Upstater
upstater.bsky.social
Upstater
@upstater.bsky.social
Upstate NYer: into local politics, urbanism, and the past, present, and future of Central New York.
Ahh yes some nebulous agreement to reduce emissions 44% by 2030…with no firm plan *how*. This plant produces enough energy to power 75,000 homes, but instead we’ll let this private company enrich itself. It doesn’t even produce economic activity in the region! There are no positive tradeoffs
November 11, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Well, sucks to suck I guess!!
November 5, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Want to see this 27D, 0 R map by ‘26
(VRA clearly doesn’t matter anymore per scotus, so let’s just do this)
August 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Open Immigration is and always has been Americas superpower- and is a net positive to the economy, to communities, to our culture and arts, and is the morally correct thing to do.

We need to return to the historical norm, and live up to Emma Lazarus’ words on the base of the Statue of Liberty
July 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
There’s an entire flock of goslings and their parents in the bike trail median on Erie Blvd
May 22, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Let’s gooooo! LVT would be a major boon to building more and different types of housing, and would more equitably spread the tax burden
April 17, 2025 at 10:16 PM
March 27, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Contact info here for Sen May, Sen Ryan, Gov Hochul
March 23, 2025 at 3:34 PM
It’s also an insane stance- the developer seemed to only want to build slightly closer together single family homes!

Also ironic the only voice in support of the zoning change somehow ends up sounding *more* racist than the opposition:
March 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Phones (including vms) are off until 9am 🤦‍♂️- but Gillibrands are open and she’s on the record as a Yes vote for the CR
March 14, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Columbia leadership seems like willing partners to this admin. They facilitated ICE arrest (on their property) of Khalil. There’s even an alumni group, which seems to have influence on CU leadership actively agitating for deporting protestors on visas: www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/03...
March 10, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Tenney represents a pretty big swath of Upstate from Watertown across to Niagara Falls. Anyone in her district may want to give her office an earful about this incredibly stupid and sniveling suck-up move.

Phone numbers below:
February 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
While this whole thing is a mess, the part that most pisses me off is the response from McMahons office to not provide details of the contracts! This is OUR money, and these fools have the audacity to say to reporters ‘you’ll have to FOIL that info’. These ‘public servants’ are neither.
February 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM