Kerry Kennedy On ‘Stand-Up Guy’ Pedro Espada Jr.

AG Andrew Cuomo’s ex-wife, Kerry Kennedy, was at the Capitol today to rally for a farm workers rights bill and offered some effusive praise for the Senate sponsor of that bill: Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr.

“They’re so repressed in this state and anybody who will rally to their support I think is great on this issue,” Kennedy told CapTon’s Mike Whittemore.

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Kerry Kennedy On ‘Stand-Up Guy’ Pedro Espada Jr.

Is the Farm Labor Bill Back from the Dead?

Jon Campbell of the Gannett Albany Bureau reports on the resurrection of a bill that would extend new labor benefits to farmworkers:

Just when it looked like a controversial bill that would have given farmworkers added benefits and mandatory rest periods had finally been laid to rest, Sen. Pedro Espada, D-Bronx, has sponsored a piece of legislation that would require workers to have at least one day off per week and receive overtime pay after working 60 hours.

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Is the Farm Labor Bill Back from the Dead?

New Law Should Help More Farmers Protect Their Land from Development

Albany, NY -- American Farmland Trust is applauding state legislation signed into law May 25 that will cut red tape for farmers participating in New York’s Farmland Protection Program.

The legislation makes land trusts eligible to apply directly to the state’s Farmland Protection Program for funding to permanently protect working farms from development.

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New Law Should Help More Farmers Protect Their Land

Ad for a Dish Detergent Becomes Part of a Story

Buras, La: Volunteers clean an oil-covered brown p

In mid-April, the makers of Dawn liquid dish detergent started running TV commercials that played up its reputation as the soap of choice among nonprofit groups that clean birds and marine mammals harmed by oil spills.

The advertisement, with blackened baby otters and ducklings emerging cleansed by a Dawn bubble bath, had run intermittently since last summer. More of the ads were being played as Earth Day neared, on April 22.

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Ad for a Dish Detergent Becomes Part of a Story