The Independent Redistricting Commission approved by state voters back in 2014 (do you remember doing that?) is not perfect, but it should be given a chance to
To the editor: Throughout Elise Stefanik’s tenure as 21st District representative, I have been most offended by her bullying nature and refusal to retract known untruths. No less disturbing are her one-word aspersions and mudslinging, without explaining exactly what she is referring to when she uses the terms. In Aaron Cerbone’s Adirondack Daily Enterprise front-page article on Jan. 21, Stefanik is quoted vilifying the “far left.” Has she ever defined for her constituents how she defines the terms “left” and “far left”? Has she explained for her constituents how she came to her political philosophy in opposition to the “left”? Is it the “left” that pulled us out of the 2008 recession, the left that brought recovery from the Great Depression? Is it the “far left” that gave citizens Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, public education, food stamps, unemployment benefits, environmental regulations?
Jan 25, 2021
Adirondack Daily Enterprise
North Country U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik issued a statement Thursday blasting state Democrats for passing a constitutional amendment, which if approved by voters, would change redistricting rules. She focused most of her ire at Gov. Andrew Cuomo, but the governor has nothing to do with state constitutional amendments.
Her statement contained political concern over a constitutional amendment New Yorkers will vote on in November, but it was misleading in its allegation toward Cuomo. “The Worst Governor in America and Albany Democrats continue to crush and ignore the will of the people of New York,” she wrote in a press release.
Jan 24, 2021 Governor Andrew Cuomo wants to spend $105 million on Olympic facilities in the Adirondacks in 2022. He also wants $800,000 to deal with overuse in the High Peaks. The Governor recently released those details as part of his 2022 state budget.
Emily Russell spoke with Adirondack Daily Enterprise reporter Aaron Cerbone about what the Adirondacks would and would not get in the Governor s budget.
Emily RussellMoney for overuse in the Adirondacks, but not new forest rangers in Gov s budget
A crowded summit on Whiteface Mountain in the Adirondack High Peaks in late September 2020. Photo: Emily Russell
EMILY RUSSELL: So let s start with the Olympic Regional Development Authority. The state has pumped hundreds of millions of dollars into the Adirondacks through ORDA and it looks like the governor wants to keep that up. What s he proposing for ORDA in the governor s executive proposal?
Dr. Elizabeth Buck, right, gets her first of two COVID-19 vaccination shots administered by registered nurse Ashley Gavin at the Saranac Lake Hudson Headwaters Health Network office in the Adirondack Medical Center building on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020. (Photo Aaron Cerbone, Adirondack Daily Enterprise)
Jan 06, 2021
Adirondack Daily Enterprise
As the number of people eligible for vaccination against the coronavirus grows, staff shortages could be a significant hurdle for the North Country region to overcome in its distribution efforts.
Dr. Wouter Rietsema, vice president of population health and information services at Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital in Plattsburgh, told reporters during a press conference Tuesday that a lack of qualified staff will be the “number-one rate limiter” for the North Country region as more people become eligible for vaccinations.