A group of activists held a demonstration outside the Garden City Park office of Sen. Jack Martins, R-Mineola, on Friday afternoon to urge support of a statewide ban on hydraulic fracturing.
The group Food and Water Watch delivered a petition with over 1,700 signatures to Martins’ office, asking him to co-sponsor legislation to ban the dangerous gas-drilling process.
"Senator Martins' constituents are sending him a clear message that they want him to support a ban on fracking in New York," said Sam Bernhardt, Long Island Organizer for Food & Water Watch, a national consumer advocacy group. "Long Island needs Senator Martins to be a leader in protecting us from fracking threats to our water, air, and food."
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