Joan Shirikian-Hesselton, Northeast Coalition on Occupational Health & Safety.By Joan Shirikian-Hesselton For another year, Albany has passed on 'reforming' the Scaffold Safety Law. And that's a good thing. Few debates in Albany are as the misleading as the one surrounding...
Casinos In NYS: A New World Is Here
Robert J. McLaughlin, head of Hodgson Russ law firm's Gaming Law Practice Group By Robert J. McLaughlin On Election Day in November, a new day dawned in New York. By answering Proposition No. 1 "yes" voters authorized commercial casinos...
My Turn: ARCC Membership Is Growing
Pam Fisher, membership manager, Adirondack Regional Chamber of Commerce By Pam Fisher Just last year, a national survey of 2,000 adults revealed that being active in a local chamber of commerce is an effective business strategy. Two-thirds of consumers...
My Turn: Archaic Scaffold Law Hurts NYS
Annemarie Mitchell, CEO and president of Legacy Timber Frames Inc By Annemarie Mitchell There has been a lot of buzz lately about the New York State Scaffold Law. It is an archaic law on the books that predates workers...
My Turn: Passive Solar – A Primer: What Do People Think Solar Energy Is??
Bruce R. Brownell, owner of Adirondack Alternate Energy.By Bruce R. Brownell When we hear the term solar used today, most people think of photovoltaic (PV) panels on roofs producing electricity from sunlight. It's popular, supported by incentives, efficient and...
My Turn: We Value Our Homes. What About Our Tradespeople?
By Margie Miller For some of us, construction is just in our blood. Include me in that group, please. Residential construction has been my livelihood and my passion for more than 3 decades. My career started like so many...