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News Archive - October 2006

Friday, October 27, 2006

Tax break for railroad rejected. Company: power line proposal swayed IDA
ROME - A valuable tax relief deal that saved New York Susquehanna & Western Railway Corp. about $115,000 a year has ended.
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Sherburne's preemptive strike against NYRI a crucial step in power line fight
SHERBURNE - They say only fools rush in, but preemptive strikes by the Village of Sherburne could eventually play a significant role in thwarting an almost invisible, yet very real enemy: New York Regional Interconnect Inc.
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Thursday, October 26, 2006

Foes are still wired. Battle against power line to continue, Stop NYRI leader tells crowd in Norwich
The resistance movement against New York Regional Interconnect's $1.6 billion high-voltage power line is still making sparks. More than 150 people turned out for a public information meeting at Norwich High School Wednesday night.
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NYRI Opposition
A debate continues over a proposed high voltage power line that would cut through Broome and Chenango Counties. About 100 people showed up at Norwich High School last night.
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Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Railway taxes hinge on court fight
UTICA - A railway company's efforts to obtain tax breaks from Oneida County's development agency have become entangled in a court battle over whether the railroad's lease agreement with a power-line company should become public.
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Court case about power-line documents extended to Nov. 1
UTICA - Financial details of New York Regional Interconnect's deal with a railway corporation will remain confidential for now. The Albany-based power company went to court Monday morning to block a county agency from releasing portions of its contract with New York Susquehanna & Western Railway Corp. to the Observer-Dispatch.
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Monday, October 16, 2006

Crouch to moderate at NYRI info meeting Oct. 25
NORWICH - With an apparent lull in activity, opponents of the New York Regional Interconnection have momentarily focused their aim away from the Albany power purveyor, and set their sights on the local citizenry.
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Friday, October 13, 2006

UDPC gains new allies against NYRI, Columbia University law school signs on
RIVER VALLEY — Despite Governor George Pataki's recent signing of legislation that would prevent a proposed power line project from being built, the Upper Delaware Preservation Coalition (UDPC) remains active in the fight against the project.
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Thursday, October 12, 2006

Judge hears city of Utica lawsuit aimed at power line
The state's Public Service Commission should decide whether a private company can build a 200-mile power line, not a court of law, according to the New York Susquehanna & Western Railway Corp.
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Power line case gets technical: Hearing on planned NYRI project delves into legalisms over railroad rights of way.
A state judge cautioned the 50 people sitting in a Utica courtroom Wednesday they were about to hear "really technical arguments" in a controversial power line case.
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Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Hinchey submits formal opposition to NYRI power line proposal
Kingston - Congressman Maurice Hinchey Tuesday submitted his formal comments in opposition to the New York Regional Interconnect power line proposal to the US Department of Energy.
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Pataki Signs Law Limiting Use Of Eminent Domain
Declaring that the state's legal power to take property must be used carefully, Governor George Pataki has signed into law legislation that will limit the use of eminent domain by electricity and gas companies.
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Sunday, October 8, 2006

Opinion: New law is not the end of NYRI
"You will no longer have to worry about this power line tearing this community apart," Gov. George Pataki said Tuesday as he signed legislation preventing New York Regional Interconnect from using eminent domain to take property for its proposed high-voltage transmission line. Pataki went on to characterize NYRI's proposal as "wrong for New York."
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Thursday, October 5, 2006

Challenging the need for NYRI
Without a doubt, the proposal to run high-voltage direct-current electric transmission lines that New York Regional Interconnect (NYRI) through our river valley has had some very positive effects.
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Eminent Domain Limit
Local leaders are weighing in on a new state law meant to limit the use of eminent domain, by companies wanting to build power lines.
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Wednesday, October 4, 2006

Pataki Signs Bill Limiting the Use of Eminent Domain to Build High-Voltage Power Lines
Gov. George E. Pataki signed into law yesterday a bill that would substantially impede a project to build a $1.6 billion transmission line that promised to bring cheap electricity into New York City but raise prices upstate.
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Governor stalls power-line plan
MARCY - As he signed a bill that would block the New York Regional Interconnect power company from using eminent domain, Gov. George Pataki said the proposed 1,200 megawatt power line is done for as far as the state is concerned.
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NYRI foes still fear worst despite land-grab restrictions
Utica - Opponents of the huge power line that could slice through this region aren't quite ready to pop the bubbly over the anti-New York Regional Interconnect bill Gov. George Pataki signed yesterday.
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Pataki Signs New Legislation; Power Line Battle Not Over (Updated 6:05 pm)
Stumbling block? Yes. Brick wall? No.
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Tuesday, October 3, 2006

Pataki signs law limiting use of eminent domain for power lines
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Gov. George Pataki signed a measure Tuesday that will restrict the use of eminent domain and create an obstacle to construction of a power line that would cut through upstate communities to serve New York City and its suburbs.
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Pataki Signs Law Limiting Use of Eminent Domain Aimed at New York Regional Interconnect Power Line Project
Marcy, Oneida County (WSYR-TV) - Governor Pataki signed a bill into law today, which changes the language of the Transportation Corporation Law, in an effort to prevent the construction of a massive power line which would stretch from Marcy in Oneida County all the way down to Orange County.
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Pataki in Marcy; Signs Important Power Line Legislation
Around 3:00 this afternoon, Governor Pataki made a stop at SUNY I.T. to sign important legislation concerning the power line proposal.
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Pataki to visit Marcy today
MARCY - Opponents of the New York Regional Interconnection power line are eagerly anticipating today's visit by Gov. George Pataki to Marcy.
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Monday, October 2, 2006

A Tasty Way to Fight
Cupcakes, each one tagged with the name of a town, connected two chocolate frosted substations in Kit and Zoe Enscoe's "Under the Shadow."
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