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BY Noah Love New York State, Jul. 15, 2026 Watch online here. Gov. Kathy Hochul’s statewide moratorium on new data center permits is drawing mixed reactions. The executive order, issued Tuesday, halts new state environmental permits for data centers as officials develop statewide rules addressing energy use, water consumption and protections for surrounding communities. The divide is playing […]

Reported by Matt Glynn on July 15, 2026 Read on Buffalo News. Gov. Kathy Hochul’s one-year moratorium on data center development statewide will have sweeping implications across Western New York. The executive order she signed Tuesday puts up a stop sign – at least temporarily – for a $2 billion project identified for the former Tonawanda Coke site and […]

By Carly Newton, Jul 14, 2026 – Read online here. ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul has issued an executive order placing a one-year moratorium on the permitting of hyper-scale data centers in the state. A hyper-scale data center is defined in the order as one that uses 50 megawatts of energy or more. This action […]

By Carl Campanile, Vaughn Golden, Craig McCarthy and Matt TroutmanPublished July 13, 2026Updated July 13, 2026, 3:24 p.m. ET Read on nypost.com. Lacks the rich. New York’s share of US millionaires dramatically declined in recent years, causing a nearly $11 billion loss in much-needed tax revenue in just one year, according to a bombshell new […]

A statement attributed to Justin Wilcox, Executive Director of Upstate United.  Ohio is now CNBC’s #1 State for Business in America, capping a years-long climb from 34th in 2010 to 1st in 2026. During that same period, New York has improved from 24th to 18th, but it continues to trail many of its competitors in critical areas related to affordability […]

The success of DSA candidates in New York reflects deeper institutional failures that are reshaping American politics across both parties. By Justin Wilcox, For the Times Union July 7, 2026 The recent primary victories by Democratic Socialists of America candidates in New York City and across the state have reignited a familiar debate in the Democratic Party. […]

Read on RBJ.net here. Fitch recently revised its outlook for the North American utilities sector from ‘neutral’ to ‘deteriorating,’ reflecting mounting credit pressure from a more difficult political and regulatory environment for cost recovery. This was not the result of weak demand – instead, the reason is much more problematic: the politics of paying for […]

Gov. Kathy Hochul has more time to make difficult decisions about reducing emissions, but the state’s energy battles are far from settled. By: Marie J. French | 06/24/2026 – Read at PoliticoPro ALBANY, New York — Gov. Kathy Hochul’s success in weakening New York’s climate law will have a cascading impact on the state’s energy […]