New York Department of Environmental Conservation

A law signed by Governor Kathy Hochul last week gives the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation until 2024 to come up with a new set of rules for the commercial harvest of all types of crabs. They can impose new size, catch and possession limits and restrict seasonal harvests.

State officials said drone footage showed no “visible impact” of gasoline on the Mill River or waters downstream from the containment area on Long Island.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says he wants the U.S. Navy and Northrop Grumman to pay for the cost of treating polluted groundwater on Long Island.A…

The environmental group Long Island Soundkeepers is suing New York State’s Department of Environmental Conservation, and the company that runs Long…

A report card released today by an environmental group gives Connecticut and New York pretty good grades for their efforts to reduce the amount of…