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WFP Teams Up With Mark Ruffalo For Last-Minute Fracking Ban Push

The Working Families Party is out with a last-minute push to pressure the Assembly to ban hydro-fracking during the special session, slated to get underway shortly in Albany.

Hydro-fracking–short for hydraulic fracturing–is a controversial process of drilling for natural gas that involves lacing water with explosive chemicals deep underground to create explosions that release gas. Read More

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Bloomberg Headed To Florida For Redistricting Reform

City Hall has just announced that Mayor Michael Bloomberg will head to Florida on Friday to urge support of two ballot amendments that would curb some of the abuses politicians engage in during redistricting.

The ballot measures, known as Amendments 5 and 6, would forbid lawmakers from drawing state and Congressional district lines that favor Read More