August 6, 2026 – With the recent rains New York has experienced, environmental advocates are calling on New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to sign legislation banning PFAS in drinking water while also raising concerns about algal blooms.
“What New York’s been experiencing, a lot of people, especially in the Hudson Valley, have been calling it thousand-year storms.”
-EANY’s executive director, Vanessa Fajans-Turner
“This is a piece of legislation that we want to put four parts per trillion (4.0 ppt) into statues.”
-EANY’s director of healthy communities, Niamh Moore
