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Albany, NY) Today, the Senate Majority will pass its one-house budget resolution that delivers emergency aid to help New York recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and invests in a brighter, more equitable future by fully funding essential services and putting more money in the pockets of working and middle-class families. The Senate resolution increases total school aid by $5.7 billion, provides billions in residential and commercial rental and foreclosure assistance, restores critical funding to our health care system, and jumpstarts our economy with investments in transportation and small businesses. The Senate Majority’s proposal asks the wealthiest New Yorkers to pay their fair share rather than balancing the budget on the backs of working families.
Friends of the Zoo launches animal health center capital campaign
Updated Mar 15, 2021;
Posted Mar 15, 2021
The Friends of the Rosamond Gifford Zoo has launched a capital campaign to furnish the new Animal Health Center under construction at the zoo with $1.1 million in medical equipment.Rosamond Gifford Zoo
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Syracuse, N.Y. The Friends of the Rosamond Gifford Zoo has launched a capital campaign to furnish the new Animal Health Center under construction at the zoo with $1.1 million in medical equipment.
The One Health | One Mission capital campaign seeks support for animal health care items from microscopes to anesthesia machines and offers naming rights to important features of the health center from $10,000 for the pharmacy up to $1 million to put your name on the entire facility.
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Jeffrey Perry (lower right), senior lecturer of global development, receives the Golden Owl award in a ceremony on Feb. 23 with virtual participation from the New York Farm Bureau, New York FFA, and Nationwide. Jeffrey Perry earns New York ag education award
March 5, 2021
Jeffrey Perry ’89, Ph.D.’ 18, senior lecturer in the Department of Global Development, received the Golden Owl award Feb. 23 in honor of his contributions to agricultural education in New York state.
The Golden Owl award a partnership between the New York Farm Bureau, New York FFA, and Nationwide honors ag educators statewide for teaching the next generation of agricultural leaders. This is the first year that the award has been given in New York.
Solar farms don’t belong in Montgomery’s ag reserve; they belong on rooftops
Solar panels on 97 acres in Queeen Anne s County, Md., Photo by chebayprogram with Flickr Creative Commons License
At its Feb. 25 meeting, the Montgomery County Council debated a zoning change to allow a pilot program for the development of solar “farms” in the county’s Agriculture Reserve. A watered-down version of the change passed by a vote of 7-2.
The two naysayers, Councilmember Hans Riemer and Council President Tom Hucker, voted correctly, but for the wrong reasons. As the sponsors of the original measure, they wanted to allow more extensive development than their colleagues approved. Actually, the county should have rejected the program outright and, instead, concentrate on promoting rooftop solar panels.