IS IT SAFE?
Our current leadership doesn’t care.
Are we willing to gamble with the health and well-being of our families?
By “shelving a plan for a major expansion of wastewater treatment”, the legislators in the majority put our health and our region at risk, while demonstrating an utter lack of faith in Suffolk County’s electorate by denying voters the opportunity to decide the fate of our own water quality.
As Long Islanders, water quality is a tantamount concern for our region, especially as increased levels of nitrogen-based water pollution are impacting our everyday lives. We rely on a solesource aquifer for our drinking water— which means the water we drink is literally underneath us, so any pollution that goes into the ground, goes into our drinking water.
Damming the rivers of our democratic Republic.
Our heritage industries, like fishing and clamming, have been degraded by nitrogen-based water pollution. Massive regional fish kills are occurring with increasingly greater frequency. We’re seeing cancer-linked algal blooms in our bays. Access to our own public parks is being limited by beach closures, which, in turn, has impacted our tourism industry, an industry that employs 100,000 Long Islanders, generates $760 million in state and local tax revenue, and alleviates the cost burden of our taxpayers by bringing external revenue streams into our local economies.
There will be an election this November and clean water will be on the ballot one way or another.
We now have the opportunity to vote for legislative candidates who will bring forth common sense leadership—leadership committed to service, representation, and putting people and public policy before partisan politics. It is time to show the current leadership that we are ready for change, and we will show them at the polls.
Vote Ryan McGarry, for a safer Suffolk County!
Election Day: November 7, 2023
Early Voting: Oct. 28 - Nov. 5
A Record of Inaction from our Current Legislator…
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"Suffolk legislators shelve sewer expansion plan"
Newsday, June 22, 2023
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"Suffolk Legislature Doesn’t Act On Water Quality Referenda"
East End Beacon, July 29, 2023
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"Long Island’s future down the drain due to inaction of Suffolk Legislature"
The Suffolk County News, August 3, 2023
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"Clean water is not a partisan issue, but Republican legislators made it political by tabling a measure to put water quality initiative on the ballot"
Riverhead Local, June 30, 2023
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"Insiders worried Brookhaven landfill ash was hazardous, Covanta's internal records show"
Newsday, October 5, 2023
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"Brookhaven sided with landfill vendor Covanta after whistleblower raised concerns about ash, records show"
Newsday, October 5, 2023
