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<title>NCPR Topical RSS: new-york-state</title>
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<itunes:summary>NCPR provides locally-produced news stories from around the Adirondack and North Country regions of New York State, as well as Western Vermont, and Ontario and Quebec in Canada.</itunes:summary>
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<title>NYS DEC cuts complicate fracking picture</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21325/20130125/nys-dec-cuts-complicate-fracking-picture</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Jan 25, 2013) Proponents and opponents of hydrofracking in New York state read Gov. Andrew Cuomo&apos;s budget closely for clues about fracking&apos;s future in the state.They didn&apos;t see much. A decision on whether fracking will be allowed is expected after a health study is complete in February.The agency overseeing the review, and in charge of permitting should fracking get the go-ahead, is New York&apos;s Department of Environmental Conservation. And it&apos;s in for a cut of five and a half percent in Cuomo&apos;s new budget. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21325/20130125/nys-dec-cuts-complicate-fracking-picture">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Matt Richmond</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Proponents and opponents of hydrofracking in New York state read Gov. Andrew Cuomo&apos;s budget closely for clues about fracking&apos;s future in the state.They didn&apos;t see much. A decision on whether fracking will be allowed is expected after a health study is complete in February.The agency overseeing the review, and in charge of permitting should fracking get the go-ahead, is New York&apos;s Department of Environmental Conservation. And it&apos;s in for a cut of five and a half percent in Cuomo&apos;s new budget. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21325/20130125/nys-dec-cuts-complicate-fracking-picture">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>01:45</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>politics, environment, cuomo, hydrofracking, DEC, new york state, [loc:42.6525793 -73.7562317], photolead, topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Senate coalition takes heat over lack of minorities</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21039/20121210/senate-coalition-takes-heat-over-lack-of-minorities</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Dec 10, 2012) The newly formed coalition in the Senate is facing some heat from African American leaders, who says blacks and Hispanics have been left out. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21039/20121210/senate-coalition-takes-heat-over-lack-of-minorities">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Karen DeWitt</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The newly formed coalition in the Senate is facing some heat from African American leaders, who says blacks and Hispanics have been left out. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21039/20121210/senate-coalition-takes-heat-over-lack-of-minorities">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>01:18</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>politics, photolead, albany, senate, new york state, [loc:42.6525793 -73.7562317], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>As local goverments struggle, NY State finances show signs of good health</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20413/20120903/as-local-goverments-struggle-ny-state-finances-show-signs-of-good-health</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Sep 3, 2012) Local governments in New York continue to flounder, but there are signs that the state&apos;s finances are improving as Governor Cuomo and his budget director Robert Megna announced last week that the state finally got an upgrade in an assessment from a major rating agency. Standard &amp; Poor&apos;s changed the state&apos;s outlook from &quot;stable&quot; to &quot;positive&quot;.  Megna says he hopes that lays the groundwork for an improvement in the state&apos;s credit rating, which has been ranked as weak for decades: &quot;This outlook revision is professional evidence from an outside observer that New York is once again on the right track.&quot; [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20413/20120903/as-local-goverments-struggle-ny-state-finances-show-signs-of-good-health">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Karen DeWitt</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Local governments in New York continue to flounder, but there are signs that the state&apos;s finances are improving as Governor Cuomo and his budget director Robert Megna announced last week that the state finally got an upgrade in an assessment from a major rating agency. Standard &amp; Poor&apos;s changed the state&apos;s outlook from &quot;stable&quot; to &quot;positive&quot;.  Megna says he hopes that lays the groundwork for an improvement in the state&apos;s credit rating, which has been ranked as weak for decades: &quot;This outlook revision is professional evidence from an outside observer that New York is once again on the right track.&quot; [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20413/20120903/as-local-goverments-struggle-ny-state-finances-show-signs-of-good-health">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>03:55</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>photolead, politics, economy, cuomo, albany, finance, wall street, new york state, [loc:42.6525793 -73.7562317], local government, topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>NY Times claims &quot;patterns of abuse&quot; at Sunmount in Tupper Lake</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17790/20110607/ny-times-claims-quot-patterns-of-abuse-quot-at-sunmount-in-tupper-lake</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Jun 7, 2011) Yesterday the New York Times ran a front-page investigative story about the way New York state cares for people with developmental disabilities.  A major focus of the article was the Sunmount Developmental Center in Tupper Lake, which cares for some of the state&apos;s highest risk and most demanding special-needs clients.Reporter Danny Hakim wrote that &quot;patterns of abuse appear embedded in the culture of Sunmount.&quot;  He pointed to four episodes last year where a supervisor was accused of physical and psychological abuse.Adirondack reporter Brian Mann spoke with Martha Foley about the article and its impact on the debate over Sunmount&apos;s future [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17790/20110607/ny-times-claims-quot-patterns-of-abuse-quot-at-sunmount-in-tupper-lake">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Brian Mann</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Yesterday the New York Times ran a front-page investigative story about the way New York state cares for people with developmental disabilities.  A major focus of the article was the Sunmount Developmental Center in Tupper Lake, which cares for some of the state&apos;s highest risk and most demanding special-needs clients.Reporter Danny Hakim wrote that &quot;patterns of abuse appear embedded in the culture of Sunmount.&quot;  He pointed to four episodes last year where a supervisor was accused of physical and psychological abuse.Adirondack reporter Brian Mann spoke with Martha Foley about the article and its impact on the debate over Sunmount&apos;s future [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17790/20110607/ny-times-claims-quot-patterns-of-abuse-quot-at-sunmount-in-tupper-lake">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>05:36</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>photolead, adirondacks, developmental disabilities, medicaid, health, politics, cuomo, new york state, sunmount, [loc:44.2239488 -74.4640575], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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