Withdraw DOH "review" and Draft SGEIS personal letters

Personalized Letters Sent to Governor Cuomo Requesting That Both the DOH “Review” and the Draft SGEIS be Halted

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natural gas

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Susan I. I write today because I moved from Long Island to Central New York to get away from industry and pollution. My husband and I built a log cabin on a hill in the woods of Tully and we couldn't be happier. Ten years ago helicopters flew directly over my home repetitively day after day. (as my newborn and night-shift-police officer husband attempted to sleep). Men walked the woods all over town setting off devices that indicated where the natural gas is located. I have no proof...but days after this seismic testing our well went dry. We now have a new well. Do we REALLY know all that hydraulic fracturing will do to our lives? We rely on our leaders to protect us from what we, the people, can't prove on our own. Please protect New York's nature, beauty and most of all clean environment.

I request that you maintain New York's Marcellus Shale gas extraction moratorium until your Acting Department of Health (DOH) Commissioner, Dr. Howard Zucker, completes a comprehensive Public Health Impact Study of High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing (HVHF).

maintain hydro-fracking moratorium

Dear Governor Cuomo:

Congratulations on your re-election. At this time I am writing to you to express my concerns about the dangers to the public and environment that are inherent in hydro-fracking and to request that you maintain New York's Marcellus Shale gas extraction moratorium until your Acting Department of Health (DOH) Commissioner, Dr. Howard Zucker, completes a comprehensive Public Health Impact Study of High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing (HVHF). I request that you make sure NYS's DOH does the most thorough studies and reviews possible on the effects of hydro-fracking as it relates to the public health and make public all health related studies on hydro-fracking. NYS should have the most thorough reviews of the effects of hydraulic-fracturing in the nation from the NYS DOH. The proposed DOH Public Health Impact Study must acknowledge the shortcoming of the revised SGEIS as far as protecting the public and the environment from harm.

In order to make sure that shale gas fracturing does not endanger public health in New York, the proposed DOH Public Health Impact Study must fulfill Commissioner Martens' mandates and require formal public participation, including: 1) written public notice of the intent/scope of the Study; 2) at least a 30-day public comment period to afford ample opportunity for public review and comment and 3) at least one public hearing to allow interested parties to testify about how the DOH Public Health Impact Study should be conducted.

Furthermore, please think about making the wisest use of NYS's natural resources including water resources. Hydro-fracking consumes and pollutes millions of gallons of water beyond any future use. Our state, nation and the world cannot suffer the loss of such a finite resource.

Thank you for the opportunity to express these pressing concerns.

Respectfully yours,

Deborah A. J

hydrofracking issue

Dear Governor Cuomo:

I want to make sure that we have done the most thorough review possible, especially when it comes to public health concerns and an old, refurbished review of the regs on fracking just isn't up to modern, New York caliber standards. The state needs to start over with a bona fide study.

A: The broad spectrum of toxic and persistent pollutants generated by HVHF activities;

B: The environmental fate and transport mechanisms associated with the toxic and persistent pollutants generated by HVHF activities;

C: Known and potential public exposures to toxic and persistent HVHF pollutants, including: contaminant concentrations; exposure duration; an assessment of all potential public health consequences; and

D: Whether the Draft SGEIS adequately safeguards public health from HVHF toxic pollution threats.

Please note that more than 5,000 signatories to five major coalition letters request that you immediately put on-hold completion of your DOH Review of HVHF. Those signatories include Assembly and State Senate Representatives, local government officials, civic and environmental groups and concerned citizens.

It would be irresponsible of you to permit shale gas extraction in New York based on a fatally flawed DOH Review conducted completely in secret and originally involving only 25 hours of work by three outside consultants.

Until your Acting Health Commissioner Dr. Zucker completes the comprehensive Public Health Impact Study outlined herein in fulfillment of your DEC Commissioner's own mandates, I request that you withhold adoption of a Final SGEIS and refrain from permitting any shale gas extraction in New York.

Thank you for your consideration.

Yours very truly,

Ilse F

Fracking & Breast Cancer

Dear Governor Cuomo:

Congratulations on your win. I followed with interest your support of the women's party. Because of this, I am sure you will be interested to learn of the connections between fracking and breast cancer.

In the name of women's health,I request that you maintain New York's Marcellus Shale gas extraction moratorium until your Acting Department of Health (DOH) Commissioner, Dr. Howard Zucker, completes a comprehensive Public Health Impact Study of High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing (HVHF).

