New York City – Today, Senator Liz Krueger released the following statement regarding the decision by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to approve the Water Quality Certificate for the controversial Northeast Supply Enhancement (NESE) pipeline:

“Just days after an election in which voters across New York and the country made clear that affordability is their top concern, it is simply perverse that New York State will be saddling gas ratepayers with billions of dollars in costs for a dirty fracked gas pipeline that is completely unnecessary and an environmental nightmare. This is the exact same project that was rejected by the DEC on three previous occasions. There is no reason to waste New Yorkers' money and lock us into a dirty, expensive, fossil fueled future that only benefits Donald Trump and his billionaire Big Oil donors. This is not how you stand up for New York ratepayers.”