Sentences with phrase «clean water infrastructure»

Clean Water Infrastructure Act, set to invest $ 2 billion in water infrastructure throughout the state.

Perhaps most importantly, the counties are pushing for using bank settlement funds for upstate road and water infrastructure projects and have the state invest in clean water infrastructure.

The governor's proposal called for the establishment of a $ 2 billion clean water infrastructure fund.

Like civil engineers, they can use their planning skills to create affordable clean water infrastructure that meets a community's needs and can be easily maintained.

North Country state lawmakers praised the funding increases for clean water infrastructure projects: both one - house bills accept the governor's $ 2 billion program spread out over five years (the Senate version tacks on a $ 5 billion water infrastructure bond act that would go before the voters in 2018).

Municipalities also received millions for clean water infrastructure projects, including projects in Crown Point, Saranac Lake, Elizabethtown, St. Armand, Moriah, North Elba, Westport and Wilmington — making the announcement an early Christmas present for local officials.

Bellone, in his fundraising appeal, touts the county's expansion of clean water infrastructure as well as three balanced budgets under his tenure.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to spend $ 2 billion on clean water infrastructure in New York.

No one knows which projects and municipalities would get funding through the governor's proposed Clean Water Infrastructure Act of 2017, but proponents said the funds would go a long way toward cleaning up pollution and improving water infrastructure in the Buffalo Niagara region and elsewhere.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law a $ 2.5 billion Clean Water Infrastructure Improvement Act on the shores of Owasco Lake.

Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo has included close to $ 2 billion in his 2018 budget to address clean water infrastructure through grants and statewide initiatives.

This year, Cuomo is seeking to bolster clean water infrastructure in New York with a $ 2 billion fund included in his $ 152 billion budget proposal.

Perkins said the loan would divert funding from New York City's clean water infrastructure needs for the life of the 30 - year loan, which would mean «an entire generation of projects may be forever sacrificed.»

The funding announced by Cuomo is separate from a $ 2 billion fund he proposed in his State of the State that would support clean water infrastructure improvements throughout New York.

«People who are against letting the people decide, I think, have some obligation to say what they would do to expand clean water infrastructure and to deal with nitrogen pollution,» Schneider said.

At the same time, Cuomo moved to amendment the recently approved Clean Water Infrastructure Act that provides emergency financial assistance for municipal governments, making the money available immediately.

The Republican plan includes investments aimed at clean water infrastructure, more funding for environmental protection and strengthening measures designed to monitor chemical contaminations.

Just about every town in Essex and Franklin counties — including Willsboro, the adopted hometown of Rep. Elise Stefanik — has seen a large - scale clean water infrastructure project in the past several years, part of a statewide effort to shore up crumbling infrastructure.

The senator indicated she was broadly supportive of clean water infrastructure efforts, including the $ 65 million proposal to combat dangerous toxic scum on upstate lakes, including Lake Champlain.

Advocates have called for $ 800 million to fund clean water infrastructure since the state's own estimates put the cost to communities in replacing aging pipes and sewers at more than $ 30 billion over the next few decades.

Environmental groups warned the simmering threat of diminished revenue may erode the shaky alliance they have forged with local governments over the past decade, allowing them to find common ground on issues like clean water infrastructure and economic development initiatives.

Under the landmark $ 2.5 billion Clean Water Infrastructure Act of 2017, announced by Governor Cuomo in April, these grants are part of $ 255 million in funding available for municipalities statewide to support critical water quality infrastructure projects.

A Siena College poll released this morning found there was broad support for most of Cuomo's major agenda in the new year, including an extension of the state's surcharge on millions, reduced tuition costs for SUNY students whose families earn $ 125,000 a year and less and a $ 2 billion clean water infrastructure fund.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan called for a memorandum of understanding on Monday that would delineate where and how money would be spent for clean water infrastructure.

Cuomo and the state Legislature have not yet nailed down a budget deal that could include an extension of a tax on millionaires, more tuition aid for middle - class college students and more spending on clean water infrastructure.

Officials at the city of Lockport this week in a letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo urged a boost in the proposed clean water infrastructure spending in the state budget to $ 800 million a year.

