In the following video, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer calls massive
proposed drilling operations in the watershed that provides New York City with its drinking water is the «most alarming environmental news he has heard in a long time, and makes this the number one environmental crisis» they face in the city:
ALBANY, NY (07/17/2012)(readMedia)-- In response to a new report released by Earthworks» Oil & Gas Accountability Project - NYS DEC: Inadequate enforcement guarantees irresponsible oil and gas development (http://enforcement-ny.earthworksaction.org), which questions New York's ability to oversee the state's existing and
proposed gas
drilling operations - Citizens Campaign for the Environment, Environmental Advocates of New York, Catskill Mountainkeeper, Hudson Riverkeeper, Sierra Club - Atlantic Chapter, and Environment New York released the following statement: