The federal government is coming to New York State next week for four days.
The Small Business Administration (@SBAgov) will be holding hearings for small business owners, farmers, and homeowners to come and share what you've experienced living in New York State.
If a solar complex, wind complex, ORES in general, or battery energy storage system (BESS) has ruined, or will ruin, your home value, business, or farm, this is the perfect time to come out and air your grievances.
The SBA wants to hear it all and will take back what they learn to DC.
Registry is free (you can use the QR codes in each photo below).
Here is the schedule:
Monday, September 14, 2026 โ Peekskill, NY
9:30 a.m. โ 12:30 p.m.
The Field Library โ Program Room
4 Nelson Avenue
Peekskill, NY 10566
Tuesday, September 15, 2026 โ Ballston Spa, NY
9:30 a.m. โ 12:30 p.m.
Saratoga County Offices
40 McMaster Street
Ballston Spa, NY 12020
Wednesday, September 16, 2026 โ LaFayette, NY
9:30 a.m. โ 12:30 p.m.
LaFayette Town Hall
2577 US Route 11
LaFayette, NY 13084
Thursday, September 17, 2026 โ Binghamton, NY
9:30 a.m. โ 12:30 p.m.
Cornell Cooperative Extension โ Ag Center Auditorium
840 Upper Front Street
Binghamton, NY 13905
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@sourpatchlyds I was a senior in HS watching this live in English class. When the pentagon was hit all I could think about was my cousin who worked there at the time. Called my mom as soon as I could & she picked me up & we got the call he was ok thank god.
@CassandraRules He grew up in the town next door to us. My husband was friends with him and hung out w/ him in the early days of ETID. He said like many on here he was a genuinely nice guy and will be missed.
@akafaceUS That really not the norm from my personal experience w/ myself or others I know. Me or my ex canโt even move out of the county we both live in w/out permission from the other.
"Why is my electric bill so expensive in New York State?"
A lot of people, rightfully, ask this question. For many of us, our electric bills are triple what they used to be this time last year. When we look at our bills, that cost increase is coming from "delivery charges" and a "Systems Benefit Charge (SBC)."
@NYSERDA's Clean Energy Fund is collected through the SBC.
The delivery charges and SBCs are used to fund the rollout of commercial solar and wind through ORES statewide. They have to get that money from somewhere!
And we're not just talking about a few thousand dollars. We're talking about billions of dollars. In fact, NYSERDA is sitting on over $2 billion dollars in its coffers we speak (released December 2025).
In the chart below, NYSERDA has "committed" $5.163 billion to solar and wind projects as of 2025 (in other words, they have committed $5.163 billion dollars to foreign companies or foreign renewable boards over the project's duration).
These are the long-term financial commitments NYSERDA is making under its REC (renewable energy certificate) contracts.
Here are some of the "commitments" that can be seen in this download:
Two Rivers Solar: $499 million
South Ripley Solar: $478 million
Mill Point: $558 million
Dolgeville: $607 million
Prattsburgh Wind: $620 million
The developers, most of which are foreign, build the project and obtain an Operational Certification. Since ORES defers to the developers as experts over their own projects, there is no pushback from the state. ORES issues permits nearly 100% of the time.
Once the project starts generating electricity, for each month, the project transfers the RECs created from that generation to NYSERDA. NYSERDA then pays for those RECs.
If NYSERDA is paying for those RECs... that means you and I are paying for those RECs. They use money from the ratepayers and taxpayers of this state to create one of the most sinister money-laundering schemes in the history of our country.
Along the way, the corporations/NYSERDA are collecting our prime farmland, water sources, and wetlands in contracts that are good for 30-50 years. The contracts will outlive those that are signing them.
And that's all part of the plan.
I will link to this table below so you can see for yourself.
The Hanson family, Peter, Sue Kim and their 2 1/2 year old daughter Christine, were on their way to California to visit Disneyland and Sue Kim's family who'd not yet gotten to meet little Christine.
They tragically changed their flight last minute from September 10th after Peter was called into a meeting.
Peter was in marketing and Sue Kim was a doctoral candidate in microbiology immunology at Boston University. Christine was their only child and loved Mickey Mouse.
