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The pols’ two-part bill would end the sunset clause on the original bill to protect the bay, so it would be permanent law in New York State instead of being voted on every two years.
By Forum Staff
Earlier this month Governor Cuomo once again vetoed a bill sponsored by State Sen. Joe Addabbo, Jr. and Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (both D-Howard Beach) aimed at increasing the standard of dredging materials that is placed into Jamaica Bay’s burrow pits.
According to Addabbo and Pheffer Amato, the two-part bill would end the sunset clause on the original bill to protect the bay, so it would be permanent law in New York State instead of being voted on every two years. It also seeks to change the criteria for filling the Jamaica Bay borrow pits to comply with federal Ocean Dumping Act criteria.
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