“It is going to be a challenging year,” Governor Andrew Cuomo said in the annual address to lawmakers.
Lake Ontario flooding
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New York to sue IJC over lake levels
The state’s Department of Environmental Conservation plans to sue the International Joint Commission for failing to properly manage water levels on Lake Ontario. Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the lawsuit Wednesday afternoon to a crowd of reporters and local public officials on the deck of Silk O’Loughlin’s in Irondequoit, overlooking the water. “The facts of the matter are […]
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Questions and protests as Lake Ontario’s levels rise
Homeowners and businesses on Lake Ontario are facing the second round of destructive flooding in three years. The lake rose to record springtime peaks in 2017, but the levels this May and June have been even higher.
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IJC, finally with quorum, faces the Great Lakes’ high water
The International Joint Commission, the joint U.S.-Canadian body that helps determine regulatory decisions about the Great Lakes, hasn’t had a quorum since late last year. Now it does, and a main focus will be the lakes’ flooding.
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Feedback 5/15
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The water’s everywhere – not solely in our lake
In late April, 6,000 people in the Montreal area had to be evacuated. Late last week, another 3,000 were forced out.
