https://www.wshu.org/long-island-news/2024-01-31/ny-clean-water-infrastructure-funding

New York advocates and lawmakers want more money this year for the state’s Clean Water Infrastructure Act. But Governor Kathy Hochul wants to cut spending for the program in half. 

The clean water spending package has received $500 million from the governor and state Legislature every year since 2019. The governor ’s executive budget proposal for this year suggests cutting those funds by 50%.

Adrienne Esposito with the Citizens Campaign for the Environment, along with other advocates, wants the funding increased to $600 million.

“This is a time for us not to turn off the tap to clean water," Esposito said. "We don’t want a drip, drip, drip of clean water funding. We need a flow of funding to address our clean water needs.”