Bryan Rowzee in the Ravena News-Herald reports there was no opposition to Lafarge cement plant's request for a tax abatement before the Albany County Industrial Development Agency (ACIDA) at a public meeting Dec. 12. Lafarge's application was for a tax abatement to purchase capital equipment for its current modernization project, and only received favorable comments about how the company should get a tax break. "We are also reducing emissions. The reductions are from 50-90 [percent]. We are sustaining 112 union and non-union jobs while also bringing in close to 800 temporary jobs," said Lafarge Plant Manager Mike Kralik. State Senator Cecilia Tkaczyk said, “As the state senator representing Ravena, I join a host of federal, state and local officials, including County Executive Dan McCoy, Coeymans Town Supervisor Steven D. Flach and Ravena Mayor John T. Bruno in supporting the Ravena plant.” Read the full story in the Ravena News-Herald.