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Article: QUALITY OF OUR LIVES WORTH COST.(PERSPECTIVE)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- October 20, 1996
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Byline: CAROL ASH AND ROBERT BENDICK
The Environmental Bond Act that goes before New York state's voters in November will, if approved, provide funding for much-needed clean water, clean air, land conservation and waste site cleanup activities. But it can do even more than that.
The bond proposal comes at the right time and includes the right combination of projects to help revitalize New York state's economy and the quality of life based firmly upon the state's history and upon the underlying character of the landscape.
In 1824, New York Gov. DeWitt Clinton poured water from Lake Erie into New York Harbor to mark the official completion of the ...