| The New York Times metro section has three stories that (for once) promise to affect the entire state. They're not upbeat stories, though:
The level of the Great Lakes is falling. I'd seen earlier reports of problems on Huron and Superior, but less water there means less water here eventually. They focus on the impact on cargo shipping, but those lakes have a dramatic effect on weather conditions and water levels across the state. It looks like Albany won't be seeing pleasant surprises in tax revenue, as Wall Street bonuses look like they're going away. That could have a direct effect on New York City, but the financial reverberations would affect the whole state. This one's a little older, but I just noticed it on the site: a map of subprime lending in New York (including upstate), New Jersey, and Connecticut. New Yorkers may be facing some problems, concentrated (in the zoomed-in version) in our cities.
These don't sound like pleasant changes to come. Hopefully some of them will just blow by, but we'll probably see some problems along the way. |
