Sentences with phrase «school drinking water»

Concerns over levels of lead in school drinking water prompted Trumansburg Schools to test its water

U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer will introduce legislation to test school drinking water for lead contamination.

Sen. Charles E. Schumer said Wednesday he would introduce legislation to test school drinking water for lead contamination.

Clean water advocates in upstate New York have set their sights on keeping lead out of school drinking water.

The marathon 20 hours of wheeling and dealing behind closed doors produced votes to approve a last - minute ethics bill, a mandate to test school drinking water supplies for lead, money for SUNY and CUNY, more money and operating flexibility for charter schools, $ 570 million for «supportive housing» for the homeless, and continued state control of the New York Racing Association until October 2017.

At 11:30 a.m., Sen. Tom O'Mara, Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo and advocates discuss their newly amended legislation to require schools to test drinking water for lead, (the Safe School Drinking Water Act), outside LCA Room, 3rd Floor, state Capitol, Albany.

At 11 a.m., amid a growing flood of reports of lead in school drinking water around the state and the country, a coalition of New York public health, environment, and healthy schools advocacy groups will call on state government leaders to take action, LCA Press Room (130), Legislative Office Building, Albany.

Department of Environmental Protection Acting Commissioner Catherine McCabe responds to questions on water infrastructure, asset management, and lead in school drinking water during the Assembly Budget Committee's hearing.

The end of the session that year included agreements for lead testing in school drinking water, backed by Sen. Tom O'Mara, and the enactment of mixed - martial arts legalization, which the Senate had repeatedly passed.

In accordance with New York legislation signed into law on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016, Union - Endicott Central School District began testing school drinking water for possible lead contamination.

And as this recent PBS News Hour report makes clear, lead in school drinking water is hardly a problem confined to Flint, Michigan.

Senate Republican spokesman Scott Reif in a statement knocked Cronin, noting the amount of support backed by Hannon for water quality in the budget, as well as legislation to test for lead in school drinking water.

State lawmakers have held three hearings on water issues over the last several weeks, and Gov. Andrew Cuomo this month signed legislation that would require all schools to test for lead in school drinking water.

Cuomo made the announcement on the mayoral control extension as part of a broader agreement on a range of issues, including an extension of state control of the New York Racing Association, testing for lead in school drinking water and new flexibility for charter schools to allow them to switch to the Board of Trustees of State University of New York for oversight.