brownfields Legislation Receives Final Passage
June 26, 2008
(Albany, N.Y.) While citing some reservations that the measure does not go far enough, Senate Democrats are hailing the final passage of new Brownfields legislation. The reforms adopted in the unanimously passed measure go a long way towards helping to stimulate the upstate economy, clean up the environment and assist developers with tax credits to […]
Senate Democrats Strengthen Slaughterhouse Safeguards
June 26, 2008
(Albany, NY) - State Senator John Sabini (D-Queens) announced today that legislation he sponsored to strengthen safeguards against unsanitary slaughterhouses in New York state has passed.
The legislation S. 5874-A, which establishes a three-strikes provision for slaughterhouses who routinely fail state inspections, was amended after original passage on June 11th. The amendment also requires licensed slaughterhouses […]
Dowling College Student from Merrick Recognized by President of United States
June 23, 2008
(Oakdale, N.Y.) David Kirschman, a Dowling College student and a resident of Merrick, recently participated in volunteer work and was recognized by the President of the United States for outstanding service to the community. David assisted the Long Island Volunteer Center; a division of the Points of Light Foundation that is endorsed by the President.
David […]
LIPA Poised to Become First Utility in State to Launch Commercial Net Metering to Encourage More Use of Solar Energy
June 23, 2008
(Uniondale, N.Y.) The Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) is amending its electric service tariff to further encourage the use of solar generating resources and will become the first utility in the state to make commercial net metering available to commercial customers.
Under the proposed changes, LIPA will introduce new tariff provisions to allow for net metering of […]
LIPA Creates Advisory Committee for Defunct Shoreham Nuclear Plan Site
June 19, 2008
(Uniondale, N.Y.) - An advisory committee created by the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) consisting of government, civic, and educational leaders from the Shoreham-Wading River area held its inaugural meeting recently with an eye toward future potential uses for the decommissioned nuclear power plant site.
LIPA President and CEO Kevin S. Law formed the Shoreham Advisory […]
New York Assembly Passes Medical Marijuana Bill
June 18, 2008
(Albany, N.Y.) The New York Assembly passed a bill today that would protect New Yorkers with life threatening or debilitating conditions from arrest for using medical marijuana when their doctors believe it would be the best treatment option, 79-48.
The bill is similar to the medical marijuana bill the Assembly passed last year. The version passed […]
Final Legislative Push in Senate Urges Republican Majority to Enact Key Bills for Mortgage Reform and Paid Family Leave
June 18, 2008
(Albany, NY) – Senate Democratic Leader Malcolm A. Smith (D-St. Albans) was joined by his Senate colleagues today to urge Senate Republicans in the final days of the legislative session to pass bills to protect homeowners from the mortgage foreclosure crisis, to enact paid family leave, pass progressive Brownfields legislation and act to address the […]
