Sentences with phrase «falls water contamination»

A congressional committee has granted the Cuomo administration an extension in turning over documents related to their response to the Hoosick Falls water contamination crisis.

Heastie then announced plans to hold hearings on water quality issues later next month as the scrutiny of the Cuomo administration's handling of Hoosick Falls water contamination intensifies with a Republican - backed congressional review as well.

Blake Zeff, who once worked for Clinton and the NYS Democratic Party, is now a reporter / columnist, and has tackled the Hoosick Falls water contamination scandal.

PFOA Project asked whether there is a role for the federal government to play in the Hoosick Falls water contamination issue, given the local desire for medical monitoring.

Her public clash with the Cuomo administration over their handling of the contamination of Hoosick Falls water contamination brought her to public prominence.

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer today became the highest - ranking state Democrat to call for federal hearings into the Hoosick Falls water contamination crisis.

Rep. Chris Gibson was critical of his fellow Republicans in the state Senate in a radio interview on Friday for not pushing for legislative hearings on the Hoosick Falls water contamination issue.

In a tweet, de Blasio's 2011 campaign adviser Bill Hyers knocked Cuomo's statement at the news conference, saying the governor should «concentrate» on his own issues, such as the Hoosick Falls water contamination.

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Rep. Chris Gibson called on Wednesday for an investigation into the state and federal government's response to the contamination of drinking water in the upstate communities of Hoosick Falls and Petersburgh.

The hearings would be broad based, but had been raised after a chemical contamination in the rural village of Hoosick Falls was found in the community's water supply.

U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer on Monday became the latest elected official to call for federal hearings into the water contamination issues in Hoosick Falls.

The hearings are drawing interest in the Capital Region amid a water contamination crisis in the village of Hoosick Falls, where the municipal drinking water was found to be contaminated with PFOA, a chemical used in manufacturing plants nearby.

On Tuesday, August 30 at 10:30 a.m., the state Senate will hold a long - awaited hearing on water contamination in Hoosick Falls.

The report released by the Senate Health and Senate Environmental Conservation committees, comes more than a year after state officials responded to cases of chemical contamination of water in rural communities like Hoosick Falls and Petersburgh — the result of the area's industrial past.

The Saint Gobain plastics manufacturing plant in Hoosick Falls is believed to be the source of the water contamination.

On Friday, NY1's «Inside City Hall» aired a special seven - minute report on the water contamination story in Hoosick Falls (For those of you not in the TV news business, my nightly packages generally run about 2 minutes, so anything over that is considered a luxury).

Well, Zucker is currently being trotted out as the credible voice of public health in response to the water contamination crisis in Hoosick Falls.

The questions came at the first of these two joint Senate and Assembly public hearings, but the talk was dominated by the contamination of drinking water in Hoosick Falls, as well as issues that have developed in Petersburgh and Newburgh.

The new debt authorization also includes $ 2.15 billion for drinking water improvements, which come on the heels of contamination problems in communities like Hoosick Falls and Newburgh.

HOOSICK FALLS >> The Democrat running against incumbent state Sen. Kathy Marchione found a unique and high - profile way Tuesday to criticize the Halfmoon Republican over her handling of the water contamination crisis that has plagued the village and the town of Hooisick for nearly a year.

And fueled by drinking water contamination in Hoosick Falls and Newburgh, there is companion legislation that requires nearly all public drinking water supplies in the state to be tested for emerging contaminants.

Four months following news of PFOA water contamination in Hoosick Falls in upstate New York, a Hudson Valley city faced a water crisis of its own.

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 measwater 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 measWater Infrastructure Act, which is aimed at upgrading drinking and clean water infrastructure across the state and instituting new quality control measwater infrastructure across the state and instituting new quality control measures.

In an about face on Friday, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan announced his chamber will hold public hearings in the village of Hoosick Falls next month to discuss water contamination concerns.

Assemblyman Jim Tedisco, a Republican vying for the Senate seat being vacated by retiring GOP lawmaker Hugh Farley, called on the conference he wants to join to hold hearings on the PFOA water contamination issue in Hoosick Falls as well as water issues statewide.

