This is all about the “de-industrialization” of the Hudson River.
There is a free flowing, large river all the way up to (at least) Albany.
But the powers that be would rather see them become a suburb of NYC jobs.
I wonder if it has anything to do with the changes planned for what you could buy with SNAP. It could effect sales in such a way to make sugar less profitable if it’s banned from food stamps.
New York has been pro criminal and anti business for decades now.