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Article filed under Broadband | Written by Lisa Gonzalez | No Comments | Updated on Jun 19, 2013

Verizon Plans to Abandon Copper Wires In Islands Damaged by Sandy

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.muninetworks.org/content/verizon-plans-abandon-copper-wires-islands-damaged-sandy

Victims of Sandy are still recovering from the killer storm that ripped through the east coast last year. Two places hardest hit by the “Frankenstorm” were Fire Island, New York and the Barrier Island in New Jersey. In addition to homes and property, residents lost phone and Internet communications when telephone wires went down. They… Continue reading

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Article filed under Broadband | Written by Lisa Gonzalez | No Comments | Updated on Jun 6, 2012

Five Cities Denounce Verizon/Comcast Spectrum Deal

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.muninetworks.org/content/five-cities-denounce-verizoncomcast-spectrum-deal

If you live in Boston, Baltimore, Albany, Syracuse, or Buffalo, you won’t be getting FiOS from Verizon. Absent any public investment, you will likely be stuck with DSL and cable… like 80% of the rest of us. Not long after Verizon announced it would cease expanding FiOS, we learned that Verizon was coming to an… Continue reading

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Article filed under Broadband | Written by Lisa Gonzalez | No Comments | Updated on May 25, 2012

Thurman, New York – White Space Test Case

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.muninetworks.org/content/thurman-new-york-white-space-test-case

Thurman, New York, like many other rural communities, has little or no access to broadband. Many of the 1,219 residents still use dial-up. According to a recent town survey, less than 25% of the population has connections that could be described as high-speed. Thurman, however, will soon be tapping into an uncommon source for connectivity… Continue reading

Article filed under Independent Business | Written by Stacy Mitchell | No Comments | Updated on Jun 19, 2008

Bigger Bang from Independents’ Bucks

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/bigger-bang-from-independents-bucks/

Originally published in the Times Union.

The Capital Region’s future would be much better served by fostering the growth of locally owned businesses, rather than chasing after big-name national retailers. Continue reading

Article filed under Independent Business | Written by Stacy Mitchell | No Comments | Updated on Apr 11, 2008

New York Requires Amazon to Collect Sales Tax

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/new-york-requires-amazon-collect-sales-tax/

Included in the state budget passed this week by the New York legislature is a provision that requires online retailers, including Amazon.com, to collect state and local sales taxes. Continue reading

Article filed under The Public Good | Written by David Morris | No Comments | Updated on Oct 8, 2006

Turn on the Electric Road

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/turn-on-the-electric-road/

Turn on the Electric Road by David Morris, Vice President Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) October 8, 2006 – published in the New York Times Last summer, New York State took a page from California’s playbook, using state policy to jump-start a 21st century automobile industry. Albany started a $10 million program to convert its… Continue reading

Article filed under Independent Business | Written by Stacy Mitchell | No Comments | Updated on May 10, 2005

Neighborhood Retailers Aim to Keep New York Wal-Mart Free

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/neighborhood-retailers-aim-keep-new-york-walmart-free/

The entry of Wal-Mart into New York City is the biggest challenge to neighborhood businesses and local communities in our city’s history, contends the Neighborhood Retail Alliance, which has been an advocate for New York City’s locally owned businesses for the past twenty years. Continue reading

Article filed under Independent Business | Written by Stacy Mitchell | No Comments | Updated on Apr 1, 2004

Albany County Declines Wal-Mart Donation

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/albany-county-declines-walmart-donation/

Citing Wal-Mart’s failure to provide a decent wage and health benefits for most of its employees, the Albany (New York) County Legislature voted in March to decline a $1,000 donation from the corporation. Continue reading

Resource filed under The Public Good | Written by David Morris | 2 Comments | Updated on Nov 15, 1998

Don’t Bribe ‘Em. Buy ‘Em: A strategic proposal on how New Yorkers can create–and control–a minor baseball league of their own

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/dont-bribe-em-buy-em-strategic-proposal-how-new-yorkers-can-createand-controla-minor-baseball-league/

Inthe next two years, New Yorkers will spend nearly $50 million dollars to build two stadiums for minor league teams in order to lure away short-season, class A ball clubs from other communities. And in ten years? New Yorkers may well have to consider building bigger stadiums for those same teams so they don’t threaten to move as the Yankees are now doing. A better idea: For the same amount of taxpayer money, New Yorkers can create–and own–a minor league comprised of several good ball clubs and still have money left over to put toward stadiums. And New Yorkers can–for years to come–root for teams that are truly rooted in their own community.

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