Lucy Hodgman

Hearst Fellow at Times Union (Albany)

now @timesunion, was @politico and @sacbee_news, always @yaledailynews

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Duane Lake faces another setback in clean water funding campaign

1 week ago | timesunion.com | Lucy Hodgman

ALBANY — A group of Duane Lake residents has faced an uphill battle in the years they’ve spent agitating for inclusion in New York’s septic system replacement program — and it’s not over yet. A bill that would have automatically enrolled the 117-acre reservoir in the statewide initiative passed the Senate in the waning days of the legislative session but failed to make it through the Assembly. Looking ahead, bill sponsor state Sen.
Audit finds brownfields 'languished' in state cleanup program

1 week ago | timesunion.com | Lucy Hodgman

ALBANY — A state-run program intended to clean up “brownfields” across New York has allowed many of the contaminated sites to fester, according to a new audit from the state comptroller’s office. The state Department of Environmental Conservation launched its Brownfield Cleanup Program in an effort to remediate brownfields — properties with lasting pollution that makes them unlikely candidates for future development.
Smullen signals interest in Stefanik’s congressional seat

1 week ago | timesunion.com | Lucy Hodgman

ALBANY — U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik will open a political void upstate if she decides to run for governor. Republican Assemblyman Robert Smullen thinks he could be the right person to fill it. Smullen, 56, is considering a bid for Stefanik’s congressional seat if she steps down ahead of the 2026 election cycle, he told the Times Union on Wednesday. The news comes as Stefanik inches closer to announcing a formal campaign to challenge Gov.
Remnant of embattled NY HEAT Act passes state Legislature

1 week ago | timesunion.com | Lucy Hodgman

ALBANY — Democratic lawmakers whittled the NY HEAT Act down to the bone in the final days of the legislative session, passing one major component of the bill before they prepared to depart Albany for the summer. The NY HEAT Act — or the New York Home Energy Affordable Transition Act — was a sweeping set of changes designed to reduce new properties’ reliance on natural gas.
State Legislature approves paid time off for troopers after ‘critical incidents’

1 week ago | timesunion.com | Lucy Hodgman

ALBANY — State troopers were involved in three fatal shootings during a single week in April. Current state law could generally have those troopers return to duty the following day. That could soon change under a bill that recently passed both houses of the state Legislature. If it’s signed by Gov.
StickerMule CEO alleges death threat from Conservative Party leader

2 weeks ago | timesunion.com | Lucy Hodgman

AMSTERDAM — Supporters of Anthony Constantino played cornhole and danced to “Y.M.C.A.” outside StickerMule’s headquarters on Thursday night, waiting for the company’s flamboyant and sometimes eccentric chief executive to announce the name of the person he was claiming had threatened to kill him. Constantino is a sticker manufacturer, a former professional boxer and a devout follower of President Donald J. Trump.
Fort Edward plant pitches ‘controlled’ PFAS removal to skeptical local

2 weeks ago | timesunion.com | Lucy Hodgman

FORT EDWARD — It’s been six months since residents of Fort Edward got mailers from an industrial waste management company that said it wanted to conduct a trial to remove “forever chemicals” from soil at a local facility. The company, Enviri, is seeking a permit for a two-week trial to treat soil contaminated with polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS: toxic chemicals found in household items from ski wax to menstrual products.
Longtime NJ congressman nominated to Adirondack Park Agency board

2 weeks ago | timesunion.com | Lucy Hodgman

ALBANY — A longtime New Jersey congressman could soon help oversee the 6-million-acre wilderness of the Adirondack Park. Rush Holt Jr. represented New Jersey’s 12th Congressional District as a Democrat for eight terms before becoming the chief executive officer of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2015. Rush retired from that role nearly six years ago. Now, Gov.
Stefanik lambasts ‘single party Democratic rule’ at NY Capitol

2 weeks ago | timesunion.com | Lucy Hodgman

ALBANY — U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik has her eyes on Albany. The North Country Republican has been “strongly considering” a gubernatorial bid since her nomination for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations fell through early this spring. She’s doubled down on criticism of Gov. Kathy Hochul, who she often calls the “worst governor in America.” And on Monday, she visited the state Capitol to lambast the results of New York’s “single party Democratic rule” as the legislative session comes to a close.
New York could issue a temporary ban on biosolid fertilizer

3 weeks ago | timesunion.com | Lucy Hodgman

ALBANY — It’s been just over a year since Ryan Dunham noticed an unusual smell outside his home in New Scotland. His family has lived near a farm field for two decades, and they’ve often noticed the smell of manure during fertilizer season in the late spring. This smell was different, he said: like something “rotting or dying.” Dunham closed the windows and waited for it to go away.