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Tuesday June 19, 2007
Legislature Poised to Act on Nurse Mandatory Overtime Bills
"Same as" bills banning mandatory overtime for nurses have been introduced in both houses of the New York State Legislature, making it possible for the measure to be passed before the end of session.
Dept. of Labor to Hold a Rapid Response Session for Impacted Syroco Employees
The New York State Department of Labor will hold a Rapid Response session on Wednesday, June 20, 2007 at 7 p.m. at the Ray Middle School, 7650 Van Buren Road in Baldwinsville for impacted workers from Syroco.
Operating Engineers Recruit Apprentices
The Operating Engineers Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee, Local 17, will conduct recruitment from June 27 through November 28 for six operating engineer (heavy equipment) apprentices, State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith announced...
Mondello Questions Spitzer's Decision to Nominate Hemmerdinger as MTA Chair
Republican State Chairman Joseph N. Mondello today questioned Governor Spitzer’s decision to nominate real estate mogul and campaign supporter Dale Hemmerdinger to chair the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and called for a thorou...
DEC Detects VHS in Dead Fish Found at Skaneateles Lake
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced today that an ongoing fish kill of smallmouth bass and rock bass in Skaneateles Lake has been linked to Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia (VHS). Skaneateles Lake, one of New Yo...
Air Quality Health Advisory Issued for New York State
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Pete Grannis and State Department of Health (DOH) Commissioner Richard F. Daines, M.D., have issued an Air Quality Health Advisory for the Lower Hudson Valley region of New...
Noble Environmental Breaks Ground on New York's Newest Windparks
Noble Environmental Power, a leading developer of wind energy, will break ground Saturday June 23 on New York State’s two newest windparks that will generate enough clean energy to power 60,000 homes combined and help further reduce our depe...
Canal Corporation Announces 2nd Annual Canal Splash! Weekend Celebration
The New York State Canal Corporation has announced that the Second Annual Canal Splash! will take place during the weekend of August 10-12, 2007. This year’s Canal Splash! will offer a series of locally organized events designed to highligh...
May 2007 Milk Production Down
New York dairy herds produced 1.06 billion pounds of milk during May according to Stephen Ropel, Director of USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, New York Field office. Milk cows declined from the previous year while milk per co...
Watershed Assessment to Celebrate Opening
Aquatic benthic macroinvertebrate taxonomy and stream biomonitoring assessments – in Schenectady?
Land Trust Alliance and Dec Announce $400,000 in Conservation Partnership Grants
A major investment in land conservation was announced today by the Land Trust Alliance and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), represented by Commissioner Pete Grannis, who joined members of the New York State Legisl...
Wild Center Welcomes 100,000th Visitor
On Sunday, June 17, the Wild Center counted visitor number 100,000, putting the new Museum ahead of its original projections. Three-year-old Christina Maglione of Plattsburgh, NY was lucky visitor number 100,000 and received an assortment of gifts...
Four NYS Commissioners Hold Listening Forum June 19 at Roswell Park Cancer Inst.
Michael F. Hogan, PhD, Commissioner of the New York State Office of Mental Health; Richard F. Daines, M.D., Commissioner of the New York State Department of Health; Diana Jones Ritter, Commissioner of the Office of Mental Retardation and Developme...