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The New York State Department of Health will conduct a new and expanded health study in Bethpage, more than a decade after an analysis found cancer rates surrounding Grumman’s toxic dumping ground did not surpass expected levels.
The agency announced Monday it will carry out a retrospective observational evaluation that pores over updated data from the New York State Cancer Registry over the next six months. Answering calls from elected officials, the new study will expand the geographic area targeted in a 2013 report and report on trends in cancer rates over time.
By The Editorial Board
We've been down this runway before.
Six years ago, when residents of North Shore neighborhoods complained of aircraft noise due to the Kennedy Airport flight patterns, Rep. Tom Suozzi worked with the Federal Aviation Administration and air traffic control personnel to develop new regulations that would reduce noise and improve his constituents' quality of life.
Now, he and other local elected officials are right back in the same flight pattern.
Some Nassau County residents are complaining about being bombarded with noise from low-flying planes after a group of elected officials said the Federal Aviation Administration abandoned a plan that had curbed the racket by changing flight procedures at Kennedy Airport’s main arrival runways.
Glen Cove, NY - On Tuesday, Congressman Tom Suozzi (D - Long Island, Queens) was joined by Eric Swenson, Executive Director of the Hempstead Harbor Protection Committee, along with local elected officials and volunteers delivering 80 crates of “spat-on-shell” oysters to be planted along Nassau County’s north shore of the Long Island Sound. These 1 million oysters will not only help revive the area’s shellfishing tradition but will help further cleanse the harbor’s water.
Washington, DC - On Monday evening, Congressman Tom Suozzi (D - Long Island, Queens) hailed the bipartisan passage of H.R. 5441, a bill that reauthorizes Long Island Sound Programs until 2028. The bipartisan bill, passed by a vote of 333 to 51, was cosponsored by Suozzi and reauthorizes the Environmental Protection Agency's Long Island Sound programs through 2028.
Glen Cove, New York – Today, Congressman Tom Suozzi announced he has secured 8 local community initiatives as part of the federal budget. These projects, which will have real-life impacts on lives on New Yorkers, represents Suozzi’s commitment to delivering to the people of New York.
Funding for these projects come as the U.S. House of Representatives passed a Federal Budget which will help New York families and create jobs across the state.
Congressman Tom Suozzi announced he helped pass a Defense Spending Budget that provides an increase of over a hundred million dollars in funding for the Federal program that support clean-up of the Navy Grumman Plume. This money, which will go to the Navy Environmental Restoration Account, will increase to $465,550,000. It was previously at $355,000,000. This increase in funding means the Navy Grumman Plume, will have access to millions more in Federal Funding due to Suozzi’s career-long efforts of putting environmental cleanup front and center.
Today, Congressman Tom Suozzi (D-NY), Co-chair of the Long Island Sound Caucus, held a virtual press conference to announce that New York Third’s Congressional District will receive nearly $3 million in matching federal grants for projects to preserve and protect the Long Island Sound.
Today, Congressman Tom Suozzi (D-Long Island, Queens) introduced bicameral legislation with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) that would create a powerful new incentive to recycle plastic, and to help end the flood of plastic waste that is overwhelming vital ecosystems and threatening public health.
Today, Congressman Suozzi (D-Long Island, Queens) issued the following statement on the consent decree announced by the New York State DEC regarding the Navy Grumman Plume:
“This is a big victory for the people of Bethpage and for all of the people south of Bethpage that have been threatened by this plume for decades. I will continue to work with Bethpage and the surrounding water districts to ensure that the responsible parties follow through and that the funding is in place so they can continue to provide safe drinking water to all residents.”