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State Assemblyman Billy Jones speaks about road salt legislation signed by the governor earlier this week at Berkeley Green in Saranac Lake December 4.
(Enterprise photo â Aaron Cerbone)
The full details of New York’s 2021-22 budget are not yet fully known, but it includes new funding for environmental protection, including overuse in the Adirondacks.
According to Democratic Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, the budget sets aside $1.55 million to address overuse in the Catskill and Adirondack parks. The budget also includes $300 million for the state Environmental Protection Fund and, if voters approve, $3 billion for the “Restore Mother Nature” Environmental Bond Act to fund environmental restoration projects. This bond act will be on the ballot in the November 2022 general election.