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June 25, 2019
Since 1970, the league, has identified important environmental legislation and then rated lawmakers strictly by counting the number of pro- and anti-environmental votes on each bill.
By James Odato
June 20, 2019
Cuomo’s picks for the agency, while fine as individuals, did not make up a team with the credentials to forge strong stewardship of the Adirondacks, environmental groups said.
By Sara Ruberg
June 14, 2019
North Elba was not included in decisions made on the Mount Van Hoevenberg project up to this point, according to several board members.
May 22, 2019
Many people who follow the agency had expected the 61-year-old attorney to be appointed to the top job earlier this year.
May 21, 2019
Feldman, a retired lawyer and Democratic campaign strategist from Hudson, had served on the board since 2013 and became acting board chair last year. She had openly sought Gov. Andrew Cuomo's permanent appointment as chair over the winter.
By Tim Rowland
April 18, 2019
The Adirondack Park Agency said it would continue to support green energy and would evaluate projects based on existing rules.
By James Odato
March 22, 2019
“I never did backflips,” Michael Hannagan said. “But the whole point of the airbag was to try a trick and have a soft landing; it was the perfect place to try things out.”
January 16, 2019
The clamor for a new way intensified over the last decade as critics watched the Adirondack Park Agency approve a massive second-home resort around the Big Tupper Ski Area without what they considered adequate regard for nature. The agency responded with a new process that asks developers of large subdivisions to help assess their land and their plan’s effects on it.
December 4, 2018
The November election removed a GOP roadblock in the Senate that has stopped several conservation measures in the past, advocates said.
November 26, 2018
Hydroelectric companies previously had paid most of the dam’s operating cost and passed it on to their customers, until a federal court in 2008 ordered the formula changed to comport with federal regulations.