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Commissioner Barbara Guinn views the Trump initiatives “as a war on the poor.” She went on, “And to do that for the purpose of supporting additional tax breaks to people who are doing extremely well is difficult to comprehend. And it’s something that we all need to work to say it’s not OK.”

GLENVILLE — In July, the Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy will open its 23rd preserve, the first preserve in Schenectady County — a 54-acre property in the hamlet of Alplaus donated by Gray and Vicki Watkins.

Thirty-million dollars is now available for consumers to lease or purchase new electric vehicles in New York through the state’s Drive Clean Rebate program, which provides point-of-sale rebates for more than 60 new EVs.

Each box includes a note she wrote. Sharath read one to The Enterprise: “Even in difficult times, hope can be a light in darkness. Know that you are deserving of support, compassion, and a better tomorrow. Stay safe, take care of yourself, and never forget that you matter.”

Mary Liz Stewart, who founded the Underground Railroad center with her husband, Paul, in the 1990s, said the idea for the museum project came when she was looking for quotes by Black Americans for a newsletter the center regularly puts out. She came across this one by Shirley Chisolm, the first Black woman elected to Congress: “If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring in a folding chair.”

A state-and-city partnership will turn the site of the former North Albany Landfill into a small solar field, following the announcement of a 1.5-megawatt facility there. 

To help achieve Governor Kathy Hochul’s initiative to plant 25 million trees by 2033, up to 2,500 tree seedlings from the Department of Environmental Conservation’s Colonel William F. Fox Memorial Saratoga Tree Nursery will be made available to plant at I Love My Park Day this year.

With a 23-percent reduction of the emergency program, Paul Tonko said, there will be more reliance on states. That, in turn, he said, would lead to “a huge tax increase” on properties because it “then filters down to the local level.” The tax cut, Tonko said, is “spending dollars on billionaires for a bonanza tax cut.”

About 50 protesters — union leaders, research scientists, health workers, and students — chanted as they marched through the University at Albany’s uptown campus and then picketed along Washington Avenue on April 8, a national day of action to oppose the Trump administration’s cuts to research, health care, and higher education.