NYC Department of Environmental Protection
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010 - 10:36 am
We've been following the escalating dispute between Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and local officials over five upstate hospitals and nursing homes that have been fined for flushing drugs down the drain. Here's a timeline of the controversy with links to... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010 - 8:54 pm
Delaware County Board of Supervisors chairman Jim Eisel submitted a grievance today to the Watershed Protection and Partnership Council.
**Update: It has come to our attention that the letter below is a draft.
***Update 2: The county has sent it to the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010 - 2:18 pm
Flanked by local officials at the offices of the Catskill Watershed Corporation, State Senator John Bonacic and Assemblyman Clifford Crouch call on Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to fire watershed inspector general Philip Bein. (Left to right: Hamden... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010 - 7:24 pm
Gov. David Paterson may be calling for a state land-buying moratorium, but the DEP's watershed land acquisition program marches on. From a department press release yesterday:
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has submitted... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jan. 11, 2010 - 1:18 pm
The New York Daily News editorial department doesn't want natural-gas drilling in the New York City watershed. Really, really doesn't want it.
Absolutely, positively and inscribed in stone, Gov. Paterson must bar any thought of putting the city water... Read more
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