There have been reports for some time now that the Cuomo Administration would soon begin to
allow limited hydraulic fracturing by gas drilling companies in some Southern Tier in communities where most of the residents want
fracking.
There was a time when the administration was preparing to
allow a
limited number of wells in the Southern Tier, as trial - ballooned in the New York Times in 2012, and as evidenced by its extraordinary care in editing and delaying a federal
fracking study around that time to lessen the appearance of environmental risk.