Let's get those letters of support written and mailed, especially those to senators. Director of the Wagner College Planetarium on Staten Island has made monthly announcements about A6357 on a local access cable TV show. NYS is embarking on an ambitious program of refurbishing the rest stops in the state and lighting concerns should be made known. Lead engineer for proposed truck stop on Rt. 81 near Tully is interested in A6357 and wants to make sure that there will be no future lighting problems.
Reports describe it as multicolored and flashing.
Mohawk Valley Astro Society presented Good Lighting Awards to the Mayor of Utica for streetlighting in the Utica Business Park and to Merrill Lynch for its exterior lighting also in the Utica Business Park. Home Depot plus another, unnamed business in Utica changed from sag lens to FCO as a result of suggestions by a local IDA member. They are now tuned in on the light pollution connection and will be making a tour of the western states in the spring. Cazenovia obtained a historical preservation grant to replace cobra head streetlights with acorns using high levels of illumination. Most village folks are incensed.