ALBANY - Gov. Andrew Cuomo stepped up his criticism of Con Edison on Monday after a blackout Saturday night in midtown Manhattan left the city in temporary disarray. Cuomo said state regulators will independently investigate Con Ed's handling of the outage, which lasted about five hours and ended shortly before midnight. And he didn't shy away from the potential of kicking Con Ed out of New ... Read More

Jul. 13--MTA officials have a plan to reorganize the agency that they hope will work better than its trains and buses now run. They plan to cut hundreds of jobs, hire a few new high-ranking managers and take away NYC Transit President Andy Byford's control of major subway construction projects. The broad strokes of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's state-mandated reorganization plan ... Read More

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey has chosen a Danish company to build a wind energy project off the coast of Atlantic City that could power half a million homes. The state Board of Public Utilities on Friday chose Orsted to build a project that would generate 1,100 megawatts of electricity. The company says the work could be completed by 2024. The BPU said the project will cause an ... Read More

The state Legislatures of New York and New Jersey are moving ahead with creating a new commission to oversee the financing and construction of the multibillion-dollar trans-Hudson River tunnel.Assembly Bill 5570 which both the Assembly and Senate approved on Thursday would establish the seven-member Gateway Development Commission to oversee the construction of the $13 billion tunnels and the ... Read More

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced the selection of a design-build team that will install cashless tolling on the New York State Thruway by the end of 2020, the governor's office said. State officials said the $355.3 million investment would include the implementation of cashless tolling and the removal of existing toll booths at 52 Thruway interchanges and barriers. Cashless Tolling ... Read More

Geronimo Energy is currently looking into a possible large-scale solar project between Burke and Chateaugay. Geronimo representative Brett Hastings met with the Burke Town Board during its monthly meeting Tuesday night to review the proposed projects specifications and how the company would go about preparing it. Hastings said the 100-megawatt solar farm would be located along the ... Read More

Highlights: On 45 separate days this summer, LaGuardia will handle more than 100,000 passengers; total passenger volume of 8.4 million expected between Memorial Day and Labor Day Apex of construction with major facilities opening next year as part of a whole new LGA PANYNJ partners with MTA to make Q70 LaGuardia Link bus free to all passengers between June 13 and Labor Day to mitigate ... Read More

NEW YORK, June 4 -- New York Mayor Bill de Blasio issued the following news release:Today, Deputy Mayor for Housing and Economic Development Vicki Been, Public Design Commission President Signe Nielsen and Executive Director Justin Moore honored 10 public projects at the Public Design Commission's 37th Annual Awards for Excellence in Design.The winning projects were selected by Public Design ... Read More