Two vetoes mock reform
The sound you’re hearing is the collective head-scratching over why two governors would veto a reform bill for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, legislation that had been unanimously...
View ArticleOil trains valuable to Albany port
The recent oil train crash and fire in West Virginia has a vocal minority shouting that all oil trains must be banned. They want the Port of Albany’s oil businesses ended. It’s not a just or a rational...
View ArticleGains against bad trains
After being railroaded by the immense and rapid expansion of trains carrying crude oil through Albany, the growing local opposition is finally beginning to gain ground. Two years ago, the state...
View ArticleGas facility veto a double victory
Regarding the article “Cuomo vetoes gas facility,” Nov. 13, we so rarely see a decision that benefits both the environment and the economy. Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s decision to veto the Port Ambrose...
View ArticleGive NED pipeline close examination
Rich Azzopardi, senior deputy communications director to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, in his Nov. 24 letter responded to a Fred LeBrun column (“So where’s the reward for proposed pipeline?” Nov. 15). LeBrun had...
View ArticleLong story short
State should protect patients from delays Patients shouldn’t have to suffer while health insurance companies force them to use cheaper drugs before getting proven, albeit more expensive, medications....
View ArticleLet clean energy power our lives
The front page headline “Call for clean air at port,” Sept. 9, caught my eye. Over the last few years, this area of Albany has been in the news. There were plans to build a facility to heat tar sand...
View ArticleAn oil train safety victory
Since the Interstate Commerce Act was passed in 1887, federal law has pretty much preempted state and local governments from interfering with railroad service – including recent efforts locally to...
View ArticleReality of improvements at Port of Albany
The article “$50M upgrade at port to begin,” Jan. 7, is exciting. I can just imagine all the goods sailing from here through the Port of Albany to far parts of the globe. But, coming back to reality, I...
View ArticlePort oil plan needs review
When Global Companies sought in 2012 to quadruple the amount of oil it brought by train into the Port of Albany, the state Department of Environmental Conservation issued a four-year permit with little...
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