Abrahm Lustgarten/ProPublica:
New York State Paves Way
for Gas Drilling With
Release of Environmental Review

Nornew knew it all along; do the citizens of New York State?
See also the New York Times:
State Issues Rules on Upstate Natural Gas Drilling Near City’s Water
The DEC could not allow a ban on horizontal drilling / high-volume hydraulic fracturing for natural gas in the Catskill/Delaware Watershed (also known as the NYC watershed) without admitting that HD/HVHF for natural gas is fundamentally unsafe – everywhere else in the state too.
New York City, if you want to protect your water,
you’re going to have to join
the fight to ban HD/HVHF statewide.
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>> Come together, New York <<
http://www.un-naturalgas.org/hydraulic_fracturing_a-z.htm#NYCs%20water