GETTING
GETTING REMINDERS THAT THIS WEEKEND... SUNDAY AT 2 A-M TO BE
EXACT...
YOU MUST TURN YOUR
CLOCK AHEAD ONE
HOUR... FOR DAYLIGHT
SAVING TIME TO TAKE
EFFECT.
BUT ONCE AGAIN...
SOME ARE "CHIMING IN"
WITH DISCUSSION IN
ALBANY AND
ELSEWHERE.
HERE'S TWO ON YOUR
SIDE'S ADAM BENIGNI.
IT'S
IT'S ALWAYS A TIMELY DISCUSSION THIS TIME OF YEAR....WHY DO WE
KEEP GOING BACK AND
FORTH TO STANDARD
TIME IN NOVEMBER AND
THEN DAYLIGHT SAVING
TIME IN MARCH?
SOME BELIEVE IT WAS
FIRST DONE BACK IN
THE LATE 1800'S TO
HELP WITH ENERGY
CONSERVATION OR TO
BETTER SYNCHRONIZE
TRAIN SCHEDULES.
SUPPORTERS OF THE
SWITCH SAY IT HELPS
BUSINESS AND
PROMOTES PHYSICAL
ACTIVITY WITH THE
SUNNIER DAYS OF
SUMMER.
BUT SEVERAL
LAWMAKERS HERE IN
NEW YORK STATE,
INCLUDING A LOCAL
ASSEMBLYMAN, FEEL
IT'S BEST TO KEEP THE
TIME SCHEDUILE THE
SAME...YEAR ROUND.
"MORINELLO: THEY DO
LEAN TOWARDS
ELIMINATING DAYLIGHT
SAVING TIME BUT IT
WOULD BE BETTER TO
JUST HAVE ONE AND NO
CHANGE."
MORINELLO SAYS HIS
ASSEMBLY MEASURE IS
BASED ON RESEARCH
THAT SHOWS IT'S TIME
FOR A HEALHIER
"CHANGE" IN POLICY
HERE IN US...TO KEEP
THE CLOCKS
CONSTANT...FOR OUR
"BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS"
AS WELL...
"MORINELLO: THERE
HAVE BEEN STUDIES ON
THOSE..SO THEY'VE
BEEN PROVEN THAT
THOSE ITEMS...INJURIES,
CAR ACCIDENTS, WORK
RELATED INJURIES,
HEART INCIDENTS...ARE
GREATER AFTER THE
CHANGE "
THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT DOES
ALLOW STATES TO OPT
OUT SO CURRENTLY
ARIZONA AND HAWAII
DON'T MAKE THE TIME
SWITCH.
AND SEVERAL
LAWMAKERS IN
NEIGHBORING STATES
LIKE PENNSYLVANIA,
NEW JERSEY, AND
CONNECTICUT HAVE
SIGNED ON FOR A
REGIONAL APPROACH
TO BAN THE TIME
CHANGE.
MORINELLO'S
CHANGE. MORINELLO'S MEASURE HAS
COMPANION BILLS IN
THE NEW YORK'S STATE
SENATE..NOW AND IN
THE PAST THEY HAVE
HAVE BEEN STUCK IN
COMMITTEE.
"MORINELLO: I DON'T
SEE ANYTHING
HAPPENING THIS YEAR
QUITE FRANKLY BUT I DO
SEE IN THE FUTURE
THAT THERE WILL BE
MORE FOCUS ON IT."
ADAM BENIGNI -
CHANNEL 2 NEWS...
THANK YOU,