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At a press conference on October 1, 2009, Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer, joined by a coalition of elected officials and advocates, announced the launch of Kill the Drill, a campaign to extend the comment period for the State Generic Environmental Impact Statement and to voice opposition to any hydraulic fracturing in the city’s upstate watershed, which supplies 90 percent of New York City’s drinking water. That day, the Borough President asked for Governor David Paterson to hold a public hearing in NYC, which was later scheduled for November 10th at 6:30pm at Stuyvesant High School, 345 Chambers Street. On October 15, the first Kill the Drill Coalition members meeting was held in a packed room at the Borough President’s Office.
Join the growing list of “Kill the Drill” coalition members in calling for an immediate ban on natural gas drilling in New York City’s watershed. The coalition includes Congressmembers Carolyn B. Maloney, Jerrold Nadler, Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum, Public Advocate-elect Bill de Blasio, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, Queens Borough President Helen M. Marshall, State Senators Tom K. Duane, Liz Krueger , Eric T. Schneiderman and Daniel L. Squadron, Assemblymembers Jonathan L. Bing, James F. Brennan, Jeffrey Dinowitz, Deborah J. Glick, Richard N. Gottfried, Brian Kavanagh, Micah Z. Kellner, Rory I. Lancman , Joan L. Mill man and Linda B. Rosenthal, City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, Councilmembers Gale A. Brewer, Leroy Comrie, Daniel R. Garodnick, James F. Gennaro, Jessica S. Lappin, Annabel Palma, Melissa Mark-Viverito and Rosie Mendez, James Vacca, City Councilmember-elect Margaret Chin, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), NYH2O, Just Food, New York Restoration Project (NYRP), Riverkeeper, New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG), CIVITAS, Asian Americans for Equality (AAFE), Upper Green Side, Bowery Alliance of Neighbors, Association of Neighbors on the Upper East Side, Carnegie Hill Neighbors, Defenders of the Historic Upper East Side, 83rd-84th St. Block Association, 86th Street Association, Historic Districts Council, 78th Street Block Association (Park/Lex and Lex/Third), 79th Street Neighborhood Association, Grass-Roots, Historic Neighborhood Enhancement Alliance, and several Manhattan Community Boards.
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