COAST GUARD: HUDSON RIVER ANCHORAGE PROPOSAL OFF THE TABLE LOHUD, MURPHY ETAL

LOHUD 3/13/18 VIDEO State Sen. Terrence Murphy talks about the public hearings he plans to hold on the proposed Hudson River anchorages. AND ARTICLE The Coast Guard has scuttled a plan to allow new commercial shipping anchorages along the Hudson River — but environmental advocates say the fight is not over. The Coast Guard says it has suspended the proposal for 10 new areas where commercial ships, mostly oil tankers, can drop anchor stretching from Yonkers to Kingston. It did not, however, close the door on a similar proposal in the future. READ MORE HERE

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*Senator Murphy https://www.nysenate.gov/calendar/events/terrence-murphy/october-19-2016/senators-murphy-serino-amedore-larkin-and-carlucci  *Riverkeeper http://www.riverkeeper.org/campaigns/river-ecology/anchorages/  *2016, Mayor Schmidt, Anderson etal join non partisan coalition to oppose anchorages http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2016/08/schmidt-anderson-join-nonpartisan.html