Senator mulls state takeover of New York American Water

Alyssa Seidman with The Long Island Herald

Originally published in The Long Island Herald

For his first town hall as a state senator on Feb. 28, Jim Gaughran invited community leaders and local, state and federal lawmakers to discuss New York American Water’s history on the North Shore and possible ways to replace it with a public utility for 4,500 area ratepayers.

“The rates this company has imposed on the community are outrageous,” Gaughran, a Democrat from Northport, said. The goal of the forum, he said, was to “communicate with the public.”

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