NYS Legislature Wants to Buy More Land for State Parks

The Albany Times Union reports that the NYS legislature has blocked Paterson's plan to fund the reopening of some fifty-five state parks. Paterson had proposed using $6 million of the state's Senate proposed $222 million Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) to get the parks open, but your elected officials said "Ah, NO!" One of the primary functions of the EPF: the purchase of land for preservation. Hmmm...