The Daily Freeman is reporting a new statewide poll shows New York voters for the first time now oppose by a clear margin the process of hydraulic fracturing for natural gas. The Quinnipiac University poll released Wed., Mar. 20, showed voters opposed, 46 to 39 percent. Upstate voters divided 44 to 42 percent in favor of drilling. While Republicans and independent voters support drilling; the majority of Democrats oppose the process. "New Yorkers might be getting impatient with the long delay over natural gas drilling. They're turning negative on the basic idea and more of them see foot-dragging by Gov. Andrew Cuomo rather than a careful evaluation," said Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. Read the full story in the Daily Freeman.