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A multimillion dollar land deal goes before voters in Simsbury on May 4 that asks residents to authorize more than $2.5 million in taxpayer money for the purchase of nearly 300 acres of land, including a spot where Martin Luther King Jr. once worked.
If voters approve the deal, some of the land called “Meadowood” would be kept as working farmland and used for recreation. The deal also would have historical goals: preserving some old barns and housing an exhibit about Martin Luther King Jr., who worked on those old tobacco fields as a teenager for two summers in the 1940s.
FORT MONTGOMERY Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney announced Friday he has introduced legislation to reauthorize the Highlands Conservation Act during an appearance at the Fort Montgomery State Historic Site.
The act protects critical conservation areas in the Mid-Atlantic Highlands region, which includes parts of New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Connecticut. Since 2007, $70 million in funding has been awarded to the four states through the act s grants program, including $20 million to New York.
Senators, including Kirsten Gilibrand of New York, Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, introduced companion legislation in the Senate. We are stewards of the Hudson Valley s environment, and it s our job to preserve New York s great outdoors for our kids and grandkids to enjoy for generations to come, Maloney said.
Maloney Introduces Bipartisan Legislation to Promote Economic Growth, Protect Natural Resources in the Highlands Region Written by Office of Rep. Sean Maloney
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Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (NY-18) visited the Fort Montgomery State Historic Site to announce his introduction of bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the
Highlands Conservation Act, legislation that would supply hundreds of local jobs, promote tourism, preserve historic sites, protect wildlife, and support clean water across the region. U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), along with U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), and Bob Casey (D-Pa.), introduced companion legislation in the Senate.
“We are stewards of the Hudson Valley’s environment, and it’s our job to preserve New York’s great outdoors for our kids and grandkids to enjoy for generations to come,”
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