New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is facing the wrath of environmentalists today following the news that he "raided" the state's clean water fund to help pay for the replacement for the Tappan Zee Bridge.
"More than $500 million was taken from New York’s water quality program
meant to protect the environmental health of the Hudson River estuary.
The Cuomo Administration says that the money is a loan between the two
quasi-state agencies, and will be repaid."
Link to AlterNet article on Cuomo's decision: http://www.alternet.org/new-york-raids-clean-water-funding-pay-broke-bridge-project
New Yorkers know the importance of this fund to ensuring the safety of the watershed that provides water for NYC's 9 million residents. The Watershed Agreement is a partnership between NYC and communities in the Catskills and the Delaware River Basin to protect the 125 mile area of the watershed, which is maintained through sewage management, sustainable farming practices, limits on development.
How many areas do know of that pay communities upstream to not pollute the water?
Historian and public policy expert David Soll calls NYC’s water supply system, "one of the largest, largely unfiltered municipal water supply systems on the planet." His book Empire of Water canbe found at: http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=80140100180740
Here's a link to the NYC Memorandum of Agreement on the protection of the watershed: http://www.dos.ny.gov/watershed/nycmoa.html
Link to AlterNet article on Cuomo's decision: http://www.alternet.org/new-york-raids-clean-water-funding-pay-broke-bridge-project
New Yorkers know the importance of this fund to ensuring the safety of the watershed that provides water for NYC's 9 million residents. The Watershed Agreement is a partnership between NYC and communities in the Catskills and the Delaware River Basin to protect the 125 mile area of the watershed, which is maintained through sewage management, sustainable farming practices, limits on development.
How many areas do know of that pay communities upstream to not pollute the water?
Historian and public policy expert David Soll calls NYC’s water supply system, "one of the largest, largely unfiltered municipal water supply systems on the planet." His book Empire of Water canbe found at: http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=80140100180740
Here's a link to the NYC Memorandum of Agreement on the protection of the watershed: http://www.dos.ny.gov/watershed/nycmoa.html
