United Illuminating has refused the request of the city of Hamden, CT to install 3,000 kelvin or lower LED streetlight bulbs, ignoring mounting evidence of the threat 4,000k LED lights pose to public health, public safety, and quality of life. Moving forward with 4,000k installation against the growing concern of citizens in the UI service area presents a reckless ignorance of the current state of medical and public safety science, and callous disregard for public opinion in the UI towns and across the country. Implementation of 4,000k LED streetlights will be enormously expensive for towns and cities to undo if UI moves forward with its current plan. As citizens who care deeply about our neighborhoods and our towns, we demand that UI implement 3,000kelvin or lower LED streetlights in all future installations.

It would help the economy, help with communication, online learning, etc...

Low wage workers are paying a hefty price for being injured at work. The Workers’ Compensation Law was enacted in the early 1900s as a no-fault system. Its fundamental purpose was to ensure that injured workers received adequate benefits for lost wages and medical care. However, for many injured workers, it falls short. The 2007 reform legislation tied the maximum weekly benefit to the state average weekly wage. Regrettably, it did not do so for the minimum benefit rate which has been increased in random amounts at random intervals. Low wage workers are more likely to be injured, yet they receive lower benefits. New York must act now to raise the wage for low-wage injured workers receiving workers’ compensation by increasing the minimum weekly benefit rate and, like high wage earners, indexing their benefits to the state average weekly wage. Discrimination and any form of retaliation against an injured worker is retaliation against the Law. §120 of the Workers Compensation Law finds it unlawful for any employer to threaten, retaliate or penalize against any employee for claiming benefits or about to institute a claim for compensation. Many employees have lost their jobs, had their hours reduced and mistreated for exercising their rights protected under this chapter. The penalties liable to an employer for violating this section should be increased to serve as a deterrent to violators. Denying injured workers language access is preventing them the access to be protected under the Workers Compensation Law. New York State is known for its diversity, and the Workers’ Compensation Board should provide comprehensive translation and interpretation for injured workers. Compromising the right to a hearing is compromising a basic right of an injured worker. Injured workers deserve to have a fair and legitimate hearing on their worker compensation claims. A lot of injured workers have to make long drives in order to gain access to a hearing which more often than not ends up adding salt to injury and causing a lot of inconvenience to the injured workers. The Workers Compensation Board should make it a priority to provide hearing centers that are readily accessible. If the Board files a hearing within a forty-five day period, this will speed up the whole process of determining benefits and would guarantee the legitimacy of the Workers Compensation Law. The Worker Protection Coalition aims to create a just Workers’ Compensation System in New York State. The Coalition is endorsed by partners across New York State, including: Alliance for a Greater New York (ALIGN), CSEA Local 1000, DC 37 AFSCME, Injured Workers Bar Association, Long Island Jobs with Justice, Make the Road New York, MFY Legal Services, National Economic and Social Rights Initiative, New York Communities for Change, NYCOSH, the New York Workers’ Compensation Alliance, NENYCOSH, the Organization of Staff Analysts, Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union, and WNYCOSH.

50,000 people commute each day over Highway 17. With the recent storms and road damage, it's more clear than ever we need options to help get people to and from work other than cars. Right now Highway 17 Express only stops at Diridon Station (Caltrain Depot) and San Fernando & 5th outside of Santa Cruz County. This forces anyone working in Los Gatos to drive their own cars to work, not only clogging up the highway, but city streets and parking. Please sign this petition to let the Board of Directors at SCMTD know a stop in Los Gatos or two (Summit could be an additional stop to transport all of the mountain residents into LG and beyond) would not only be profitable, but it would be heavily used and the environmentally responsible decision for Santa Cruz and Santa Clara counties.

Since its inception in 2010, the Bike and Pedestrian Alliance of Clinton (BPAC) has been working to make Clinton a more bike and pedestrian-friendly town. One long-term goal has been the extension of the Shoreline Greenway from Madison through Clinton to the Westbrook line. The 2015 Town Plan of Conservation and Development shares a similar vision, citing a greenway and bike path as a means of attracting shoreline tourism, promoting historic resources, preserving our natural environment, and providing recreational opportunities. Now is the time to make this dream a reality. Please help make it happen. WE WILL ASK FOR NO TAXPAYER MONEY!

To protect the residents of Castle Shannon and Whitehall from all of the negative effects of poorly regulated development. Those include traffic safety concerns, flooding concerns, negative impact on property values, increased costs to residents for sewer lines, pollution and poor air quality from tree canopy removal, along with the general decrease in the quality of our neighborhood.

The Friends of Boothe Park is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization formed in 1984 to preserve and restore Boothe Memorial Park & Museum. Since its founding, it has contributed nearly $1 Million toward the restoration of the Museum Buildings. In addition, the Friends of Boothe Park has contributed countless volunteer hours in managing the Museum programs, providing tours, running educational programs for local school children, presenting historical reenactments, hosting an annual Opening Day event, and much more. At the present time, we are collaborating with the Town of Stratford and State of Connecticut to restore the East Barn, which will be re-purposed into a Visitors & Educational Center. The cost of this project will exceed $200,000. The proposed Dog Park would be placed right in the middle of the scenic overlook planned for this new Visitors & Educational Center.

Fixing our neighborhood streets. The Garden Villas Neighborhood in Houston, TX. (Hobby Airport Area) needs some serious work. The city only "patches" the issues instead of fixing the core problem. Help us restore our neighborhood streets!

That Senate Democrats are considering shifting the tax burden from upper middle class to poor and working poor, but reducing sales tax on luxury items & replacing revenue with taxes on food & drugs... this is outrageously offensive. Illinois is a rich state. Illinois' revenue problem is driven by the requirement (in Illinois Constitution) to have a flat tax so rich people's tax burden is kept low. This is unjust & it's bad policy.

Working to rebuild and remake the East 38th Street corridor to boost business development, curb appeal, economic empowerment, and a safer community.

Niagara Falls has been destroyed by obstructionism and petty infighting between politicians for too long. This petition is a well researched and honest effort by the people of Niagara Falls.

Millions of tourists visit the state park at Niagara Falls, NY every year. The city of Niagara Falls, NY is poverty-stricken and rampant with heroin and crime. NYS plans to spend millions to redevelop the state park; these funds would be better utilized in the city itself, where the quality of life for many Niagarians is suffering. Tell NYS to use the money to fix the blight downtown, which will drive tourists up into the city and help our local economy.