Sentences with phrase «upstate water crisis»
Last week the Assembly announced they would hold two hearings on the upstate water crisis going on in Rensselaer County and just days later the U.S. Congress announced they were requesting documents from the Cuomo administration and the EPA over their handling of the matter.
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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.
Congress has launched a federal investigation into the water - contamination crisis in upstate Hoosick Falls — with members demanding answers from Gov. Cuomo's administration.
By Jesse McKinley ALBANY — For the second time in two weeks, New York State Department of Health officials sought to blame the Environmental Protection Agency for a contaminated water crisis in upstate New York, saying on Wednesday that they were confused and hamstrung by changing federal standards on perfluorooctanoic acid, a toxic chemical known as PFOA.
State health officials do not seem especially eager to field questions about the ongoing water contamination crisis in Hoosick Falls and other upstate towns.
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.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration has long blamed federal guidelines for hampering its response to an upstate village's water - contamination crisis and accused the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of sowing confusion.