Happy Friday!
In your Trail Mix today:
Anti-fracking protestors filled a public hearing in Albany yesterday.
Rochester's marina might finally get a facelift.
Employers added some jobs last month, but not nearly enough.
Fracking
Lawmakers spent hours yesterday grilling DEC officials at a public hearing on hydrofracking (Innovation Trail).
The crowd at the hearing got a little rowdy at times (Jon Campbell, Gannett).
Norse Energy, a Norwegian company waiting for clearance to drill in New York's Marcellus Shale, says it's cutting its staff in half due to the wait. (David Robinson, Buffalo News).
Business
State Senator Greg Ball (R-Putnam County) is questioning Governor Cuomo about whether the $4.4 billion nano deal announced last week with IBM, Intel and Samsung will guarantee jobs to New Yorkers (Jimmy Vielkind, Times Union).
Constellation Brands, the global wine and spirits company based outside of Rochester, saw its second-quarter profits rise by 78 percent (Tom Tobin, Democrat and Chronicle).
Rochester officials reveal updated plans to redevelop the city's port (Brian Sharp, Democrat and Chronicle).
New York is the second most expensive state in the nation when it comes to employer-sponsored health care plans, according to a new survey (Rick Seltzer, Greater Binghamton Business Journal).
New numbers out today: employers added 103,000 jobs last month, which is only about half of what's needed to keep up with population growth (Associated Press).
Economists react to the news (Phil Izzo, Wall Street Journal).
Politics
Governor Cuomo has signed an executive order making New York State more multilingual (Casey Seiler, Times Union).
3,500 state workers may still lose their jobs. Here's an updated list of potential layoffs (Jimmy Vielkind, Times Union).
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