The SUNY Ulster Environmental Club as well as many members of the surrounding community do not agree with SUNY Ulster Community College's choice in partnering with Niagara Bottling Co. through the Start-Up NY program. Niagara is one of the largest water bottling companies in the world. Through the Start- Up NY program, this company would be eligible for tax exemptions for up to 10 years. In return SUNY Ulster would receive internships and ensured jobs for graduating students. Niagara wants to build a bottling facility that will process at least 1 million gallons per day (MGD) of water from Kingston's water supply at Cooper Lake in Woodstock, using over 25% of its capacity. According to SaveCooperLake.org “With the City of Kingston averaging 3.9 MGD and the Town of Ulster averaging .7 MGD - that's 4.6 MGD . Add in .2 MGD for the new medical complex across from Adams and you get 4.8 MGD. With the new demand from Niagara, the total demand equals 6.55 MGD, which doesn't even account for the .5 MGD guaranteed as a reserve for Woodstock, which brings the total to 7.05 MGD, an excess of 1.05 MGD, or 17% in excess of Safe Yield.” Many organizations within the Hudson valley such as Riverkeeper, Catskill Mountainkeeper, Food and Water Watch, Espous Creek Conservancy, Woodstock Land Conservancy, Savecooperlake.org and KingstonCitizens.org along with the SUNY Ulster Environmental Club feel that this partnership further jeopardizes the sanctity of the water supply at Cooper Lake by increasing the likelihood of Niagara entering the Ulster County. Through SUNY Ulster's interactions with the Start-Up NY program, it has the capability to aid in the introduction of sustainable jobs and companies, as well as the potential to introduce unsustainable or environmentally harmful companies to the local area. Support SUNY Ulster in making sustainable business choices through its involvement with Start-Up NY, as well as encourage a stable, long-living community built around a healthy environment. Please sign this petition to show that the communities within Ulster County do not support this partnership.

The rich already run roughshod over the voters thanks to Citizens United and other Supreme Court decisions favoring Big Money and gutting democracy. And yet President Obama says he’ll sign a budget bill that increases TEN-FOLD the amount one person can donate to a political party during an election! The new ceiling would be $1.5 million, allowing the wealthy few to buy vast amounts of so-called "speech" –and power over elections and the government-- regular Americans cannot afford. Sign the petition strongly urging President Barack Obama TO VETO this and any other budget deal that increases the already outrageous and anti-democracy power of wealthy donors.

I am from Puerto Rico. All my countrymen and women alike; despite our different political differences want him released. It is time that he comes home.

Thousands of workers who maintain NYC public schools are doing the same work as others, but for nearly a third less. This is unfair and must be addressed. NYC must invest in ALL those who make our schools clean and safe environments for our children's learning.

Digitally inspired acts of hatred and violence like racism, hate crimes, sexual exploitation, cyber bullying, and body dysmorphia (among others) have had a powerful negative impact on our culture for the past 20 years, in part because younger generations feel more involved in the digital world than the real world. It's time to change that, by implementing a new national educational policy where volunteer hours are weighted equally with SAT scores/other factors on college applications. Social media would be the primary, positive platform where youth can fulfill their mandatory quota, raise awareness about real-world issues, and help turn around all these negative headlines.

my husband who is in prison at this moment was informed about this he is a frist time offender and is wrongly convicted innocent

Enabling Wall Street to privatize profits and socialize risk with credit swaps and other completely corrupt financial processes just as they did in 2006-2008 is wrong and should not pass an uncorrupted government of the people.

This petition is about getting laws changed in the world, the procedures of death that are constantly occurring in our face saying that the law has the right to kill us and nothing can be done about it. Every family deserves Justice. George Orwell said, "Political language is designed to make Lies sound Truthful and Murder Respectable".

This petition expresses the will of free people everywhere to reject state-sponsored torture of any detainee -- and to expose, condemn, and punish its perpetrators and enablers. The sought-for grand jury probe can help dethrone official torture as the epitome of "the end justifies the means." That negative public policy makes a mockery of the democratic process and hence endangers public safety.

Please sign this petition to save our community. East San Carlos is a peaceful & lovely community about to be destroyed. At the corner of Old Country and Holly sits a beautiful park with a preschool, community room, picnic tables, benches, barbeque pits, and baseball + soccer fields for children under 12. Last month I learned that an upscale hotel will be constructed down the block from me starting in 2015. That was hard to swallow, but I understand. Now, I just learned that a new high school construction is also in the works. And the high school wants Laureola Park. I'm distraught. Our elected government is doing nothing to protect us. We received NO NOTICE that a 400 student high school is planned for our backyard. Instead we were informed of the School District's plan and vote just a few days ago. We were given the wrong time. By the time we showed up, it was obvious the decisions had been made. Our voice was not heard. One block north, the children on Holly street can't play on their front lawns because of dangerous traffic congestion. And now the School District expects us to send small kids to play next to 17 year olds. Or maybe they will just take away the park. Who knows, because we were never told. So much for notice and hearing. - Where will our children play? - Are we going to suffer through construction sounds to the east and west for the next two years? - What is being done to prevent all these strangers from parking and speeding down our streets? - Why is the San Carlos government doing nothing to protect us? - Why is the School District spending our tax dollars to place students on top of a railroad track, a natural gas pipeline, and 1 mile from an airport and major highway? The environmental study, traffic study -- NOTHING has been completed and shared with the public.

Sandy City is trying to push through 8000 South into our neighborhood. I am concerned for our neighborhood children's safety. Because 8000 South is a major artery in Sandy City, if opened it will encourage drivers to use our neighborhood as a cut through to 1000 E. and 1300 E. This will increase traffic and speeding. Currently there are four streets that adequately serve our neighborhood traffic. Please help us STOP 8000 South at 700 East.

Because the citizens are getting a raw deal, constantly being ripped off, and our government/taxpayers are always on the hook for the greed and risky behaviors of the bankers. We think, when matured, People's Bank of U.S.A. will turn annual profits of $200 billion or more, which will be distributed as dividends to any Citizen who votes. This bank will address so many problems all at once.