Since the recession first hit, credit card use has slowed substantially. The Federal Reserve reported that consumer borrowing fell again in August as consumers cut back on credit card use for the 24th consecutive month.
Our area received a significant amount of federal dollars and because the stimulus money is now coming to an end, crafting this year’s state budget will be even more challenging because we will no longer have this federal money.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care act is one of the most expansive and sweeping laws to pass in a generation.
My office has worked with the Ladies Auxiliary for the past four years on this project to help promote their cause and boost collections.
Our region really is the state’s energy backyard from the nuclear plants in Oswego to the Moses Saunders Hydro Dam in Massena. We pay too much for energy because of decisions made over the past two decades, but I am working to bring those costs down.
Preliminary studies reveal that New York is positioned to lose two seats in the House of Representatives when Census 2010 is complete. House of Representative seats are based on population.
This past week I was invited to attend a press conference at the Oswego Port Authority to discuss a Department of Environmental Conservation action intended to eliminate invasive species, but which instead threatens to shut down shipping through the St. Lawrence Seaway and into the Great Lakes.
Approximately 1,300 New Yorkers take their own lives each year, and it is estimated that for every suicide death, there are anywhere from 8-25 suicide attempts.
Over the past 20 years, manufacturing jobs have declined, but with the right policies we can retain what we have and create new jobs for our future.
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