Briefs
Economic crash threatens environment spending
Early this year Gov. Andrew Cuomo held what one might call an uplifting budget presentation before an audience of state workers and legislators packed in the Kitty Carlisle Theater at The Egg in Albany.
Cuomo is known for his pomp and circumstance, and during his January presentation larger-than-life slides showed sweeping vistas of New York, including the North Country, with promises to protect the environment. One of Cuomo’s highlights was a proposed 30-year, $3 billion environmental bond act and a 5-year, $33 billion plan to combat climate change.
But the pomp has fizzled with the latest circumstances, as the coronavirus pandemic’s economic impact threatens much of the original budget.
