Tag: New York

Leaving New York

Geoffrey Norman · December 27, 2013 4:27 pm

NY authorizes veterans’ school tax exemptions

NY authorizes veterans’ school tax exemptions

Washington Examiner · December 23, 2013 5:00 am

New York City lawmakers paved the way Thursday for an eventual ban on plastic foam containers. The foam bill allows lawmakers to ban the product if after a yearlong study the commissioner of the Sanitation Department finds the material can't be recycled effectively. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Energy and Environment

New York City Council passes plastic foam, e-cigarette bills

Washington Examiner · December 20, 2013 5:00 am

$A bankrupt company that hoped to drill for gas in New York is suing the Cuomo administration over what it calls an unreasonable delay in deciding whether to allow hydraulic fracturing for natural gas. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)$ Energy and Environment

Defunct company sues NY claiming fracking delay

Washington Examiner · December 20, 2013 5:00 am

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed a law to increase state oversight of special education programs for preschoolers with disabilities. (AP/Jim Fitzgerald)

NY law expands oversight of preschool special ed

Associated Press · December 19, 2013 5:00 am

Anti-hunger activists have launched a statewide campaign urging Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to vote against any farm bill that includes cuts in food stamp funding. (Photo: Graeme Jennings/Examiner file)

Hunger groups ask Chuck Schumer to block food stamp cuts

Washington Examiner · December 16, 2013 5:00 am

New York Senate GOP opposes public funds for campaigns

Washington Examiner · December 10, 2013 5:00 am

An animal rights group is asking New York courts to recognize scientific evidence of emotional and cognitive abilities in chimpanzees and to grant the animals "legal personhood" so that they are ensured better treatment. (AP/David J. Phillip)

Group seeks ‘personhood’ for 4 chimps in New York

Associated Press · December 4, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 26, 2012, file photo, an employee walks a wide isle at Amazon.com's 1.2 million square foot fulfillment center, in Phoenix. Millions of shoppers are expected to click on items on Monday, Dec. 2, 2013, as retailers rev up deals to grab online holiday shopping dollars on the first working day after the busy holiday weekend. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Supreme Court won’t stop NY’s Internet taxation

Jesse Holland · December 2, 2013 10:15 pm

In a Friday, Dec. 23, 2011 photo, federal judge Loretta Preska poses for a portrait in her chambers at Manhattan federal court, in New York. Preska said the caseload for judges in Manhattan has grown more than 10 percent in the last three years while staffing to support them has decreased 28 percent. Continuing cuts to the federal judiciary budget have left the courts feeling unloved. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Wall Street Journal: U.S. attorney, chief judge decry budget cuts

Washington Examiner · December 2, 2013 5:00 am

A Department of Homeland Security U.S. Customs and Border Protection Video Inspection Station in Buffalo, N.Y.

Sen. Chuck Schumer calls for more border agents in Buffalo

Associated Press · December 2, 2013 5:00 am

A Rare Specimen

Terry Eastland · December 2, 2013 5:00 am