LOUDONVILLE, N.Y. (AP) - A poll shows New York voters nearly evenly divided on natural gas drilling using hydraulic fracturing.
    
The Siena Research Institute poll released Monday says voters statewide were split 40-40 percent when asked if the Department of Environmental Conservation should lift a 4 ½-year-old moratorium on fracking. The remaining 20 percent had no opinion. In the Southern Tier region where drilling would most likely start, the poll showed 48 percent opposed and 47 percent favored lifting the ban.
    
The poll found opponents of fracking were far more passionate in their positions than supporters were.
    
The agency has a Feb. 27 deadline to complete fracking regulations or let them expire.
    
The telephone poll conducted Jan. 27-31 surveyed 1,154 registered voters and has a margin of error of 3.7 percentage points.

ALBANY - A Code Blue order is in place in Albany. That means anyone who does not have a home can walk into the Capital City Rescue Mission and get out of the freezing temperatures, no questions asked.

About 200 people stayed at the mission Wednesday night.

Thursday morning, temperatures reached just two degrees in Albany.

Overnight, it was well below zero -- too cold for just a coat and blankets to keep warm in these frigid temperatures.

Code Blue is when temperatures are 10 degrees or below, the wind chill hits zero or there's a foot of snow.

During that time, people can come into the mission with no need to give their name.

The mission says right now they are in desperate need of winter coats for men women and children. If you would like to donate to the Capital City Rescue Mission, the address is 259 South Pearl Street in Albany.