May 3, 2021
BUCHANAN, N.Y. A 40-year battle to close the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant came to an end last week, as the last of its three reactors was permanently shut down.
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Indian Point was once the single largest source of electric power in the state, but its presence on the banks of the Hudson River, just 25 miles north of New York City, has long raised safety and environmental concerns.
The first reactor shut down in 1974; the second just last year.
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Liz Moran, environmental policy director for the New York Public Interest Research Group, called the final closure a huge victory.
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ALBANY – New York’s loss of a congressional seat due to the 2020 census will again set off a once-a-decade game of musical chairs among those currently holding the state’s congressional seats, and continue what political observers think will be a shift of political power from upstate to downstate.
With the Census Bureau saying the state fell just 89 people short of keeping all 27 seats, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said the state is weighing its legal options to challenge the outcome. “Obviously, it’s not desirable. The last thing you want to do is lose representation in Washington,” he said.
New York's loss of a congressional seat due to the 2020 census will again set off a once-a-decade game of musical chairs among those currently holding the
The NYS Legislature could place Rep. Stefanik and 22nd Congressional District Rep. Claudia Tenney in the same district. Both are outspoken conservative women.