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$21 Million Expected For Fox Joint Center ONEONTA – Word has been received that $21 million in state funding is en route to Fox Hospital to restructure its finances and build a new joint center. The funding is part of $125 million for facilities improvements aimed at reducing expensive emergency-room usage by 25 percent, announced by state Health Commissioner Howard Zucker at a press conference that ended a few moments ago. Further details should be forthcoming shortly.…
Fracking Banned In NYS Budget ALBANY – New York State has banned fracking in the state budget, NYPIRG announced a few minutes ago. The provision was included in the state’s 2020 budget, which is being firmed up today, a step that allows approval of controversial issues without the usual hearing a a specific vote on the floor. “The state has taken the next step to solidify its role as a climate leader by banning fracking in statute,” the lobbying group said. “Since New York banned fracking through the regulatory process almost five years ago, the climate crisis has grown worse,…
LETTER from NICOLE DILLINGHAM Fold Fracking Ban Into Governor’s Budget Editor’s Note: Since the print edition went to press, the Governor’s Budget, agreed to Wednesday, April 1, included a fracking ban. To the Editor: The emergency now unfolding due to the coronavirus is not the only global crisis we are facing. The threat of global warming also requires state-wide, indeed global, response. The damage climate change is causing should not be ignored in the hope that it will magically disappear. Perhaps we have learned this much. Our governor has taken a leadership role in response to the current pandemic. He…