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SERVING NEWBURGH AND NEW WINDSOR
More PFAs in Washington Lake
SNUG starts
back up in
the City of
Newburgh
By KATELYN CORDERO
[email protected]
Scott Rice (c) Lt. Gen. Director of the Air National Guard, and John Henderson (r), Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Air Force speak to
residents at the Newburgh Armory Unity Center on Thursday, April 18 in the wake of another contamination by Atlantic Aviation at
Stewart International Airport.
By KATELYN CORDERO
[email protected]
The Department of Defense held
another town hall-style meeting at
the Newburgh Armory Unity Center
on Thursday, April 18 in the wake of
another contamination by Atlantic
Aviation at Stewart International
Airport. The recent contamination was
not by the Department of Defense, but
it continues the discussions of how to
remove and stop the use spread of PFOS
and PFOA in the watershed.
In a recent test conducted by the
City of Newburgh’s environmental
consultant, it was discovered the C6
Aqueous Fire Fighting Foam released
on April 13 into Silver Stream does
contain high levels of PFOS and PFOA.
The New York State Department
of Environmental Conservation (DEC)
assured residents that the new C6 foam
was environmentally friendly, however,
the study conducted by the City of
Newburgh proves otherwise.
“These sample results show that the
AFF contaminated runoff released by
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The SNUG program will make its
return to the City of Newburgh with
$200,000 in state funding to keep the
program running for the year. Senator
James Skoufis announced the programs
return to the city outside RECAP Inc.
The organization that will implement the
SNUG program.
SNUG, simply guns spelled backward,
is a grassroots organization that takes
volunteers and workers into communities
to prevent shooting and violence within a
community. The money will be used to
hire staff and create job opportunities for
members of the community, as well as to
fund rallies, block parties and barbecues
within the community.
“It is imperative that the City of
Newburgh is empowered by programs
like SNUG that share a mission of
keeping community members safe,” said
Skoufis. “The state has long been missing
in action when it comes to assisting the
people of Newburgh with basic quality of
life matters; residents have historically
been left to fend for themselves. Those
days are over and this anti-violence
funding is the first of many steps I’ve
taken to engage the state like it’s never
been engaged before.”
The organization was in the city two
years ago but had to close down due to
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