Thomas Kaplan is reporting in The New York Times as Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s administration finishes up new regulations on where and how to allow high-impact hydraulic fracturing in New York, groups on both sides of the issue are turning to the airwaves in a late-inning effort to press their cases. Advertisements are appearing in the state's Southern Tier, just north of the Pennsylvania border where the Marcellus Shale rock formation is rich in natural gas, and where communities may have to give local approval for drilling to be allowed in their area, under a plan being pursued by the administration. The state Department of Environmental Conservation, which received tens of thousands of submissions in a public comment period that ended in January, has not yet revealed when it will release its proposed rules on hydraulic fracturing. Opponents of the technology, also known as hydrofracking, are working with an increased urgency amid speculation that Cuomo’s administration will finish its work soon. Read the full story in The New York Times.