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Willie Janeway: NYS Budget Adirondack Impacts
Negotiations over the NYS budget for fiscal year 2015-16 were messy and dominated by arguments over ethics reforms and education funding, but the final plan contained much-needed investments in clean...
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Adirondack Council Critiques Legislative Session
The Adirondack Council sent the following statement to the press Monday reviewing Adirondack issues from the last session of the NYS Legislature: Aside from authorizing the addition of 12 acres to the...
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Council: State Budget Is Good For Adirondack Park
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders deserve praise for approving a state budget that increases appropriations for the Environmental Protection Fund, enhances programs to fight invasive species...
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Budget Proposal Challenges NYS Tax Payments On Forest Preserve Lands
A barely-noticed provision in Governor Andrew Cuomo’s proposed budget could have lasting consequences for the finances of Adirondack towns and school districts, or so some fear. “I believe local...
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State Land Tax Cap Could Cost Adirondack Communities
The Cuomo Administration has proposed to cap Forest Preserve property tax assessments and change state law from the current system of locally assessed property taxes to a system of Payments in Lieu of...
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NYS Assembly Cuts Forest Preserve Tax Changes
The NYS Assembly left Governor Andrew Cuomo’s proposed Forest Preserve property tax changes out of its one-house budget bill late Monday night. The Assembly budget bill, a statement of priorities for...
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Chlad: Comparing Executive, One-House Budgets
On Tuesday, January 16, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced his proposed budget for the state fiscal year that starts April 1. The tax bill recently approved in Washington, and the need to close a more than $4...
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Scott van Laer On Budget, Forest Ranger Staffing
The April 1st New York State budget deadline is quickly approaching, debate and negotiations will be in high gear for the next week over the approximately $160 billion spending plan. While the budget...
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Adk Council’s Budget Analysis Finds Good in Lean Year
On Friday of last week, Governor Cuomo and the State Legislature approved a 168.3 billion dollar budget, within the context of what was considered to be a lean budget year. In spite of the budgetary...
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‘Unusual but Effective Coalition’ Killed Forest Preserve Tax Changes
A controversial proposal to replace state tax payments on Forest Preserve lands with negotiated “payments in lieu of taxes” was jettisoned in the final rounds of state budget talks. “I am both...
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Dave Gibson: Push for DEC Personnel Increases, Again
I listened to NCPR’s Brian Mann recent report about NYS DEC Forest Ranger staffing, and the great pressures on the static ranger staff resulting from so many emergency incidents. DEC Commissioner...
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Viewpoint: New Cuomo Budget Misses Major Adirondack Priorities
Governor Andrew Cuomo’s recently released draft budget for 2019-2020 is disappointing because it misses some major priorities for the Adirondack environment and communities. Major issues across the...
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John Sheehan On The Adirondack Council’s Budget Priorities
While applauding the state’s efforts to boost tourism, protect clean water and fight climate change, on Wednesday the Adirondack Council called on Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Legislature to protect the...
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John Sheehan: Adirondacks and the NYS Budget
Conservationists had much to applaud after Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Legislature passed a State Budget that will protect clean water, buy new park land, resist invasive species, build more resilient...
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Adirondack Council Reviews Gov’s Budget Plans
The Adirondack Council applauded Gov. Andrew Cuomo for proposing State Budget funding that will combat climate change, protect clean water and preserve Wilderness, build more resilient trails and make...
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Adirondack Wild: More Trail Crews, Rangers, Test Permit System
While applauding large portions of Governor Cuomo’s proposed environmental budget, including support for the Governor’s Restore Mother Nature Bond Act, the nonprofit Adirondack Forest Preserve...
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Viewpoint: Require APA To Track Climate Data, Trends
How has the Adirondack Park Agency fared under Governor Andrew Cuomo’s 2020 executive budget proposals? The question hasn’t received any media attention for obvious reasons. It’s a mini state agency,...
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NYS Budget Capital Projects Good for Adirondacks
The Adirondack Council thanked Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Legislative leaders April 1 for much-needed environmental capital projects that were slated to be approved in the NYS Budget agreement. They...
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What’s in the state budget for the Adirondacks?
Following Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s State of the State presentations, last week we learned about his 2022 proposed budget. Cuomo was largely asking the federal government to give the state more money, citing...
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No Major Changes for Forest Rangers in the Adirondacks
The current New York State budget being negotiated by Governor Kathy Hochul and the State Legislature contains significant new spending on a number of things, like $29 million for a new headquarters...
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