New York’s weather experiment

ALBANY, N.Y. (WIVB) — New York state leaders used $30 million in grant money from FEMA to pay for a new system of weather monitoring equipment. They modeled their Mesonet after programs used in Tornado Alley. New York’s system has 125 local monitoring locations, including several in our area.
Your federal taxes paid for the project, but currently, the state refuses to allow News 4 and other news organizations to use the data without paying. Key questions also remain about w