Peter called his father Lee from Flight 175 (the second plane), informing him it was being hijacked and asking him to call the FBI.
In his second call Peter told his parents that the hijackers had boxcutters and had killed a stewardess. His parents were watching the nightmare unfolding on TV, the devastating of Flight 11 having already hit the North Tower.
Peter said he didn't know where they were but feared they were going to fly into a building. As recounted by his mother Eunice, he told his dad, "Don't worry, it'll be quick," before saying "oh my God, oh my God. Lee heard a crash. He hung up the phone and was never the same."
This is one of those stories that has been seared into my memory since the week of 9/11, the initial reports mentioned the Peter and Sue Kim keeping little Christine calm so she wouldn't be frightened despite knowing what was about to happen.
It was Christine's first plane ride and she's generally considered the youngest victim of 9/11. Dad and grandfather Lee Hanson passed away in 2018 at the age of 85.
The Hanson family were m*rdered by Muslim terrorists Marwan al-Shehhi, Fayez Banihammad, Mohand al-Shehri, Hamza al-Ghamdi and Ahmed al-Ghamdi.
@GovKathyHochul bloviating about preserving โOntarioโ bc it has deep Iroquois roots but mandating the Iroquois Schools remove โChiefsโ as their name is pretty ironic.
The outrage over Trump changing names is hilarious when you look at the facts.
Barack Obama renamed Mount McKinley to Denali in 2015.
Joe Biden renamed Fort Bragg to Fort Liberty, Fort Benning to Fort Moore, Fort Hood to Fort Cavazos, Fort Gordon to Fort Eisenhower, Fort Lee to Fort Gregg-Adams, Fort Polk to Fort Johnson, Fort Rucker to Fort Novosel, Fort A.P. Hill to Fort Walker, Fort Pickett to Fort Barfoot, and Clingmans Dome to Kuwohi. His administration also stripped Confederate names and symbols from military property.
Donald Trump renamed Denali back to Mount McKinley, renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, restored the old Army base names, and reversed the monument purge.
But when Trump changes a few names, suddenly everyone is having a five-alarm freaking meltdown.
Give me a break.
You do not actually care about name changes. You care because Orange Man Bad. ๐ฅฑ
@ChrissyCasilio@blindsquirrelNY@markpoloncarz I hope it gets going somewhere else. This would have been a big benefit for my son who just graduated & is still deciding what he wants to do.
@Anne8065@markpoloncarz doesnโt want us in Erie county to prosper. Heโs gotta keep his voting base begging for more free shit & have illegals here for the votes for his shithole party. Heโs a tyrant & a hypocrite. Canโt wait to move out of here.
@LindsayLorigo@markpoloncarz So he really wants to be known as the CE that has the largest poverty rate? What r we really known for? Backpack drives? Multi million dollar food banks? Homeless freezing at bus stops? Youโre a disgrace @markpoloncarz
@robbystarbuck Over 20 years ago I watched people go the atm & cash out thier ebt cash to buy lotto, cigs & beer. As a poor full time student/worker it radicalized me pretty good lol.
Guests staying at lodging locations in the towns of Amherst and Lancaster, the City of Batavia and Village of Ellicottville will pay new motel occupancy taxes under bills Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed into law. https://t.co/qBrvGk5lQ6
Very good newsโฆ but not for @GovKathyHochul@TishJames. A federal judge just issued an order to show cause in our #287g lawsuit against the state.
Just yesterday Hochul lied, as she always does, and said โto those suing us, to those trying to block the implementation of this lawโฆ.tried before and failed, our law has already been upheld by courts, but if youโre trying it again, I say bring it on.โ
Ohโฆ we are Governorโฆ we are.
Buckle up.
#LeadersLead
@FoxNews@HARRISFAULKNER@nypost@fud31@seanhannity@kilmeade@megynkelly@RealJamesWoods@newsmax@NewsNation@LionelMedia
The states action doesnโt nothing to make you safer and disables a common sense and necessary tool of law enforcement and puts New Yorkers at risk.
@alphafox Definitely worth it. Sadly we canโt afford the upfront costs this year but 1/4 a cow lasted my family of 4 for about a year. The hamburger alone was worth it. Iโm gonna try to get it next fall again cuz the per pound price is definitely cheaper.