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HYDRAULIC FRACTURING: Obama's N.Y. visit not likely to stir Cuomo on fracking just yet


NEW YORK -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo does not plan on using President Obama's visit to upstate New York this week as an excuse to reveal his final say on hydraulic fracturing.

The Democratic governor in a radio interview yesterday said he is no closer to a final decision on whether to permit the high-volume horizontal drilling method. The state is still reviewing the potential health effects of drilling in upstate Marcellus and Utica shale regions.

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