Green Party of New York Denounces DEC Report, Calls for Ban on Hydrofracking

Trump on the Ocean is Ended!!!

Posted on December 26, 2012 by wilderside

For all the tragedy Hurricane Sandy caused in so many people’s lives, it did bring the NY State Parks Department and — even more amazingly — Donald Trump to their senses.

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LIPA Disaster: Blame Cuomo, Not Privatization

Posted on November 18, 2012 by wilderside

Cuomo wins this year’s Scott Walker false narrative award.

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Cataclysmic NY election/polling place news

Posted on November 5, 2012 by kwilder

(Corrected to clarify which NY voters qualify) Governor Cuomo has made an executive order that New York voters in federally-declared disaster counties may vote for President and statewide office at any NY polling place they like. But… There is a big problem. Those voters could be giving up their right to vote for local races. [...]

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Is it time to turn LIPA back into a people’s power authority for Long Island?

Posted on October 28, 2012 by kwilder

Editors’ comments on November 14, 2012: LIPA does not need rants from the politicians who helped make the mess. LIPA needs elections! Pre- Sandy LIPA/Long Island Power Authority coverage from local media: Suffolk Closeup: Electing LIPA’s trustees Shelter Island Reporter / October 21, 2012 by Karl Grossman Sparring over LIPA board’s ‘legitimacy’ Newsday / October [...]

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Tell Gov. Cuomo: LIPA needs Elections, not more Privatization

Posted on August 11, 2012 by wilderside

Governor Andrew Cuomo is finishing the job of destroying Long Island’s power grid and finances under LIPA

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Yoko Ono gets serious (and silly) about fracking

Posted on July 16, 2012 by kwilder

Fracking stuff: (See video of Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon, and Jimmy Fallon singing about fracking at the readmore…) Do you know what fracking is? It is a method of pumping water and chemicals underground, and then drilling horizontally in shale formations for natural gas. Fracking has been linked to earthquakes happening in areas near to, [...]

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Occupy Wall Street Activists Offer $2 Million Bribe to Gov. Cuomo to Raise Minimum Wage

Posted on June 7, 2012 by kwilder

posted at OccupyWallSt.org: Occupy Wall Street Activists Offer $2 Million Bribe to Gov. Cuomo to Raise Minimum Wage June 6, 2012 Today [June 6th], Occupy Wall Street activists and members of New York’s 99% will deliver giant bags of cash to Governor Cuomo [Democrat/Working Families Party], hoping that a two million-dollar bribe will secure a [...]

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Wisconsin Recall Vote today: Vote against union-busting Governor Scott Walker

Posted on June 5, 2012 by kwilder

Update on 6/6: Scott Walker survived the recall vote. [One story: here] And, we learned something about Wisconsin political rules. We did not realize that the recall involved an opponent, instead of just a “yes/no” vote. Wonder if that is the best and most democratic way to do a recall? Seems like it was a [...]

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More Than A Number: Concerned educators gather to examine standardized testing and teacher evaluations

Posted on February 15, 2012 by kwilder

At LIU Post, educators and community members gathered to discuss the negative impacts of the new scheme in New York to use students’ test scores directly in teacher evaluations. Previously in New York, there was a law forbidding this from happening. Though, political energy from Governor Cuomo and NY State Board of Regents Chancellor Tisch [...]

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NY Governor gives State of the State: The People and Occupy gather elsewhere…

Posted on January 4, 2012 by kwilder

If you are interesting in coverage on conservative, old school, Democrat politician Governor Andrew Cuomo has to say, you can find good coverage of his State of the State speech here: www.capitaltonight.com If you want to see what the grassroots and occupiers think, here are excerpts from an article at The Times Union: (excerpt from) [...]

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NY’s Tea Party Guv Gives 1% a Tax Cut

Posted on December 9, 2011 by wilderside

IW: I figured it was the media swallowing NY Guv Cuomo’s PR wholesale when they were reporting he was hiking taxes on the wealthy. Cuomo got elected with contributions from the Koch Bros. Cuomo stated before taking office that the rich are taxed too much already. Cuomo refused to ever discuss repealing the rebate of the stock transfer [...]

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NY, Don’t Get Suckered by a Fracking Distraction in NJ

Posted on November 20, 2011 by wilderside

IW: I was at an environmental meeting tonight and people were talking about an urgent meeting we all had to go to tomorrow in New Jersey to prevent fracking in New York. None of them seemed to understand what the meeting was about, but insisted it was the way to stop fracking in NY. I [...]

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In NY: Democratic Party Governor defies public, will stand with Republicans to oppose millionaire’s tax

Posted on October 18, 2011 by kwilder

Update on 10/19/2011: While one organization tried to honor Andrew Cuomo, Occupy Wall Street protesters gathered outside. An attendee, feminist author Naomi Wolf, realized their point, and she was arrested for standing on the sidewalk to draw attention to Cuomo’s objection to the millionaire’s tax. Great video! She was arrested in her fancy dress for [...]

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