ALBANY—During a court appearance today, a federal judge issued a temporary injunction forestalling the implementation of the expanded bottle bill, which was enacted as part of the state budget.
This means that the measure will not go into effect, as planned, by June 1. There was recognition among state lawmakers that it had Read More
ALBANY—There doesn’t seem to be much progress on a legislative fix to the expanded bottle deposit law, even as lawyers representing the state prepare to argue, in federal court on Wednesday, against a lawsuit alleging it is unconstitutional.
At an event praising Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court I asked Paterson about the Read More
ALBANY—There doesn't seem to be much progress on a legislative fix to the expanded bottle deposit law, even as lawyers representing the state prepare to argue, in federal court on Wednesday, against a lawsuit alleging it is unconstitutional.
At an event praising Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court I asked Paterson Read More
ALBANY—They've been making noise about how they hate the expanded bottle deposit law, and now a coalition of bottlers has filed a lawsuit in federal court over the issue.
The suit—filed in federal court in Manhattan—lists David Paterson, Andrew Cuomo and commissioners Robert Megna, Patrick Hooker and Pete Grannis as defendants.
It alleges Read More
ALBANY—They’ve been making noise about how they hate the expanded bottle deposit law, and now a coalition of bottlers has filed a lawsuit in federal court over the issue.
The suit–filed in Federal Court in Manhattan–lists David Paterson, Andrew Cuomo and commissioners Robert Megna, Patrick Hooker and Pete Grannis as defendants.
It alleges Read More
ALBANY—As environmental advocates feted the state’s top legislative leaders this morning at an Earth Day celebration in Washington Park, David Paterson said officials would look at the expanded bottle bill–a centerpiece of the green agenda that was enacted this year in the state budget–which some bottlers have said cannot be feasibly implemented in time.
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ALBANY—As environmental advocates feted the state's top legislative leaders this morning at an Earth Day celebration in Washington Park, David Paterson said officials would look at the expanded bottle bill–a centerpiece of the green agenda that was enacted this year in the state budget–which some bottlers have said cannot be feasibly implemented in time. Read More
Amid the New York State budget’s disaster lays some sign of progress. At long last the state legislature has expanded its law requiring deposits on beverage bottles to include a five-cent refundable deposit on water bottles in addition to beer and soda beverage packaging. According to state estimates, water bottles comprise nearly a quarter of Read More
ALBANY—It was finally time to pop the cork.
On Friday night, I found a bunch of environmental and good-government advocates standing in a light drizzle on the sidewalk outside DeJohn’s restaurant on Lark Street, celebrating the passage of an expanded bottle bill. It passed Friday, along with the rest of the state budget.
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ALBANY—It was finally time to pop the cork.
On Friday night, I found a bunch of environmental and good-government advocates standing in a light drizzle on the sidewalk outside DeJohn's restaurant on Lark Street, celebrating the passage of an expanded bottle bill. It passed Friday, along with the rest of the state budget. Read More
