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Hochul says pause on new data centers will demand community benefits, prioritize renewables and nuclear
Gov. Kathy Hochul said she has paused new data-center applications while New York develops a community investment framework requiring greater community benefits and cleaner power sources; she emphasized renewables and nuclear and said permitted projects will proceed.
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Hochul orders statewide pause on new hyperscale data centers; directs GEIS and community investment framework
Governor Hochul ordered a temporary, statewide pause on certain permits for new hyperscale data centers while state agencies prepare a GEIS and a community investment framework to set uniform standards and community benefits.
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Hochul announces first‑in‑nation moratorium on new hyperscale data centers, pauses state permits for up to one year
Governor Kathy Hochul issued an executive order instituting a statewide moratorium on new hyperscale data centers and pausing certain state environmental permits for up to one year while a regulatory framework is developed to protect ratepayers, the grid, farmland and communities.
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Hochul announces one-year statewide moratorium on new hyperscale data centers
Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order placing a one-year statewide pause on new hyperscale data center permits while the state develops environmental standards, community investment guidance and potential grid-funding mechanisms.
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Empire State Development directors to meet July 23; meeting accessible in Niagara Falls and by webcast
Empire State Development will meet July 23 at 9:30 a.m.; the directors' meeting is open to the public with a Niagara Falls videoconference location and a live webcast.
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Empire State Development opens Round 7 of NYFIRST grants to recruit translational researchers at New York medical schools
Empire State Development opened applications for Round 7 of NYFIRST, offering up to $1M grants to New York medical schools to recruit translational researchers with commercialization potential. Applications are accepted through July 16, 2027.
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Rivera secures $50,000 for school-based health center at Herman Badillo Bilingual Academy
Assemblymember Jon Rivera announced $50,000 in state funding to update medical and technology equipment at the school-based health center at Herman Badillo Bilingual Academy, operated by Kaleida Health and Golisano Children’s Hospital.
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What has happened to ‘Cornell 7’ after lawsuit accused them of rape?
A woman accused seven male students at Cornell University of drugging and raping her in October 2024.
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Was Christa Pike’s execution team all women? We investigated
The Tennessee Department of Correction declined to comment when asked who carried out Pike's failed lethal injection.
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Trump cronies’ ‘ill-gotten’ cash still in crosshairs despite pardons: ex-Cruz aide
President Donald Trump's allies can still be forced to give back corruptly gained money despite pardons, according to a former Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) aide.Amanda Carpenter, a writer and editor at Protect Democracy who once served as communications director for the Texas senator, laid out…
