In 2021 New York state voters approved an amendment to the state constitution.
The Green Amendment guarantees citizens the right to clean air, clean water
and a healthful environment.
This summer the Suffolk Legislature refused to put a public referendum on this
November’s ballot to create an eighth of a penny sales tax to fund new septic
systems and to consolidate the county’s 27 sewer districts.
The nonprofit environmental organizations Save the Sound, Group for the East
End, and Peconic Baykeeper have told the Suffolk Legislature that failure to take
meaningful action to address nitrogen pollution resulting from outdated
and inadequate septic systems violates the Green Amendment.
Francesca Rheannon spoke with Bob Deluca of Group for the East End this week.
more info:
groupfortheeastend.org
