New York State

This Guy Is Probably The Nicest Banker In America

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Small Businesses, Local Businesses, Video, Wall Street, Community Banks, New York State, Patrick Cullen, Cattaraugus, Local Banks, Big Banks, Small Banks, Credit Unions, Money News

If you were going to sit down and design the opposite of a Wall Street banker, you would probably come up with someone like Patrick Cullen. Cullen ...

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PHOTOS: Beginning An Epic Journey Down The Erie Canal

Richard Harpham | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Active Travel, Exposure, Erie Canal, New York State, Expeditions, Destinations, Outdoor Travel, Paddling, New York, Kayaking, Adventure Travel, Slideexpand, Travel News
Richard Harpham

The plan is to kayak along the Erie Canal to Albany and then join the Hudson River and paddle down to New York in just 21 days.

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Launched by Australian Visionary, U.S. Peace Index Hits Year Two

Jim Luce | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Australia, New York State, U.S. Peace Index, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Michelle Breslauer, Maine, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Institute for Economics and Peace, Incarceration, New York City, Global Peace Index, Uspi, Most Peaceful State, Ep, Maine Peaceful State, Video, Culture News
Jim Luce

The U.S. Peace Index was launched last year with the aim is to further understand the types of environments that are associated with peace and its economic impacts at a more specific regional level.

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New Poll Reveals Big Support For Minimum Wage Hike

Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Minimum Wage Increase, Minimum Wage, New York State, Ny News, President Obama, New York Minimum Wage, Senator-Jeffrey-Klein, Siena College Poll, Senator Gillibrand, New York News

A new poll conducted by Siena College is revealing big wins for Democrats with more than three-quarters of New Yorkers supporting a minimum wage hike ...

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Cuomo: NY State Budget Will Increase Spending On Schools And Poor

AP | MICHAEL GORMLEY | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Video, Andrew Cuomo, New York State, Ny News, New York State Budget, Governor Andrew Cuomo, New York Welfare, Cuomo, New York News

ALBANY, N.Y. -- New York is poised to embark on a large economic development program, provide more assistance to the poor, and increase spending on pu...

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Shale Shocker: How Gas Drilling Companies Shift Risk to Landowners

Kyle Rabin | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Mortgages, Gas Leases, Hydraulic Fracturing, Fracking, Gasland, Gas Drilling, New York State, Green News
Kyle Rabin

For those, like my friends, eagerly awaiting the return of a strong economy, this shift of drilling risks from gas companies to the housing sector, homeowners and taxpayers begs for immediate attention.

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New York State To Start Issuing Stillbirth Certificates

Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Abortion, Video, Governor Cuomo, New York State, Ny News, Hart-Island-Cemetery, Stillbirth, New York News

In an effort to provide comfort to grieving parents, New York will begin issuing stillbirth certificates to parents who have lost children in birth. ...

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Guess Who's Selling Egg Incubators?

Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Ebay, State Auctions, General Services Administration, Airport Security, Government Surplus, New York State, Business News

Need an egg incubator? Scrap metal? A used massage table? Eighteen bookcases? New York State's eBay store is the place for you. Since January 2002,...

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Cuomo Announces Site Auctioning Off New York's Official Junk

Posted 02.23.2012

Read More: Andrew Cuomo, Nypd, State Auction, Coney Island, New York State, Ny News, Property Room, New York State Budget, New York News

Governor Cuomo may have stressed the need to stimulate New York's sluggish economy, but are legislators in such dire need of cashflow to start selling...

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A Trip To Cohoes Falls In Upstate New York

Susan Dormady Eisenberg | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Iroquois-Confederacy, Historic Waterfalls, Cohoes Falls, Thomas-Moore, Brookfield Power, US Destinations, Nature, New York State, Travel Blogs, Destinations, Video, Travel News
Susan Dormady Eisenberg

Is it possible to live in a city and never see its most famous landmark?

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HuffPost Guides: Snow Ridge Ski Resort

The Huffington Post | Sara Ipatenco | Posted 01.05.2012

Read More: New York State Travel, Turin, Video, Ski Resorts, New York State, Snow Ridge Ski Resort, New York Travel, Turin Travel, New York, Skiing, Travel News

Snow Ridge Ski Resort in New York is a popular destination for skiers and snowboarders. As part of a series on ski resorts, Huffington Post Travel off...

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HuffPost Guides: Windham Mountain

The Huffington Post | Don Amerman | Posted 01.05.2012

Read More: Windham Travel, New York State Travel, Video, Ski Resorts, New York State, Windham Mountain, New York Skiing, Windham, Skiing, Travel News

Windham Mountain in New York is a popular destination for skiers and snowboarders. As part of a series on ski resorts, Huffington Post Travel offers o...

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HuffPost Guides: Whiteface Lake Placid

The Huffington Post | Eliza Martinez | Posted 01.05.2012

Read More: Lake Placid Travel, Lake PLacid, Video, Ski Resorts, Whiteface Lake Placid, New York State, New York Skiing, New York Travel, Wilmington, Skiing, Travel News

Whiteface Lake Placid in New York is a popular destination for skiers and snowboarders. As part of a series on ski resorts, Huffington Post Travel off...

