Month: January 2010

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Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay

A Review of the Governor’s State of the State Address

January 11, 2010 Contributor
The Governor’s State of the State address this week primarily focused on the seriousness of the state’s fiscal situation. The speech was more subdued and void of the usual ‘rah, rah’ tone Governors have taken in years past. Instead, his speech focused on the economy, and specifically how vital it is for New York to keep a balanced budget.

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Aubertine

In Albany, We Need to Cut Spending, Pass Reforms, Work Together

January 11, 2010 Contributor
Last week, the governor delivered his State of the State address in which he hit on some key points that align with what I hope we can achieve this year. Most pressing is the need to rebuild our economy to create jobs, cut spending, reject new taxes or fees, and find ways to meaningfully address rising property taxes.

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Fulton Daily News

Schumer Vows To Fight For Birds Eye Plant, Jobs

January 11, 2010 Steve Yablonski
US Senator Charles Schumer vows to do everything he can to keep the Fulton Birds Eye plant open and protect the 300 jobs there. He is surrounded by several of the plnat's employees and legislators from the Fulton area.

It’s been a mainstay in Fulton for years, and Sen. Charles Schumer today (Jan. 11) told workers at the Birds Eye plant that he’d do everything he could to make sure it stays that way. There has been no indication one way or the other what the new owner’s plans might be, according to Eduardo Jofre, business representative for Local 1822 of Workers United at the Fulton plant.

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ICM, Inc. to Use its Retrofit Experience with Sunoco to Retrofit Idled Ethanol Plant in Fulton, NY

January 11, 2010 Contributor
ICM, Inc. announced today that it has signed a contract with Sunoco, Inc., a leading manufacturer and marketer of petroleum and petrochemical products, to retrofit an existing, but idled ethanol plant in Fulton. Sunoco’s plant is the largest ethanol manufacturing facility in the northeastern U.S., and is strategically located to supply Sunoco’s retail gasoline network with ethanol as blending component; Sunoco purchased the idled facility in 2009.

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