Comments over the planned releases included Hurley Town Board members on Monday, when they described the plan as a return to periods in 2010-2011 and 2011-2012.
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âThe entire Esopus Creek becomes uninhabitable,â Councilman Michael Boms said. âIt kills all the fish there. Thereâs a lot of complaints downstream when they do that. . This happened in 2010 and there was a big fight in Ulster County (with) New York City, and New York Cityâs response was âwe donât care.ââ
City spokesman Adam Bosch was not available for an interview to discuss the local concerns, but submitted an email to the Freeman explaining that the releases were based both on heavy rain over the Christmas holiday and the Catskill Aqueduct shutdown for repairs.