“A Three-Year Vacation”

2021 ◽  
pp. 24-40
Author(s):  
Brad Edmondson
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Early Life ◽  
New York State ◽  
State Legislature ◽  
Salvage Logging ◽  
York State ◽  
Regional Director ◽  
Aerial Observation ◽  
Roadless Areas ◽  
Forest Preserve

This chapter recounts the Big Blowdown of 1950 in Adirondack, New York. It introduces Clarence Petty, a New York State Forest Ranger who was asked to go up and look at the damage that had happened in the Adirondack Forest Preserve. The chapter outlines the appeal of foresters to the state legislature to start a salvage logging program in the forest preserve. It then turns to narrate the early life of Clarence, from being a park ranger to pilot, as well as the story of his brother's life Bill Petty, a regional director of the Conservation Department. Clarence became the undisputed authority on the forest preserve. He combined his years of aerial observation with three major surveying assignments that took him to every acre of state-owned land in the Adirondacks. He called his first assignment “a three-year vacation.” The chapter examines the statewide version of the disagreement between the Petty brothers, in which Clarence and other Forever Wild advocates were horrified by salvage logging in the forest preserve, while Bill and other scientific foresters replied that the friends of the Forever Wild clause were silly and sentimental. Ultimately, the chapter reviews the work of Neil Stout and Clarence Petty to make detailed maps and gather as much useful data as possible on the large roadless areas in the forest preserve.

Drug Seminar for School Officials—October 24, 1973

1974 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 357-359
Author(s):  
Burton S. Joseph
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Child Abuse ◽  
Drug Abuse ◽  
New York State ◽  
School Personnel ◽  
State Legislature ◽  
School Officials ◽  
York State

The writer attempts to explain the ramifications of some of the more significant new laws on drug abuse and child abuse enacted by the New York State Legislature and relate them to the problems of school personnel.

New York's Cuomo resigns in response to party pressure

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Democratic Party ◽  
Attorney General ◽  
New York State ◽  
State Legislature ◽  
The State ◽  
Donald Trump ◽  
Content Type ◽  
York State ◽  
State Employees

Significance National and state leaders of his Democratic Party had been pressing Cuomo to resign since last week’s publication of a report from State Attorney-General Letitia James detailing his sexual harassment of eleven women, including state employees. Cuomo’s impeachment by the state legislature was looking all but certain by the time he resigned. Impacts Prosecutors in five New York State counties will continue to pursue separate criminal investigations despite Cuomo’s resignation. The State Assembly may complete the impeachment process, despite Cuomo’s resignation, in order to prevent him from running again. Cuomo will continue to talk up his liberal polices, his opposition to Donald Trump, and his leadership during the pandemic.

scholarly journals Standardizing Climate Education in New York State

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingrid J. Paredes ◽  
Steven Farrell ◽  
Omar Gowayed
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Education Reform ◽  
New York State ◽  
State Legislature ◽  
High School Science ◽  
Model Curriculum ◽  
Local Climate ◽  
York State ◽  
K 12 ◽  
Climate Crisis

In July 2019, the New York State legislature signed the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act into law. The ambitious act sets targets to establish climate resiliency statewide through initiatives including reducing gas emissions, improving infrastructure, and providing job training. In response, several state senators have called for education reform to accordingly prepare the next generation for the climate crisis. We evaluate three climate education bills (S7341, S6837, and S6877) currently in committee in New York State. S7341, sponsored by Senator Andrew Gounardes and known as the Model Curriculum bill, proposes an environmental education curriculum for K-12 students. S6877, sponsored by Senator Rachel May and called the Regents Climate Amendment, makes recommendations to the Board of Regents on climate science in high school science classes. S6837, a Climate Education Grants Program sponsored by Senator Todd Kaminsky, provides support for teacher training and local climate resiliency projects. We examined these bills with respect to their effectiveness, administrative burden, and efficiency in the delivery of a climate education. We found the Model Curriculum bill to be the most effective way to educate and prepare students for the climate crisis. However, New York State must support educators with proper training and funding to provide quality climate education. We therefore recommend that the New York Senate pass the Model Curriculum bill and the Climate Education Grants Program.

Compassionate Release from New York State Prisons: Why are So Few Getting Out?

1999 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 216-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
John A. Beck
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Prison Population ◽  
New York State ◽  
State Legislature ◽  
York State ◽  
Frequent Event ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
The Face ◽  
State Prisons ◽  
Prison Systems

It is inevitable that some inmates in large state prison systems will suffer from terminal conditions and die while incarcerated. But how those inmates experience that event is primarily controlled by correctional policies and by the prison medical and correctional staff assigned to their care. Compassion for inmates who are dying cannot be legislated or mandated, but humane and compassionate care for the dying can be facilitated or thwarted by legislative and correctional policies, and by the manner in which correctional personnel interpret those policies.Death in New York State prisons is a frequent event, occurring at a rate substantially higher than that in most other states. With a prison population that has risen to 70,000 inmates and with the nation’s highest rate of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, more than 2,817 inmates died in New York prisons during the period 1990-1998. In April 1992, in the face of an ever-increasing death rate in its prisons, the New York State legislature passed the Medical Parole Law, a measure designed to permit dying inmates to be released on parole prior to their normal release eligibility date.

Decentralization and the New York state legislature

1969 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-19
Author(s):  
Richard K. Scher
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York State ◽  
State Legislature ◽  
York State
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