“..in the watershed”
Only some of it - the area north of 88 (my daughter and son in law live there) is not in the watershed. There is no excuse for Cuomo’s horrible decision. The area is desparate for jobs and struggling in poverty, and Cuomo caters to Manhattan.
My daughter is a nurse and our son in law has diary cows, so they are OK, but many of their neighbors are struggling.
I’m not excusing Cuomo’s decision; I thought I’d explain it. I think he’s a POS (for this and other reasons), and I wish something could restore upstate NY to the glory it once enjoyed.
In-laws from Spain have described the Adirondacks as nicer than anything they’d seen over there; I used to vacation there as a kid.
FWIW, I hope they don’t think casinos are an answer, either; they are a short-term fix that causes long-term problems.