Thursday, February 9, 2012
Bedford and Mount Kisco seek to end auto deliveries in the middle of heavily traveled Route 117.
Bedford’s planners added their voice Tuesday to a growing chorus of official criticism of new-car delivery practices on busy North Bedford Road. Car-carrying trailers, these officials charge, routinely park in the center left-turn lane to offload new autos rather than performing that operation on dealership property. Parking in the center lane slows traffic in the remaining two lanes of the road, also known as Route 117, as it passes through heavily traveled commercial strips of both Bedford and Mount Kisco. Officials in Mount Kisco have condemned what the village building inspector called a “community traffic nuisance” that could jeopardize at least one dealer’s continued operation. In Bedford, where two dealerships went before the …
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Locals can get involved in the effort to care for Bedford's small bodies of water and create biodiversity maps of the land.
If you own one of the 400 parcels of land in Bedford that includes a lake or a pond, the town of Bedford seeks your help. "We are working on a survey of our ponds and lakes because if you don't have any information, you're blind," Conservation Board Chair Simon Skolnik told Patch. "We want to identify where they are are—and in what condition—in order to establish a baseline." The conservation board board received approval at Tuesday night's town board meeting to mail a multiple-choice questionnaire to each property owner. Among other things, the survey asks about the primary uses, maintenance and monitoring, if any, of ponds and lakes. The answers will be used to establish trends and patterns and provide resources and education to …
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Rep. Nan Hayworth is the fifth highest scoring Republican member of Congress, according to the environmental watchdog organization.
Democratic members of Congress from the Hudson Valley had high marks on the annual New York League of Conservation Voters 2011 National Environmental Scorecard release Tuesday. Both Democratic senators—Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand—had top scores of 100, said Marcia Bystryn, president of the league. "New Yorkers care a lot about our environment," she said. "It should not come as a surprise both of our senators had perfect scores in 2011." In the House, Rep. Nita Lowey, D-Harrison, achieved a 97, while Rep. Eliot Engel, D-Bronx, scored a 94. On the Republican side of the aisle in the House, Rep. Nan Hayworth, R-Mount Kisco, was given a grade of 43. "While her score is nothing to write home about," Bystryn said, "her score in the …
In a new report, Westchester County claims it's far ahead of schedule in its commitment to build affordable housing. The Anti-Discrimination Center disagrees.
As families move into the first affordable housing units mandated by the federal government, Westchester County says it's ahead of schedule in its obligation to build 750 fair housing units. But a range of civil rights groups and the plaintiff in the case, New York City-based Anti-Discrimination Center, dispute the county's claim. The majority of affordable housing projects in the works continue the practice of "exclusionary zoning" and won't make an impact in housing segregation in the county, they say. The first affordable housing unit was sold late last year, and two families are moving into rental units in a three-family house this month, according to the county. The county also touted its progress in moving larger projects through …
State officials released findings last week that Indian Point could close with little impact on ratepayers and reliability.
New York Assembly committees released preliminary findings of their Jan. 12 public hearing on the plans for the potential closure of Indian Point Energy Center (IPEC). The findings concluded that Indian Point could close without overburdening ratepayers or threatening reliability standards, according to a press release from the Committee on Energy and the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions. This could happen with proper planning and the success of proposed energy and efficiency projects over the next several years, which would provide “more than enough resources to close Indian Point,” the committee chairs said. They based findings on testimony and evidence demonstrated by several energy and environment organizations, …
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Monday, February 6, 2012
The Super Bowl champions will be feted by NYC Tuesday.
The celebratory ticker tape parade for the New York Giants—winner of Super Bowl XLVI—will kick off at Battery Place and Washington Street in New York City on Tuesday, Feb. 7 at 11 a.m. “Big Blue gave us a game to remember, and on Tuesday we're going to give them a parade to remember,” said New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg in a statement today. The parade will travel north on the Canyon of Heroes to Worth Street. A ceremony will follow at City Hall, where the mayor will present the Keys to the City to the team. Metro North will be offering additional trains to accommodate travelers tomorrow: To Grand Central Terminal: From Grand Central Terminal: Click here to see to access the regular Metro North schedules. NJ TRANSIT will offer extra…
Friday, February 3, 2012
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has denied most of Indian Point’s requests for exemptions from fire protection requirements.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
State auditor's report, finding some procedural lapses, prompts minor changes in how Bedford does business.
The results of the New York State Comptroller's report for the town of Bedford are in and officials seem confident in the results. The town board briefly discussed the report at its Jan. 17 meeting but no one raised major concerns about the recommendations, which board member Chris Burdick described as nothing "terribly earth-shattering." In an interview the Journal News, Comptroller Ed Ritter also seemed confident about the results. “Honestly, after the time that it took for them to do this audit, if this is the worst they can find, then the residents of Bedford can be certain that we are spending money as efficiently as possible,” Ritter told The Journal News. “This proves it.” The report includes the NYS comptroller's findings on town …
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Indian Point and the New York Area Energy Coalition opposed Riverkeeper and Environment New York’s report released today.
Two citizen environmental groups claim a new report shows that Indian Point Energy Center poses a threat drinking water for more 11 million people, but Indian Point says there is little basis for their claims. Riverkeeper and Environment New York claim that a new Environment New York study shows that if a catastrophe like Fukushima’s 2011 melt down occurred in New York “radiation exposure could contaminate our drinking water and increase the risk of cancer and other illnesses.” During an afternoon press conference on Tuesday, the Hudson River Program Director of Riverkeeper, Phillip Musegass, and a field organizer from Environment New York, Eric Whalen, summarized the report, “Too Close to Home: Nuclear Power and the Threat to Drinking …
Representatives from Environment New York and Riverkeeper are releasing a report at Peekskill Landing that claims Indian Point threatens drinking water for more than 11 million people.
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Tuesday, January 31
The following is a press release provided by Environment New York regarding a its new study called, “Too Close to Home: Nuclear Power and the Threat to Drinking Water.” Environment New York and Riverkeeper released this report at an event at Peekskill Landing at 1 p.m. on Jan. 31. Read Indian Point's response to the claims included in this release here. The drinking water for more than 11.3 million people could be at risk of radioactive contamination from a leak or accident at the Indian Point Nuclear Facility, says a new study released today by Environment New York. The report also shows that Indian Point Nuclear Plant threatens drinking water supplies for more than twice as many people compared to any other nuclear facility in the nation…
Issy
9:32 am on Thursday, February 9, 2012
Nonsense, European cars get approx. 50% better gas mileage on the same car that sells in the US. CAFE standards have not kept up with technology. Clearing old trees in a managed approach is one thing, raping forests for short term profit another. History has shown that the earth's climate is very susceptible to long term change due to inconspicuous events. Our 'small part' is having dire … more ›