RE: He was always way far Left, he’s a kooky Marxist/statist
Neighboring Pennsylvania has created thousands of jobs and generated hundreds of millions on revenue because they are doing fracking. They have been doing that safely for years.
New York could do it too except for the concern that it could cause pollution. At the turn of the century, a study was made to determine the environmental impact of fracking in New York ( as if PA did not make the study before ). It was studied to death by both the State and the Federal government.
The results of the study were the same — as long as adequate safeguards and reasonable regulations are in place, there would be little impact on the environment.
Then Democratic governor Patterson could have approved fracking but he still wanted MORE STUDIES. So, back to square one.
4 years later, after Andrew Cuomo took over, the study results were the same as the original. So, what did Andrew Cuomo do? HE UNILATERALLY BANNED FRACKING giving as his reason — his concern for the environment ( in contradiction to the results of the many studies ).
Cynthia Nixon or Andrew Cuomo, it does not matter. The results are still going to be the same.
Yes of course, they are both far Left. NY is a sh*thole, it leads the country in people fleeing, taxes, expensive education, poor education results, welfare, fees, red tape, environmental regs, etc.