Governor Kathy Hochul today announced $22 million is now available for projects that strengthen and modernize New York’s electric grid. Funded by a U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Grid Resilience Formula Grant, the State’s new competitive grid modernization program supports projects that help to ensure the reliability of infrastructure and expand access to clean energy for…
New York City is facing its first drought warning in 22 years, as Mayor Eric Adams escalated the city’s drought status on Monday, November 18, 2024[1][2]. This decision comes amid record dry conditions and an increased risk of brush fires across the five boroughs. Drought Warning Details The drought warning is the second of three…
– New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) Commissioner Louis A. Molina today announced a first-of-its-kind civil service exam series that will allow candidates to qualify for multiple critical public safety positions with a single exam. The first of the three public safety combination exams will help…
Governor Kathy Hochul, Majority Leader Charles Schumer and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced over $140 million in awards from the ConnectALL Municipal Infrastructure Grant Program to expand broadband infrastructure throughout Central New York, the Finger Lakes, Mohawk Valley, North Country, Mid-Hudson and Western New York regions. These public-private partnerships will lead to the construction of…
Mayor Eric Adams: How’s it going? Good to see you all. Well, sort of. So I just want to go over a couple of things before we open the floor up to some off-topic questions as well. [Crosstalk.] These fires, brush fires, never thought we’d be in the city talking about brush fires. But it just…
Governor Kathy Hochul today sent a letter to senior executives at Amtrak urging them to restore the canceled Empire Service, which serves 2 million passengers in New York State per year. The Governor emphasized her support for the maintenance work, but urged Amtrak to reconsider the cuts and explore a series of viable alternatives to ease the…