Matt Richmond, WSKG

Happy Friday! Here's today's Trail Mix:

New York fruit farmers want help.

Domestic solar manufacturers get a boost from the government.

And: Cuomo biting the hand that feeds him?

The town of Vestal, N.Y., near Binghamton, is well-placed for natural gas development.

Just across the border in Pennsylvania the industry is in full swing. Vestal is situated in one of the three counties in New York considered to be in the sweet spot of Marcellus Shale development.

But not everyone is ready to welcome the industry.

Today in your Morning Trail Mix:

A Buffalo congressman is trying to get the city's Outer Harbor property transferred to the state for $1.

Manufacturing's resurgence is being fueled by subsidies and labor concessions.

And: The push continues to ban minors from using tanning beds.

The past few days have been busy ones in the world of natural gas extraction:

• New hydrofracking rules from the Department of Interior and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) were met with complaints from both sides.
• A New York environmental group is questioning whether the state's Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) believes wastewater is a real concern.
• And the EPA withheld a study on aquifer contamination in Wyoming at the request of the governor - who then used the delay to prepare a smear campaign.

Here's details on each:

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Albany's economy gets a series of national reports - and a presidential visit next week.

Former Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno is back in court.

And: A new report faults the DEC for lax oversight of fracking wastewater disposal.

Today in you Morning Trail Mix:

AG Schneiderman asks the Public Services Commission to take action against Verizon.

Buffalo's school district questions cutoff of state funds.

The space shuttle Enterprise gives New York a fly by.

The apple crop in New York is the second-largest in the country, behind only Washington State. Cherries, peaches, apricots and grapes are also big business in New York.

But this year, New York fruit growers are suffering through an especially uncertain time.

Warm weather in March, followed quickly by a very cold spell, and then a freak snowstorm Monday, have put the harvest in jeopardy.

Today in you Friday Morning Trail Mix:

Governor Cuomo has released the final budget.

AG Schneiderman sued Sprint for not paying its taxes.

A bill to legalize mixed martial arts has reached the assembly for the third year in a row.

Ron Paul’s presidential campaign came to Cornell University Thursday ahead of next week’s all-but-decided New York Republican primary.

Congressman Paul’s speech felt less like a Republican presidential stump speech than half-lecture and half-rally cry.

The Cuomo administration announced Monday it will spend $102 million on flood control projects across the state.

But the repairs aren’t necessarily in response to last year’s flooding.

Projects in the Southern Tier, which suffered severe flooding after tropical storms Lee and Irene, will receive $26.7 million.

About half of that - some $13 million - is going to Tompkins County. That’s in spite of reporting just $2 million in costs from September’s flooding.