Maintain the Moratorium

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Nancy L. I write today because I live in the Southern Tier of NY and I fear for my home and the planet. Our representatives who push for fracking do not represent everyone in the area. They do accept money from the gas companies, which makes their motives more than suspect. I fully endorse this letter and look to you to show that you care about our health, our homes and our property values. Please do not make decisions that provide short term boom and bust results while forever damaging the state we love. You will never be forgiven for that when we become trapped in our once safe and beautiful home areas. Our local "gain" in the eyes of those who stand to profit cannot trump Climate Change and the need for safe alternatives that are sustainable.

My vote depends on clean water

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Mary G. I write today because I am deeply concerned about the risk of fracking to clean drinking water throughout the state. My vote will go to a leader who prioritizes the clean air and water that we all need to survive over the short term lure of fossil fuel income. Please be that leader.

Concerns applicable to my choice of candidates

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Gloria B. I write today because of my concerns about the devastating effects fracking could have in our beautiful state, should you allow it to proceed

Keep fracking moratouium until public health study completed!

Dear Governor Cuomo:

I am writing to request that you maintain New York's Marcellus Shale gas extraction moratorium until your Acting Department of Health (DOH) Commissioner, Dr. Howard Zucker, completes a comprehensive Public Health Impact Study of High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing (HVHF).

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Scott F

Fracking must not be decided by secretive health and 5-year old environmental studies

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Daniel S. I write today because Shale Fracking for Natural gas in New Yor State must not be undertaken without a public, open, examination. The current plan, to make a decisoin based on a secretive investigation of health and ecolological impacts, based on a 5-year old plan that does not reflect a huge amount of experience with fracking issues, is not sensible, and does not fairly represent the interest of New Yorkers.

Request to Maintain the Moratorium on Extracting Marcellus Shale Gas

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is John J. I write today because we need you to ban or, at least, suspend your decision to permit fracking Marcellus Shale gas in NY.

Vote or Not to Vote re HydroFracking

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Kara E and I write you today because as a registered Republican who is concermed for NY's water and overall enviornment I believe that I may have made a mistake in voting for you. Your disregard for the evidence that has mounted against fracking is discouraging. I believed that you as a Democrat who has concerns for the environment and a Father of three girls one with my first name would be more concerned for his family now and for furture generations would have already done the common sense thing to withdraw the DOH "Health Review" and the Draft SGEIS because they are both based on irrelevant, out of date information and there has not been any meaningful opportunity for the public to participate and on top of that the studies conducted by people with respected credentials with no ties to the oil or gas industry show Fracking is not good for our environment.

As pointed out to me one of the world's greatest problems is a shortage or lack of water. New York state is blessed with an abundance of clean water. It belongs to generations to come. Please do not endanger it for short-sighted profits. Their are more negatives to the positives to Fracking.

It has been strongly recommended to me from Preserve Ramapo NOT to Vote for YOU this election (tomorrow). I was very surprised to see that coming from more Democratic group.

Please, I request that you maintain New York's Marcellus Shale gas extraction moratorium until your Acting Department of Health (DOH) Commissioner, Dr. Howard Zucker, completes a comprehensive Public Health Impact Study of High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing (HVHF).

I believe in U

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Patricia H. I write today because I'm concerned about saving our environment; OUR Planet. Hydro- fracking is the dirtiest, most toxic ways to our environment. Natural gas may be clean, but the way of getting it; hydro-fracking is worse chemical cocktail for our environment.

FRACK POSITION

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Daniel D, E. I write today because of the continued waffling of your administration to take a firm stand on the issue of fracking and wish for your administration to abide by the peoples long term health of the State There is still time for you to clarify your position. The 6:00 o'clock news can air your clarified position persuading millions to vote for your reelection.

Fracking in New York State

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Eileen P, and I am a New York State resident. I write today because I am very concerned about protecting our environment, as well as the health and the property values of our citizens.

PHIS of HV Hydraulic Fracturing

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Robert N. I write today because clean water is our most valuable resource.

Environment

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Cherry R. I write today because I want us all to avoid the terrible mistake of allowing shale fracking in New York.

NO MORE GAS WELLS - NO FRACKING

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Patricia D. F. I write today because _I fear what gas drilling and fracking will do to our enivironment. It has been proven both medically and scientifically to be harmful to people and animals.

maintain New York's Marcellus Shale gas extraction moratorium

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Neill. I write today because I feel very strongly about the environment, especially water quality.

Keeping New Yorkers Safe and Healthy

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Maude R . I write today because I oppose fracking and I oppose the inadequate Public Health Impact Study.

Insure public safety and health in the face of shale fracking in NY State

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Nancy S. I write today because I am very concerned about the safety of shale fracking in our state. The requests below should insure that all hazards are fully addressed and that the best decision for our future public health is made .

Comprehensive Public Health Impact Study of High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Mary J. L. I write today because (see below).

No fracking

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Maggie D. I write today because I am very concerned that you will allow cracking in New York.