The governor proposed $ 2 billion in his budget to be used over five years to address clean water infrastructure, but some estimates for the total cost of water infrastructure needs in the coming decades are 40 times that amount.

Among those receiving accolades was the state legislature and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who was praised for securing $ 2.5 billion over five years for clean water infrastructure projects and for leading a coalition of states who are committed to the Paris Climate Agreement despite the U.S.'s decision to exit the treaty.

The proposed $ 152.3 billion spending plan contains a number of heavy - duty proposals, including free state college tuition, deep investments in clean water infrastructure and a $ 1 billion increase in public school education funding.

Also at 10 a.m., members of the WNY state legislative delegation and local organizations will discuss the details of $ 2.5 billion for clean water infrastructure projects, which was included in the 2017 - 2018 budget, Canalside Boardwalk, 44 Prime St., Buffalo.

The New York state budget includes $ 2.5 billion for clean water infrastructure, which lawmakers and environmentalists alike are cheering.

The money is part of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's $ 2.5 billion Clean Water Infrastructure Act.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the $ 2.5 billion Clean Water Infrastructure Act into law in Auburn this week, and a big chunk is going to help officials along Owasco Lake clean drinking water threatened by algae blooms.

After facing sharp criticism over the state's response to water contamination in the village of Hoosick Falls, Gov. Andrew Cuomo this year signed the $ 2.5 billion Clean Water Infrastructure Act, which is aimed at upgrading drinking and clean water infrastructure across the state and instituting new quality control measures.

Capital appropriations in the extender bill also included an all - new, $ 2.5 billion «Clean Water Infrastructure Act» minus specifics on where and how the money will be spent.

Cuomo proposed the $ 2 billion Clean Water Infrastructure Act to protect water for local communities.

This year, the governor set goals to ensure clean air and water that include the Clean Water Infrastructure Act, set to invest $ 2 billion in water infrastructure throughout the state.

He said it was one of the situations that led him to push for a clean water infrastructure fund in this year's budget.

Cuomo, who spoke in Buffalo Monday, unveiled the Clean Water Infrastructure Act as part of his 2017 State of the State agenda.

The spending plan continues funding of the $ 2.5 billion Clean Water Infrastructure Act, which was passed and bonded in 2017.

He also applauded the Governor for announcing a major commitment to clean water infrastructure and water quality protection and said he welcomes «a serious discussion about college affordability and making high quality college education accessible for all New Yorkers.»

Among Cuomo's other environmental protection proposals are a new sewage plant in Niagara Falls after discharges last summer turned the Niagara River black before the eyes of tourists and continued funding for the $ 2.5 billion Clean Water Infrastructure Act.

Cuomo says the $ 125 billion in spending would include state and federal funding along with leveraging private - sector capital to improve roads, bridges and mass transit systems, and provide more affordable housing and clean water infrastructure.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, pictured here at the University at Albany on Thursday, Jan. 12, rolled out a series of ambitious environmental proposals last week, including $ 2 billion in clean water infrastructure, investments in electric vehicle infrastructure and an aggressive plan to reduce carbon emissions.

In his meeting with the editorial board, Cuomo reiterated many of the points in his State of the State address: a cap on prescription drug prices, legalizing ride - hailing in upstate New York, $ 70 million in funding for the «I Love NY» tourism campaign, $ 2 million for a Clean Water Infrastructure Act and a plan to provide free SUNY college tuition to state residents earning less than $ 125,000.

«This administration has taken aggressive action to address water quality issues across New York, creating the Water Quality Rapid Response Team, enacting the historic $ 2.5 billion Clean Water Infrastructure Act and record $ 300 million Environmental Protection Fund,» said Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi in a statement released Wednesday afternoon.

He has proposed investing $ 2 billion on water infrastructure as part of the Clean Water Infrastructure Act of 2017.

The Clean Water Infrastructure Act of 2017 would help communities upgrade aging drinking water and wastewater infrastructure.

His four most popular proposals are creating a $ 2 billion clean water infrastructure fund, giving preference in state purchases to American - made goods, allowing ride - sharing services like Uber and Lyft to operate across the state, and extending the millionaire's tax, which even has the support of 61 percent of Republicans.