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1. Why he is running
Do you think New York State is heading in the right direction? Is Westchester County and the 93rd Assembly District heading in the right direction?
SHOULD state Medicaid budget should be cut?
Should state audit hospitals to discover abuses of Medicaid billing and possible price fixing?
Should state fund county infrastructure repairs to roads and bridges the counties?
Should School Aid be shifted to poor performing districts from althy better performing districts?
What is your position on the new bail law?
Should marijuana be made legal
Should we support continued cooperative energy purchases where towns and cities
Should Energy price increases be limited to the consumer price index,
How should we lure business into Westchester?
What should be the priorities for the 93rd District?
How should New York State Government reorder its priorities?
Governor Andrew Cuomo at Auschwitz-Birkenau
Yesterday, on Holocaust Memorial Day, I visited Auschwitz in Poland, representing New York at the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the camp’s liberation.
Words alone fail to describe the experience of visiting Auschwitz-Birkenau and being there together with Holocaust survivors. Auschwitz was an unimaginable hell come to life, and it is now a symbol of what the Jewish people have endured and what this world allowed to transpire.
See more photos from my visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau here.
During this visit I met survivors and heard their stories of pain and suffering. I stood on the ground where millions of Jews and countless others were tortured and killed.
But I also learned of the hope and resilience of the Jewish people. At a time of rising anti-Semitism, the lesson of Auschwitz is especially important today.
As part of my 2020 State of the State, I have laid out a strong agenda to fight this wave of hatred. These proposals include passing a first-in-the-nation domestic terrorism law and expanding our school curriculum to make sure every child in New York is educated on diversity, tolerance and religious freedom.
Watch and share our video about remembering the lesson of Auschwitz.
New York is home to the largest Jewish community outside of Israel. When any New Yorker is attacked for their identity, it is an attack on all of us. It is our duty to speak out and combat hate whenever and wherever we encounter it. We must bear witness and remember the stories of the Holocaust, and vow to never let what happened over 75 years ago to happen again.
Ever Upward, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo
Mayor Roach Announces 26 Year Agreement to Install Solar Panels on 8 City Owned Buildings with $960,000 Annual Income to City. Additional 10% Savings for WP Residents on their Electric Bills.
WPCNR COMMON COUNCIL CHRONICLE-EXAMINER. By John F. Bailey January 27, 2020 UPDATED JANUARY 28, 2020:
Mayor Thomas Roach, the solar pioneer in Westchester County, announced to the Common Council at their work session Monday evening an agreement with Distributed Solar Projects LLC, a spinoff company of General Electric Solar for installation of solar panels on 8 city-owned buildings and facilities.
The city released details on the agreement Tuesday morning. The agreement, pending Common Council approval is for 26 years with payments to the city of $960,000 per year, a total of $25 Million over the life of the agreement. The panels are installed by Distributed Solar Projects at no cost to the city. All eight installations are expected to be completed in March, 2021. The annual fee paid to the city will be used to “advance additional sustainability initiatives, facilities and infrastructure in the city.” Distributed Solar Projects pays for all maintenance of the facility.
WPCNR believes this is the first such municipal solar panel site lease of city-owned property in the county. The Mayor introduced the historic deal, completed in about one year this way:
The Mayor introduced Commissioner of Public Works Richard Hart who explained the process by which the properties were selected:
Mayor Roach added that the city has another program that is reaching out to commercial property owners who might wish to include solar panels on the roofs of their properties.
In a news release from the Mayor’s office, the city reported
“The community solar model produces solar energy that goes back to the grid and allows residents who enroll in the program to receive a credit on their bill every month. This program is expected to generate approximately 6 megawatts of power annually which is enough energy to power 4,800 homes per year. This equates to a reduction of 46,400 tons of carbon dioxide which is equivalent to removing 8,900 passenger cars from the road.”
Mayor Roach issued this statement: “As most people have come to recognize, we are in a climate crisis. It is incumbent on all of us to do what we can to reduce our reliance on carbon-based fuels. I am pleased to see the solar program move forward. It is the culmination of hard work on the part of our staff and a commitment on the part of our administration to institute a program that is not only environmentally beneficial, provides a community benefit to the taxpayers as well.”