No Greatness for New York Without Clean Water

NY faces a $36 Billion backlog in spending for clean water infrastructure
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New York faces a $36 Billion water treatment spending backlog

Invest in clean water, Governor.

Riverkeeper couldn’t agree more. The Governor’s own environmental agency calls our failure to invest adequately in water infrastructure a “gathering storm” and a “crisis.” The Times Union warns that we are looking more and more like homeowners who are letting the roof fall in rather than making necessary repairs.

Governor Cuomo needs to give New York’s communities the help they so desperately need to solve the State’s water infrastructure crisis, when he releases his budget proposal on Tuesday. It will create jobs and it will protect the investment we’ve all made in our communities. It will improve our quality of life and protect our natural heritage.

To put it bluntly: there is no greatness in New York’s future without clean water.

Governor Cuomo: whether you do it for the jobs it would create or to protect our quality of life and natural resources, we’re counting on you to “go big” on clean water investments, in Tuesday’s budget plan.