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Cuomo meets to discuss casino locations

Submitted by WNYT Staff
Thursday, May 9th, 2013, 5:13pm

ALBANY - The future home of casinos in New York could depend on negotiations with three Native American tribes.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo had a news conference Thuesday at the state Capitol. He explained that the Seneca’s owe the state $500 million from a revenue sharing agreement with the state.

Cuomo says the state also has an ongoing dispute with the Mohawks.

The Oneidas, who run Turning Stone, do not have any kind of revenue sharing or exclusivity agreement with the state. So the state could build a casino there.

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Survey faults State's business climate

Submitted by WNYT Staff
Thursday, May 9th, 2013, 10:55am

ALBANY - One of the commercials that New York State has been running in parts of the country is voiced by actor Robert De Niro, spreading the message that New York is a great place to do business.

"Today there's a new New York State, one that's working to attract businesses and creates jobs," De Niro says in the ad.

But a new survey finds more than 700 chief executive officers disagree. Polled by the website ChiefExecutive.net, CEOs were asked to rate states based on taxation and regulation, quality of workforce and living environment.

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Albany business to give out free comic books May 4

Submitted by Anna Didio on Wednesday, May 1st, 4:09 pm
Albany business to give out free comic books May 4

 

ALBANY - Saturday May, 4 is Free Comic Book Day, and Earthworld Comics on Central Ave. in Albany is participating by giving out free comic books to anyone who comes into the store.

Free comics aren’t the only thing that Earthworld Comics is giving; this year they will also be making donations to a local not-for-profit organization.

The business is accepting donations of money, new clothing or school supplies for the group, "Things Of My Very Own,” or TOMVO, located in Glenville.

TOMO gives everything from clothing to school supplies to kids in need when they are being removed from an abusive home.

Earthworld Comics will also be raffling off items donated by comic book companies and donate the proceeds to TOMVO.

For more information about Earthworld Comics, click here or call 459-2400.

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WNYT Electronic and Air Conditioner Collection Event to Benefit St. Peter’s ALS Regional Center

Submitted by Anna Didio on Wednesday, April 17th, 2:57 pm

 

ALBANY, N.Y. –    The 11th Annual “Electronics Recycling Day” hosted by WNYT-TV News Channel 13 on Saturday, April 20 will benefit St. Peter's ALS Regional Center

The event will take place at Taft Furniture located at 1960 Central Avenue in Albany (one mile west of Route 155). All items will be collected from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. A donation per vehicle is requested to benefit St. Peter’s ALS Center.

The event will benefit the ALS Center in Albany in honor of Sharon Fisher who organized and ran the WYNT electronic collection event for many years. Fisher served as Recycling Coordinator for the Town of Bethlehem for 20 years, and retired due to health issues related to ALS. Fisher’s dedication to the event and her illness is spurring organizers to make the event even more successful this year.

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NY: More companies to release political spending

Submitted by WNYT Staff
Wednesday, April 10th, 2013, 12:38pm

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Snapple, Harley-Davidson and Southwest Airlines are among the Fortune 500 companies that are agreeing to disclose more information about spending on political causes.
    
A month ago, PepsiCo agreed to the disclosures sought by New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.
    
DiNapoli had been using his authority as the trustee of New York's $152 billion pension fund to pressure companies into giving its shareholders more information about the money it spends on lobbying and other political activities.
    
He said Tuesday he gained agreements from Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Plum Creek Timber Co., Noble Energy, Southwest Airlines and Harley-Davidson. The pension fund has millions invested in the companies.
    
DiNapoli says shareholders have a right to know how corporate funds are used.
    

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Nurses receive payout after lawsuit

Submitted by WNYT Staff
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013, 5:08pm

ALBANY - More than 3,200 registered nurses in the Albany area are now receiving more than $1,000 each.

That's according to the nurses' union, SEIU.    

It's part of a class action lawsuit that alleged five local hospitals violated federal antitrust laws by conspiring to suppress nurse wages.

The hospitals included Albany Medical Center, Ellis Health, Northeast Health, Seton Health and St. Peter's Health.

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Albany County legislator calls for ban on tobacco sales in pharmacies

Submitted by WNYT Staff
Wednesday, March 27th, 2013, 5:55pm

ALBANY - It sounds like a good idea to the Tobacco-Free Coalition.

They tell us cigarettes and other tobacco products are already banned in some localities across the nation. Fifty-three places in Massachusetts including Pittsfield, Lenox and Lee, but no place yet in New York State.

"Put restrictions on a product equal to the damage that it causes," said Judy Rightmyer of the Tobacco-Free Coalition.

Legislator Tim Nichols is advancing the pharmacy tobacco ban for Albany County.

If it gets passed at a future meeting, then places like CVS, as well as Price Chopper, Hannaford and ShopRite, would have to pull their cigarettes or close their pharmacies in Albany County.

"Tobacco products shouldn't be sold in places where people go to get well," said Nichols. "Where people go to get their medicine."

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