State Sen. George Borrello, R-Sunset Bay, discusses S.6191 on the Senate floor on Monday.
State Sen. George Borrello, seeing a tool in his fight against industrial wind turbines in undeveloped areas, is backing an effort to increase land conservation in New York state.
S.6191 was passed Monday in the state Senate by a 54-8 vote with Borrello voting in favor. The Sunset Bay Republican had planned to vote against the proposal but was swayed after a lengthy discussion on the Senate floor with Sen. Todd Kaminsky, D-Rockville Center and sponsor of the legislation.
“I’m going to do something I haven’t done before, based on Senator Kaminsky’s honesty on this, I would like to change my vote from no to yes because I believe him and I believe that the things we discussed today will be the goals and the standards we will set to ensure that the industrialization of Upstate New York does not happen as a result of this bill. Sen. Kaminsky, thank you very much.”
State Sen. George Borrello, R-Sunset Bay, discusses S.6191 on the Senate floor on Monday.
State Sen. George Borrello, seeing a tool in his fight against industrial wind turbines in undeveloped areas, is backing an effort to increase land conservation in New York state.
S.6191 was passed Monday in the state Senate by a 54-8 vote with Borrello voting in favor. The Sunset Bay Republican had planned to vote against the proposal but was swayed after a lengthy discussion on the Senate floor with Sen. Todd Kaminsky, D-Rockville Center and sponsor of the legislation.
“I’m going to do something I haven’t done before, based on Senator Kaminsky’s honesty on this, I would like to change my vote from no to yes because I believe him and I believe that the things we discussed today will be the goals and the standards we will set to ensure that the industrialization of Upstate New York does not happen as a result of this bill. Sen. Kaminsky, thank you very much.”