Everybody in the industry knew that Dean Skelos, the head Republican in the New York State Senate was on the go-to bag man in New York to block any fracking legislation. And he delivered – no fracking legislation left committee. No fracking bill came to a vote. He did what he was paid to do. Skelos’s frack friendly accomplice was the ranking Democrat, Sheldon Silver, who’s already been arrested. Federal investigators are looking into state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos’ sources of income, according to people familiar with the investigation. U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara is taking a hard look at Skelos’ ties to the real estate industry, among other areas of inquiry, the sources told NBC 4 New York. Silver to Temporarily Cede Power as He Fights Charges The revelation that Skelos is under […]

Coming to an off-ramp near you. Unless you live in New York City. N.Y. finalizes rules to allow liquefied natural gas sites Jon Campbell, jcampbell1@gannett.com11:54 p.m. EST January 27, 2015 (Photo: submitted) ALBANY – New York is poised to allow new storage facilities for liquefied natural gas for the first time since the 1970s. Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration is to announce Wednesday it will finalize regulations to allow new LNG storage centers outside New York City, capping the amount that can be stored at 70,000 gallons per facility. The state’s trucking industry and business groups have pushed the state to allow new LNG facilities, arguing trucking fleets that use the fuel lacked a place to fill up in New York. “New York’s new regulations provide the most comprehensive program to […]