Earlier this month, it was reported that more than 130 people overdosed on K2, a synthetic drug, in New York City. The surge of overdoses occurred primarily in Brooklyn where it was reported that people were openly smoking the drug.
Assemblyman Will Barclay (R,C,I—Pulaski) released the following statement today after Upstate Energy Jobs Coalition submitted a petition to the Public Service Commission (PSC) containing 3,500 signatures in support of the proposed Clean Energy Standards.
With summer well underway, many have had the chance to enjoy a summer sport or activity and for many Central and Northern New Yorkers, the sport of choice is fishing.
Last week, Central New York received great news when, at its meeting in Albany, the state Public Service Commission (“PSC”) adopted a plan to help Upstate New York’s struggling nuclear power plants.
New York’s upstate nuclear energy plants contribute approximately $3.16 billion annually to the state’s gross domestic product (GDP), account for nearly 25,000 full-time jobs, direct and indirect, and save New York consumers over $1.7 billion annually on their electricity bills, according to a report authored by Mark Berkman and Dean Murphy from The Brattle Group in December 2015.
New York State’s “Move Over Law” was recently expanded to better protect volunteer emergency responders attending to distressed or disabled vehicles along roads and highways. I was pleased to vote in support of the expansion which was signed into law last month and will become effective in 2017.
At 11:35 this morning, Oswego Fire Department personnel were dispatched to a reported structure fire at 192 East 8th Street, near Oak Hill Park. First arriving crews from the east side station were on the scene at 11:37am, and command reported flames and smoke showing.
Oswego Fire Department personnel were notified at 3:24pm today of a building located at 19 East Cayuga Street struck by lightning. A customer of an adjacent business reported the strike to OFD officials after witnessing it and seeing smoke.
Assemblyman Will Barclay (R,C,I-Pulaski) today reminded kids who participated in this year’s Assembly Summer Reading Challenge to send in their completed calendars.
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