Feb 22
2013
A state employee praises Gov. Andrew Cuomo, is threatened with termination, resigns, and gets raked over the coals anyway. His sin: talking to a reporter without permission. The New York Times details the lengths to which Cuomo and Co. micromanage the release of information.
Feb 22
2013
The Public Accountability Initiative offers the first extensive report of the connections between the natural gas industry, Pennsylvania government officials and the environmental regulators.
Feb 14
2013
Under pressure from the chemical industry, the EPA is holding off on issuing regulations to ban a chemical compound commonly found in tap water that may cause cancer. A report from the Center for Public Integrity.
Feb 12
2013
Politico reports that Carl Paladino, who tussled with New York Post columnist Fred Dicker during his failed race for governor two years ago, sought out the scribe Tuesday during a trip to Albany long enough to flip him the bird. A report from Politico.
Feb 11
2013
Seven organizations, including Public Citizen, ask the district attorney in Albany to investigate whether the stock holdings of Lawrence Schwartz, a key Cuomo insider, represent a conflict of interest. The groups said Schwartz owns stock in companies that would benefit financially should Cuomo approve hydrofracking.
Feb 11
2013
Fred Dicker of The New York Post portrays the governor as obsessed with his poll numbers and election prospects. “He’s running around like a banshee, blaming his staff and everybody else for the problems of his own making,” Dicker quotes one insider.
Feb 11
2013
The practice of hydraulic fracturing for natural gas may not take place here in Western New York, but is the waste from it potentially headed this way? A report by the Niagara Gazette.
Feb 10
2013
Alan Bedenko gives his first impressions of Sergio Rodriguez, whose announcement that he’s running for mayor isn’t going over well with some Republicans, much less Democrats.