BUFFALO – Today, August 7, 2012, New York State Assemblyman Sean Ryan urged Governor Cuomo to sign the “Sewage Pollution Right To Know Act” into law. The legislation was passed at the end of the legislative session in June by both the Senate and Assembly and currently awaits the Governor’s signature.

The legislation will require local governments to report discharges of untreated or partly treated sewage to their health departments and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) within two hours. This notification must also be made public on a government Web site within four hours of the discharge and must also be communicated through electronic media.

The legislation also requires that environmental regulators in New York State create an annual report on when, where and why discharges have occurred. If signed into law, New York State would join a dozen other states that have laws on the books to ensure public notification of sewer discharges.

"GREATER BUFFALO" A BEAUTIFUL CITY FROM THE LAKE TO THE FALLS - Assemblyman Quinn's Bill Provides For New County and Municipality Taking in Niagara Falls, the Tonawanda's, & Other Towns Comprised in Territory of More Than 25 Miles--Many Improvements.  GRAND ISLAND USED FOR INSTITUTIONS

Buffalo Courier Feb. 11, 1906

• Albany, Feb. 1.-- Picture a city with 500,000 inhabitants with a chain of parks and parkways more than 35 miles in length, traced through with a smooth macadam boulevard ending at the world's grandest bit of scenery, Niagara Falls; add to this sketch a municipal power plant capable of supplying light for millions of electric lamps and forcing cars over leagues and leagues of track and there you have portrayed a part of the proposed Greater Buffalo...

 

London hosted its first summer Olympics in 1908 April 27-October 31 with 22 participating nations and 110 events making it the third games to be hosted outside of Athens, Greece. Since the media broke the story that 530 U.S. Athletes for 2012 Olympics in London will be wearing Ralph Lauren sponsored uniforms made in china there’s has been a huge backlash claiming that Ralph Lauren uniforms being made in china is very unpatriotic and lacks integrity. More and More designers are getting into athletic wear because it’s a multi-billion dollar industry filled with sponsorships deals that push huge marketing campaigns and sales.