Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, along with several tourism stakeholders in Niagara Falls, will collaborate with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to provide programming and special events around the total solar eclipse that will take place on April 8, 2024.
The New York Power Authority has named Jairo Florez as regional manager for Western New York, effective Sept. 5. Florez will be the first Latino American to fill the top executive role overseeing all of the Power Authority s Western New York operations, including management of the Niagara Power Project, NYPA s flagship hydroelectric power project in Lewiston.
New York lawmakers are moving to close the loophole that allowed NYPA head Justin Driscoll to drop the “acting” without the Senate voting on his nomination.