New York absent from multi-state transportation climate change push

ALBANY — Three years ago, New York joined with other northeastern states to craft a regional policy to reduce climate-changing greenhouse gas emissions from transport elements like cars, trucks and buses.On Tuesday, nine states and the District of Columbia announced they were launching the design of such a program that would "cap and trade" such emissions, with proceeds used to support low-carbon transportation methods.But for reasons that could not immediately be determined, New York was