Marcellus Shale Gas Extraction

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Mary P-M. I write today because _I believe that we must protect the beautiful environment of New York and the health of our people and peer reviewed studies have shown that high volume hydraulic fracturing is a danger to both.

Do not frack in NY State

Dear Governor Cuomo:

I am Vicki F. of Beacon, NY . I write today because I don't want New York's watershed to be contaminated by fracking.

HVHF Health Concerns

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Olivia V. I write today because I remain highly concerned about negative human and environmental health impacts related to Fracking, and transparency regarding all the chemical substances involved.

maintain NY Marcellus Shale gas extraction moratorium

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Anne H. I write today because I fear for the water supply and well being of current and future generations of New Yorkers.

Public Health Impact Study of HVHF

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Heide S-H. I write today because you announced a decision on Fracking by the end of the year.

Continue the Moratorium on "Fracking" in New York State

Dear Governor Cuomo:

I am writing to you because I believe that allowing gas & oil companies to exploit & ravage our region for profit and without any clear imperative for benefiting either NY State or the country is unacceptable. These companies are poised to extract as much gas as possible for EXPORT where the gas prices are more favorable.

Ban Fracking Now

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Joan D. I write today because we need a ban on fracking.

Maintain the Moratorium

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Duane D. I write today because I am concerned about my children's future and the futures of the children I teach .

Fracking

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Gene P. I write today because fracking must not be allowed.

NYS Marcellus Shale Gas Extraction Moratorium

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Lou S. I write today because _I want to implore you to review all the last 5 years of largely environmentally harmful data that has accumulated regarding the impacts of high volume hydraulic fracturing in the Marcellus Shale in PA, OH and other states in our region and the rest of the nation. We have much to learn from these results which need to be taken into account before lifting our extraction moratorium in NYS. In fact, I believe that the facts do and will show that such extraction technologies as currently practised are harmful to human health, and the environment.

No Fracking in New York

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Matthew M. I write today because I want to express my opinion on Fracking in New York State.

URGENT REQUEST

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Brenda W. I'm writing to say that it seems that everything we hear about how you are handling the Hydraulic Fracturing issue comes up very very short to say the least. I see New York State's reputation being threatened along with our health, our safety, and our quality of life. How offensive and disappointing it is to have helped vote you into office, see you ignore your constituents in favor of the big gas companies, and then have to take that vote away this time. If either fracking is not banned or the request below is not officially honored before I vote then I will be voting for Howie Hawkins. What a shame this all is.

Again, I request that you maintain New York's Marcellus Shale gas extraction moratorium until your Acting Department of Health (DOH) Commissioner, Dr. Howard Zucker, completes a comprehensive Public Health Impact Study of High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing (HVHF).

Thank you for your consideration. I look forward to your prompt reply to my request.

Yours very truly,

Brenda W

fracking and human future

Dear Governor Cuomo:

I am a Democrat, and I vote, but I will not be voting for you this year, though I have in the past. I have become completely disillusioned by your treatment of Marcellus Shale gas extraction, and Mr. Hawkins is my candidate. There are many of us who are far to the left of you. You have left us plenty of room.

Maintain moratorium till Public Health Impact Study of HVHF is complete.

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Carolyn F. and I just voted for you. I request that you maintain New York's Marcellus Shale gas extraction moratorium until your Acting Department of Health (DOH) Commissioner, Dr. Howard Zucker, completes a comprehensive Public Health Impact Study of High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing (HVHF).

Fracking in New York State

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Barbara H. I write today because I am very concerned about your position on fracking. I voted for you to get you into this office you hold and now unless you state that you will ban fracking in this beautiful state then I will vote for Howie Hawkins. I did vote for Zephyr Teachout in the primary because she promised to ban fracking. Our state deserves a clean environment. Please do not let this opportunity pass for you to be a green governor and encourage solar and wind power along with other green initiatives. Please let the review process be more transparent and open to the public eye.

FRACK OFF!!!!

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Lori Jo S. I write today because I do not want fracking in NY.

your election

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Susan G. I write today because of my concerns about your " scientific" investigations of fracking and the health and safety of New YOrkers. I am also trying to decide today if I should vote for you or for the candidate who is opposed to fracking ( mr. Hawkins).

Continue shale fracking moratorium

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Laurie G. I write today because I am convinced that further shale fracking will be destroying so much of the habitable environment for centuries to come.

FRACKING NEW YORK

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Carl R. I write today because New York State has still not banned hydro fracking. I live in New York Ciity, and I do not want my water supply endangered to feed the coffers of wealthy oil barons.

NO to Hydrofracking in NY!

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is James H. I write today because I am very concerned about your recent announcement that your Department of Health review of hydrofracturing may near completion by the end of 2014.

