ALBANY -- New York has slowly recovered from the national recession, regaining 46 percent of its jobs, but the comeback has been unequal through the state, a report today found.
Eleven not-for-profit park and trail organizations from Long Island to the Adirondacks are splitting nearly $20,000 in grants from an Albany-based preservation group. Parks and Trails New York says it is awarding more than $18,000 to the groups so they can use the funds to increase organizational visibility, generate community support, grow membership, and attract additional [...]
It finally started to look like winter Thursday in sections of upstate New York where residents haven't had much reason to complain about the weather this season.
Two families who shared their stories for an oral-history project on the devastation of Tropical Storm Irene had been vacationing here and opted to stay on because New York City was supposed to be hit hard.
