Sentences with phrase «hearings on the contamination»
Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, has been criticized for what some saw as a lax response to the crisis, visiting the village only months after the water was confirmed to be poisoned; lawmakers in Albany, meanwhile, were also initially noncommittal about hearings on the contamination, before eventually assenting.
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Marchione had been under pressure from Hoosick Falls residents to push for a Senate hearing on the contamination issue.
Also Friday, the state Senate announced it would hold hearings on the contamination crisis in Rensselaer County, including a session in Hoosick Falls.
Not exact matches
Flint, Michigan Water Contamination The House Oversight and Governmental Reform Committee held its second hearing on the contaminated drinking water in Flint, Michigan.
We ordered this peanut butter after hearing about all of the peanut butter contamination recalls, but also because we read about fungus that tends to grow on peanuts.
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.
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The House Oversight Committee is launching an inquiry into the state's handling of the initial reports of the PFOA contamination as well, which Rep. Chris Gibson hopes could lead to congressional hearings on the issue.
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.
His frustration boiled over last week, when Flanagan reiterated to reporters he would not hold hearings on water issues in the aftermath of a PFOA contamination in the village in order to assess the response by Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration (Conservative critics of the Senate GOP have been deeply critical of the conference's relationship with Cuomo, especially in the wake of the passage of the SAFE Act).
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.
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.
Written testimony, Joint Senate Health and Environmental Conservation Committee Hearing on Drinking Water Contamination at Hoosick Falls, August 2016 (and cover letter)
Billed as a hearing on statewide water quality and contamination, the daylong hearing did briefly touch on issues of lead in the water of New York City's schools and a similar tainted - water problem in Newburgh, in the Hudson Valley.
This week the New York State Assembly Committees on Health and Environmental Conservation announced hearings into examine the quality of the state's drinking water and state government's responses to contamination issues.
At a news conference in Albany in June, residents of Hoosick Falls demanded that hearings be held on the contamination.
Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin listens as Howard Zucker, commissioner Department of Health, answers a question during a joint legislative public hearing on water quality and contamination on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016, in Albany, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union)
On Tuesday, a State Senate committee held a daylong hearing here, after months in which residents have repeatedly expressed frustration with local, state and federal reaction to the contamination.
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.
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.
Though billed as a hearing on statewide water concerns, much of the morning and early afternoon has been consumed by the PFOA contamination of drinking water in the rural upstate New York village.
Republican Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin on Tuesday questioned why the Democratic - led Assembly is yet to hold hearings on water quality issues around the state, first proposed earlier this year after the village of Hoosick Falls's municipal water supply was impacted by a chemical contamination.
Hoosick Falls residents descended on the Capitol to push for hearings on their PFOA water contamination problem, and also to seek a meeting with the governor.
Sen. Kathy Marchione said Tuesday in radio interview she would consider holding hearings on the drinking contamination in Hoosick Falls.
-- Basil Seggos on Wednesday, September 7th, 2016 in a response at a legislative hearing on water quality and contamination
Hoosick Falls residents hold signs during a news conference at the state Capitol in Albany, N.Y., in June calling for hearings on the state's handling of PFOA contamination in drinking water in their town.
Governor Cuomo's health commissioner faced an intense grilling from lawmakers at a joint hearing on how the administration handled water contamination in the eastern New York village of Hoosick Falls.
The New York State Senate is expected to soon announce a date for a hearing on how the Cuomo Administration handled drinking water contamination in Hoosick Falls.
The mailer touts the scheduled hearing on water quality in Hoosick Falls on Tuesday in the village, which has been rocked by a contamination of the chemical PFOA in the village's drinking water.
Hoosick Falls residents will have their first chance to directly confront state officials on Tuesday in a public hearing to address the PFOA contamination in the village's drinking water.
The New York Assembly on Wednesday announced plans to hold a hearing on water quality in the state as officials scramble to address contamination in the upstate Village of Hoosick Falls.
Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone speaks at a public hearing on water quality and contamination at the Suffolk County Legislature Building in Smithtown, N.Y., on Monday.
At Tuesday's state Senate hearing on the water contamination in Hoosick Falls, the federal EPA came in for criticism from some state officials who blamed the agency for failing to lead, and from some lawmakers who said they were disappointed the EPA did not send a representative to the hearing.
They say the purpose of the hearing is to «explore the sources of water contamination, examine local, state, and federal oversight issues, and hear from experts, local residents, and others on what can be done to assist affected communities and mitigate future incidents.»
Steve McLaughlin's fellow state Assembly members may not be planning hearings on PFOA water contamination in Hoosick Falls, but the Schaghticoke Republican said he's prepared to convene his own.
Hackett and a group of locals from the village, town and surrounding area took those very images with them to the capitol along with Assemblymen Steve McLaughlin to push the legislature to hold public hearings on the government's handling of the PFOA contamination of Hoosick Falls water.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's health commissioner faced an intense grilling from lawmakers Wednesday at a joint hearing on how the administration handled water contamination in the eastern New York village of Hoosick Falls.
The thousands across the US who have documented cases of water contamination in fracking areas deserve their own hearing on Capitol hill.
He has represented the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, Office of Conservation, in oilfield legacy matters since 2008, and beginning in 2013 has been appointed by the Commissioner of Conservation on a number of occasions to serve as hearing officer in legacy and / or oilfield contamination cases requiring public hearing under Act 312.