Stavisky Passes Legislation Requiring Accident Reports to Note Cell Phone Use
March 25, 2009
(Albany, N.Y.) New York State Senator Toby Ann Stavisky today passed legislation that would require police to note whether drivers involved in a motor vehicle accident were using a cell phone at the time of the crash.
New York State only permits hands free cell phones while driving but numerous studies show that the devices can […]
USDAN Center Announces 2009 USDAN Honors Art Collective
March 25, 2009
(Long Island, N.Y.) Usdan Center For the Creative and Performing Arts, the country’s largest not-for-profit summer arts day camp, announces the 2009 Usdan Honors Art Collective, a selective year-round visual arts program for talented 9th to 11th grade students. The Collective program will open on June 29, continuing each weekday through August 14. Student artists […]
H2M Launched 24-Hour Emergency Spill and Environmental Response Team
March 25, 2009
(Melville, NY) – H2M, a multi-disciplined Engineering Architectural, Planning, Environmental service firm announced today that they will be launching a 24-hour emergency spill and environmental response team. H2M will provide complete “turn key” project services on behalf of the clients using the 24-hour response services. Recently, H2M combined the environmental and indoor air quality divisions […]
Senate And Assembly Energy Leaders to Advance Comprehensive Energy Planning Law
March 25, 2009
State Energy Plan will create framework for state energy policy and oversee investment in green economy
(Albany, N.Y.) Senator Kevin S. Parker (D-Brooklyn), Chair of the Senate Energy Committee, and Senator Kevin Cahill (D-Kingston), Chair of the Assembly Energy Committee, today announced legislation to re-establish in statute a state energy board charged with crafting a comprehensive […]
Senate And Assembly Republicans Criticize Democrat State Leaders For Turning Their Backs on Open Budget Process
March 24, 2009
(New York, N.Y.) Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos, Assembly Republican Leader Jim Tedisco and members of their respective conferences, today criticized Governor Paterson, Senator Malcolm Smith and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver for conducting the most secretive budget process in history.
In addition, Senate Republicans said they will not support budget legislation that is negotiated in complete […]
Motorcycle and Classic Car Rally to Honor PFC Joseph Dwyer Set for March 29th
March 24, 2009
(Long Island, N.Y.) The first annual Motorcycle Run and Classic Car Rally in honor of PFC Joseph Dwyer will take place on Sunday, March 29, 2009 at Riverhead County Center, 300 Center Drive in Riverhead at 11:00 A.M. The event is being sponsored by www.HeroArmyPFCJosephDwyer.com and 9-1-1 Veterans, a non-profit organization that provides support and […]
LIPA and Con Edison to Move Forward with Plans for Major Offshore Wind Initiative
March 23, 2009
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Adelphi University Accounting Students to Compete in the First Annual Long Island Accounting Challenge
March 23, 2009
(Garden City, N.Y.) Adelphi University accounting students will compete in the first annual Long Island Accounting Challenge sponsored by CPA firm Margolin, Winer & Evens, LLP (MWE) on Wednesday, March 25, 2009 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Hillwood Commons Lecture Hall on the C.W. Post campus of Long Island University, 720 Northern […]
Senator Fuschillo & LI Contractors Call on Governor Paterson to Stop Shortchanging Long Island And Release Transportation Stimulus Funds Now
March 23, 2009
(New York, N.Y.) State Senator Charles J. Fuschillo, Jr. (8th Senate District) recently stood with Marc Herbst, Executive Director of the Long Island Contractors Association (LICA), and LICA members to call on Governor Paterson to stop delaying the allocation of federal stimulus money for Long Island’s shovel ready transportation projects. Workers who joined Senator Fuschillo […]
States Release Results of Third Auction for RGGI CO2 Allowances
March 20, 2009
(New York, N.Y.) The states participating in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) today announced the results of the third auction for RGGI carbon dioxide (CO2) allowances. The March 18th auction was the first since compliance obligations under RGGI’s first three-year control period began January 1, 2009.
All of the 31,513,765 allowances for the 2009 vintage […]
