The Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act just passed the state Senate but faces intense opposition from the plastics industry and some business leaders.
The state Department of Environmental Conservation previously denied a clean water permit for the Constitution pipeline, but it could choose to take no action if the pipeline reapplies for the permit.
State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, WNYC’s Brian Lehrer and New York City Planning Chair Marisa Lago spoke at an event celebrating them and others for their more than half-a-century of making a difference.
This critical state legislation would give New York’s working people the tools to enforce their rights under the labor law when the state doesn’t have the resources or political will to do so.
Tom Robbins, who passed away earlier this week, was a great journalist, a great man, a great colleague, a great friend, a great educator and a great mentor.