Senator Montgomery and the Senate Democratic Policy Group release report "Protecting Jobs, Health & Our Communities: Enhancing New York’s Superfund in the Age of Trump"

In October 2015, Democratic Conference Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins launched the Democratic Policy Group to develop policy initiatives to serve all New Yorkers. The group, chaired by Senator Daniel Squadron, with Senators George Latimer, Velmanette Montgomery, Kevin S. Parker, and José M. Serrano, works with the entire Democratic Conference to identify and advance practical solutions to the most pressing problems facing New Yorkers today. 

President Trump's 2018 budget proposes draconian cuts to the United States Environmental Protection Agency whose duties include management of the federal Superfund program. This important program protects New Yorkers by removing toxic chemicals from contaminated sites around the state and creates jobs in environmental cleanup and for businesses that can newly operate at sites that have been cleaned up. 

In response to the looming federal cuts, the Senate Democratic Conference has introduced legislation and developed policy recommendations to enhance Superfund and other environmental cleanup programs in New York to create jobs and protect health and communities across the state. 

Senator Montgomery noted "this issue is critically important to my constituents since my district is home to the Gowanus Canal Superfund site. As a consequence of decades of pollution from the illegal dumping of toxic and contaminated industrial waste, the Gowanus Canal is one of the most polluted waterways in our nation. Brooklyn is also home to a second Superfund site located at Newtown Creek. New York must do more to safeguard the health and safety of residents; and ensure that Superfund sites throughout the state are properly remediated."

To learn more, download the Senate Democratic Policy Group report "Protecting Jobs, Health & Our Communities: Enhancing New York’s Superfund in the Age of Trump."