Clean up is getting a little harder in towns and villages across New York State but it ll be a little quieter. Gas powered leaf blowers are being banned.
Officials in the Village of Larchment, New York in Westchester County has passed the first ban on gas powered leaf blowers in the Northeast. It goes into effect January 1, 2022. Electric leaf blowers will also be limited to spring cleanup in April and October 15 to December 15 for fall clean-up.
19 New York towns, villages or cities have bans in place, but only during certain times of the year. Anyone using gas powered leaf blowers could be fined $100. But the ban could stretch to all of New York state.
Yang’s Latest Endorsement Shows Momentum With a Key Voting Bloc
The former presidential candidate won a major endorsement in the New York City mayor’s race from Rep. Grace Meng, a top Asian-American leader in Queens.
Andrew Yang is hoping to generate a high turnout among Asian-American supporters, in a race where low voter engagement is widespread.Credit.Sara Naomi Lewkowicz for The New York Times
May 10, 2021
When Andrew Yang ran for president last year, the surprising staying power of his candidacy was powered by a fiercely loyal, politically diverse group of supporters often referred to as the “Yang Gang.”
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The New York State Attorney General’s office has expanded its sexual harassment investigation into Gov. Andrew Cuomo to include looking at whether one of the governor’s top advisers offered access to COVID vaccines for political connections.
Investigators spoke to three Democratic county executives who said they were caught off guard when they received calls from Larry Schwartz, a volunteer adviser overseeing vaccine distribution across New York, sources told the Wall Street Journal. In phone calls centering on vaccine allocation, Schwartz reportedly asked if they would be calling for the governor’s resignation.
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In the latest infusion of big money into the mayor’s race, an executive at an organization that lobbies on behalf of charter schools
is launching a fundraising effort to boost the mayoral candidacy of Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams.
Jenny Sedlis, executive director of StudentsFirstNY, is taking a leave of absence to run the new PAC, dubbed Strong Leadership NYC, our Sally Goldenberg reports. The group plans to run digital and TV ads supporting Adams’ candidacy without being beholden to the strict spending limits imposed by the city’s Campaign Finance Board. This comes after Adams