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The #1 Most Irksome Thing People Say After Divorce

Juliet Jeske | Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: Cost of Divorce, Divorce, Breakups, New York State, Divorce Laws, Divorce News
Juliet Jeske

As difficult as a breakup is, even a long-term live-in partner is not the same as a husband or wife.

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The Collapse of the Anti-tax Movement: OWS Paves the Way -- Cuomo Leads the Way

Richard Brodsky | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Occupy Wall Street, New York State, Cuomo Millionaires Tax, Andrew Cuomo Taxes, Cuomo Wall Street, New York Taxes, Cuomo NY Tax, New York News
Richard Brodsky

For Cuomo, it's a master stroke: he solves his budget problem, reduces middle-class taxes, reconnects with the restive Democratic party base, and forges another bipartisan coalition, in the face of national gridlock and acrimony.

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NY Regents To Draft Own Version Of State DREAM Act

Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: New York State Senate, Undocumented Citizens, New York Dream Act, New York State, State Dream Act, Access to Education, Undocumented Students, New York Education, DREAM Act, Education, Video, New York State Dream Act, Education Reform, John King, Board of Regents, New York Board of Regents, Education News

New York's Board of Regents is looking to support a state version of the federal DREAM Act, a move that comes on the heels of its endorsement of the n...

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First the Good News: At-risk Kids (May) Get Some Justice

David Chura | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Education, At-Risk-Children, New York State, Juvenile Offenders, Juvenile Justice, Education News
David Chura

Let the good news roll -- the reports, the endorsements, the calls to action -- but let's do something about the harsh, demeaning, counter-intuitive prison conditions we force young people to live in while insisting that they grow and change.

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Graceful Transitions: Steve Jobs and Autumn in Catskills

Misha Lyuve | Posted 12.26.2011

Read More: Steve Jobs, Catskill Mountains, Seasons, Apple, Foliage, Death & Dying, Autumn, Fall, New York State, Transition in Life, Death-and-Social-Media, Arts News
Misha Lyuve

Every year in October I venture to Catskill mountains for a breath of the astounding aroma of the fall.

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It's Working: Majority of New Yorkers Support OWS And Millionaire's Tax

Posted 12.17.2011

Read More: Andrew Cuomo, Millionaires Tax, New York State, Siena College Poll, Ny News, Warren Buffet, President Obama, Video, New York News

Good news for Occupy Wall Street protestors: 67 percent of New York City voters agree with protestors' demonstrations and 72 percent of New Yorkers st...

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62 NY Schools Flagged For Cheating Based On Erasure Analysis Once Deemed Too Pricey

The New York Times | Sharon Otterman | Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: New York State Board of Regents, Standardized Test Cheating, New York Schools, Cheating Scandals, New York State Education Department, Standardized Tests, Test Erasures, Cheating, New York State, Education Reform, Erasure Analysis, Teachers Cheating, Merryl Tisch, Test Cheating, Education News

Cheating scandals have been rolling up the East Coast like a hurricane this year, from Atlanta to Washington, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. In New Y...

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Governor Cuomo Supports Obama's Millionaire Tax

Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Taxes, Andrew Cuomo, Obama, Governor Cuomo, Millionaire Tax, New York State, President Obama, New York News

By MICHAEL GORMLEY, Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday supported President Barack Obama's proposal to tax mill...

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Tyler Kingkade

New York Town Refuses To Let Same-Sex Couples Get Married

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Belforti, Marriage License, Gay Marriage Bill, Leydard, New York Gay Marriage, Town Clerk, New York State, Corrections, People for the American Way, Gay Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, New York News

WASHINGTON -- A town clerk in Ledyard, N.Y., is standing in the way of letting a same-sex couple tie the knot, even though the state legalized marria...

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PHOTOS: Beauty Of Adirondacks Leads Visitors To 'Aspire Downwards'

Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: Nature Photography, Video, National Geographic, New York State, Upstate New York, Nature, Adirondacks, Adirondacks Photos, Adirondack Park, Green News

From National Geographic: Visitors have been coming steadily to these mountains since the mid-19th century. In the early days they came by horse-dr...

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Groups Ask Cuomo To Extend Fracking Review

The New York Times | Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: Andrew Cuomo, Marcellus Shale, Hydraulic Fracturing, Joe Martens, Fracking, New York State, Green News

Environmental groups and some legislators are asking Gov. Andrew Cuomo for a longer public review of a New York State plan to permit a controversial m...

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In New York State Some People Who Drink Water Are More Equal Than Others

Lennard Davis | Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: Hydrofracking, Natural Gas Drilling, Andrew Cuomo, Drinking Water, Fracking, New York State, New York Hydro Fracking, New York Drinking Water, New York News
Lennard Davis

In upstate NY, there is a class of citizens protected from chemicals in drinking water, and then there are the vast majority of people who are experimental subjects being tested to see if known carcinogens will do anything harmful to us.

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