Sentences with phrase «other controversial projects»

But the administration has now taken a similar tack on a number of other controversial projects, staying silent rather than approving or blocking them, including a major proposed propane storage project in the Finger Lakes, the construction of new liquefied natural gas storage areas across the state and a crude - oil heating facility at the Port of Albany.

Not exact matches

President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed executive orders advancing the controversial Keystone XL (KXL) and Dakota Access (DAPL) pipelines, prompting a tsunami of outrage and vows of bold resistance from the Indigenous activists, climate campaigners, and countless others who have fought against these projects.

The Lightning Network is a fairly controversial project, given the fact that the cryptocurrency community is divided between two sides — one of which wants to further trial the technology, whereas the other one does not.

The imam behind the controversial mosque and Islamic center near New York City's ground zero said Sunday that he hopes the project will develop «an Islamic approach that allows for harmony and understanding among all religions and other ideas.»

Bharara, the prosecutor who has already won convictions against former Senate leader Dean Skelos and Assembly leader Sheldon Silver, has issued subpoenas for records related to the Buffalo Billion projects, state contracts with COR Development for Central New York projects, and for a controversial energy project in Orange County, among other things.

After the money flowed to Vance, the Democratic DA overruled his prosecutors and declined to file charges against Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump, Jr. and others involved in the controversial Trump SoHo project.

The drumbeat over the controversial Caithness II power plant, proposed for construction in Yaphank, continues, with Republican Sen. Tom Croci spearheading an effort to get Gov. Andrew Cuomo to intervene in favor of the project with PSEG Long Island, which has put it on ice — along with any other new plants — indefinitely.

He's issued subpoenas for records related to the Buffalo Billion project, state contracts with COR Development for Central New York projects, and for a controversial energy project in Orange County, among other things.

The final version of the report also excised a reference to risks associated with gas pipelines and underground storage — a reference which could have complicated the Cuomo administration's potential support for a number of other controversial energy projects, including a proposed gas storage facility in the Finger Lakes region that local winemakers say could destroy their burgeoning industry.

An obscure board controlled by Governor Cuomo and the legislative leaders, known as the Public Authority Control Board, put off a meeting where they would have considered approving nearly $ 500,000 as part of the controversial Buffalo Billion project, now the target of a federal probe that may extend to other economic development projects.

The comptroller says an ongoing audit is already looking at some aspects of the increasingly controversial project and other Cuomo administration economic development initiatives that are currently under federal investigation.

An obscure board, known as the Public Authority Control Board, controlled by Governor Cuomo and the legislative leaders, put off a meeting where they would have considered approving nearly $ 500,000 as part of the controversial Buffalo Billion project, now the target of a federal probe that may extend to other economic development projects.

The Comptroller says an on going audit is already looking at some aspects of the increasingly controversial project and other Cuomo Administration economic development initiatives that are currently under federal investigation.

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — When other elected officials around the city were giving their state of the district speeches back in the summer, City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez decided to postpone his — citing a flurry of staff changes, zoning battles over the controversial Sherman Plaza project and plans to increase bike lanes in the area.

Other defendants in this case include Kelly, a former executive with Competitive Power Ventures (CPV), which has for years been developing a controversial gas - fired power plant in Orange County, N.Y., while successfully pushing one in Oxford; and Steven Aiello and Joseph Gerardi, top executives with COR Development of Syracuse, which secured contracts on a number of projects initiated by Albany - based SUNY Polytechnic Institute.

An obscure board controlled by Governor Cuomo and the legislative leaders, known as the Public Authority Control Board, put off a meeting where they would have considered approving nearly $ 500 million as part of the controversial Buffalo Billion project, now the target of a federal probe that may extend to other economic development projects.

The Comptroller says an ongoing audit is already looking at some aspects of the increasingly controversial project and other Cuomo Administration economic development initiatives that are currently under federal investigation.

Based on literary texts, musical scores, and other printed matter, these works comprise one of the most celebrated and controversial art projects of the past quarter century.

My bet is that in 20 years, British Columbians will be very happy that Site C was built, in the same way most of us are very happy previous B.C. governments built the B.C. Ferry system, the WAC Bennett dam, Expo 86, the Coquihalla and other B.C. highways, the 2010 Winter Olympics, the new Port Mann Bridge, the Golden Ears Bridge and other controversial (and expensive) projects.

The constitutional challenges raised by aboriginal communities resisting fracking do not stand out, in a legal sense, from other lawsuits related to controversial energy projects, says Denstedt.