During joint legislative hearings on water quality Sept. 7, New York State committed to improve the Source Water Assessment for Newburgh, a key step, if done well, in preventing future crises. (riverkeeper.org)
As the first joint legislative hearing on water quality is taking place in Albany, the Cuomo administration is keeping the pressure on its main nemesis in the PFOA mess — the EPA — issuing a letter to the federal agency calling for closure of a «loophole» that exempts small community public water systems from contaminant testing requirements and threatening to act on its own to address the issue if necessary. (nystateofpolitics.com)
At 9:30 a.m., state lawmakers hold their fifth joint legislative hearing on Cuomo's 2016 - 17 budget, this time on environmental issues, Hearing Room B, LOB, Albany. (nystateofpolitics.com)