Environmental Advocates NY Responds to Cuomo’s Executive Budget Proposal

Testimony presented to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee available here.

Clean Water Infrastructure 

The executive budget includes a new $500 million for the Clean Water Infrastructure Act, the third installment of the Governor’s promise to invest an additional $2.5 billion in the CWIA. As has been the case for the past several years, there are no line-item appropriations for the various program categories funded by the CWIA. The program categories, including the Lead Service Line Replacement Program, remained the same.

“We applaud Governor Cuomo for proposing new investments to fix our pipes in the state budget,” said Rob Hayes, Director of Clean Water. “The $500 million in new funding for the Clean Water Infrastructure Act is exactly the economic boost that struggling communities need right now. Repairing our aging and crumbling water infrastructure will both protect drinking water and put thousands of New Yorkers safely back to work in good-paying jobs. The sooner we can get that money out the door, the sooner New York can build back better from the COVID-19 crisis.”

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Source: EANY