Ritchie Asks Gov. Cuomo for Help in Border Boater Problem
State Sen. Patty Ritchie today asked Gov. Andrew Cuomo to intervene in the dispute over Canada’s new border rules that threaten to cripple Central and Northern New York’s $150 million-a-year boating and sport fishing industry.
Striking members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 97 have set up a picket line on County Route 1 at the intersection of Lakeview Road. At 12:01 a.m. today (July 9), the workers from Nine Mile Point Unit I and Unit II went on strike. Their jobs are now being done by Constellation Energy Nuclear Group managers.