Congress has launched a federal investigation into the water - contamination crisis in upstate Hoosick Falls — with members demanding answers from Gov. Cuomo's administration.

Written testimony, Joint Senate Health and Environmental Conservation Committee Hearing on Drinking Water Contamination at Hoosick Falls, August 2016 (and cover letter)

Hoosick Falls, a town northeast of Albany (almost at the Vermont border), has also been suffering widespread drinking water contamination with serious effects.

After previously saying they weren't necessary, he announced a series of public oversight hearings in September that will examine water contamination in communities like Hoosick Falls, where the Cuomo administration's response to the crisis has been widely criticized.

News of the contamination in Newburgh came after water was found to be chemically contaminated in Petersburgh and Hoosick Falls.

State health officials do not seem especially eager to field questions about the ongoing water contamination crisis in Hoosick Falls and other upstate towns.

Saint - Gobain has operated a plant on McCaffrey Street in Hoosick Falls since the 1990s that has been a focus of the contamination because it's near the village's water treatment plant.

He added that residents struggling with contamination of their drinking water supplies, as in Hoosick Falls, N.Y., «already have multiple means of legal recourse.»

«I urge you to move beyond accusatory letters and, rather, work cooperatively with EPA Region 2 and the residents of Hoosick Falls on the important work of cleaning up the contamination in the Village and protecting the public drinking water supply,» she wrote.

The story of water contamination in Hoosick Falls in one of uncertainty, a situation beyond one's control, a precariousness that breeds worry and mistrust.

What do you know: Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie finally agreed to hold hearings on water quality, including one to examine contamination in upstate Hoosick Falls.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D - New York, is urging the Environmental Protection Agency to speed up its response to water contamination issues in Hoosick Falls.

In the case of water contamination in Hoosick Falls, a village - produced timeline that describes months of outreach to elected officials has been disputed by several state and federal lawmakers.

Health officials in New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration faced sharp questioning Tuesday at the first legislative hearing examining the water contamination crisis in the upstate village of Hoosick Falls.

The Rensselaer County Village of Hoosick Falls is looking toward the future after being dogged by more than a year of negative headlines surrounding a water contamination crisis and most recent devastating flooding.

McLaughlin became a vocal advocate during the PFOA water contamination crisis in Hoosick Falls and Petersburgh, vowing to continue his crusade for clean water.

The focus comes as communities across the state are grappling with water contamination problems, including Hoosick Falls, Petersburgh and Newburgh.

Cuomo made the announcement in Suffolk County on Long Island, where questions have arisen over the contamination of well water, but Cuomo also pointed to upstate water issues, including the chemical contamination in Hoosick Falls.

Also passing the Senate last night, after considerable back and forth during which its sponsor, Capital Region Republican Sen. Kathy Marchione, twisted herself into a political pretzel, was legislation changing the statute of limitations for cases of personal injury caused by pollution — a measure intended to help Hoosick Falls residents who are struggling to deal with PFOA contamination of their drinking water.

«The state's comprehensive response to help Hoosick Falls recover from water contamination caused by Saint Gobain and Honeywell has been unprecedented.

The state moved aggressively to combat a chemical contamination in the drinking water in Hoosick Falls, Gov. Andrew Cuomo insisted on Thursday as the state government's response is being called into question based on newly released documents.

Rep. Chris Gibson, a Republican from the Hudson Valley, announced in a statement earlier in the morning the House panel would investigate the circumstances of a PFOA contamination of the drinking water in the rural village of Hoosick Falls.

As federal lawmakers launch an investigation on the state's handling of a chemical contamination in the drinking water of Hoosick Falls, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday insisted his administration did the best it could to deal with the situation.

Following the contamination, Hoosick Falls installed a filtration system to ensure people have clean drinking water.

Nixon has been touring parts of upstate New York this week, appearing Wednesday in Hoosick Falls, a village struggling with a chemical water contamination, and today in Syracuse and Rochester.