Stop do not risking our precious water for tracking

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is E. Louisp P, MD. I write today because my concern for your considering risking our future water supply for many generations-the most important chemical for all animals including humans for a relatively brief period of fracking.

Act with Human Devotion - Water A Human Requirement for Life

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Wolfgang R. I write today because your actions both now and in the near future will define the health and well being of every New Yorker who require fresh clean water to sustain human life. Considere, why the results of the current methodlogy for High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing using an unknown set of chemicals is known to leave its imprint on the water it touches and makes it a problem for human consumption and a burden to our society that it requires water treatment. Ask yourself, at what cost does this make sence and who will ultimately have to bear the cost.

Not One Well!

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Diane M. I write today because I want to make sure that NOT ONE HVHF WELL will ever be allowed in New York State. Our family has had a home for six generations in the town of SANFORD in BROOME COUNTY. We will not stand idle in the face of TOXIC TRESPASS on our lake, our farms, our children, and our community by corporations that have shown such disregard for our neighbors across the border in Pennsylvania. I have visited homes not 50 miles from ours where people can't drink water or shower safely in their own homes. It's a travesty!

Fracking in New York state

Dear Governor Cuomo:

Our names are Jill & Les L. We write today because we love this state, and it's clean water, fabulous FInger Lakes, fishing, swimming, clean air and we live in extreme fear of what fracking is going to do to ruin all we hold dear .

We request that you maintain New York's Marcellus Shale gas extraction moratorium until your Acting Department of Health (DOH) Commissioner, Dr. Howard Zucker, completes a comprehensive Public Health Impact Study of High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing (HVHF).

Don't Frack in NY

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Dawn N. I write today because I am a little tired of fracking being a constant debate in this state. We have nothing left in central NY but our clean water, and even that is debatable where I live.

Listen to your constituents!

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Charleen H. I write today because I do not want NY state to go the same way as my former home state of PA .

Keep the Shale Fracking Moratorium, Abandon the secret DoH fracking review

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Karen S. I write today because I am frightened and distressed that the shale fracking moratorium might be lifted without an appraisal of recent fracking studies and without public input. Fracking is inherently dangerous in that it risks polluting ground water, air, and continues the nation's destructive dependence on fossil fuels.

Maintain the New York Shale Gas Fracking Moratorium

Dear Governor Cuomo:

I'm Dave R, and I live in the Finger Lakes area, an area known for its water, its wine, its recreation, its agriculture, some low-tech industries, and some high-tech industries. I write today because that area is threatened by shale fracking. But shale fracking effects go well beyond our area. Just like tar sands oil, fracked gas production is a technique that is a leaky, dirty technique whose production and eventual combustion release many times more pollutants and greenhouse gases than oil and gas extracted from traditional wells. So if you, Governor Cuomo, allow fracking to occur at all in the Southern Tier and Finger Lakes or anywhere in New York State, the pollution will affect ALL of New York, ALL of the United States, and ALL of earth. Air, water, and soil will be polluted because leakages, spills, accidents, radiation, polluted injection water, undisclosed injection chemicals, greenhouse effects, earthquakes, and undoubtedly other yet-to-be-linked effects accompany fracking. Determining the health effects to humans, plants, animals, and other living organisms will require a comprehensive public health impact study, not the review your office has tried to substitute for the respectable, thorough, independent, open, professionally-conducted public health impact study that is needed to protect New Yorkers from this relatively new technique which the gas industry wants to keep shrouded behind proprietary secrets.

I request that you continue New York's moratorium on shale gas extraction until your Acting Department of Health (DOH) Commissioner, Dr. Howard Zucker, completes a comprehensive Public Health Impact Study of High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing (HVHF).

Fracking Moratorium

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Heide S-H. I write today because as a resident of the Finger Lakes region and a U.S. citizen, I am very concerned about the future of New York State.

With all respect, it would be irresponsible of you to permit shale gas extraction in New York based on a fatally flawed DOH Review conducted completely in secret and originally involving only 25 hours of work by three outside consultants.

Until your Acting Health Commissioner Dr. Zucker completes the comprehensive Public Health Impact Study in fulfillment of your DEC Commissioner's own mandates, I request that you withhold adoption of a Final SGEIS and refrain from permitting any shale gas extraction in New York.

Thank you for your consideration. I look forward to your prompt reply to my request.

Yours very truly,

H. S-H

Gas Extraction Moratorium

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Steven F. I write today because I am deeply concerned about how devastating hydrofracking could be in our State. And I feel the same about NY becoming a shipping and storage hub for the gas and oil industry in the northeastern area of the US. The risk that Seneca Lake is presently undergoing is outrageous. This valuable resource is much to precious to be wasted on gas and oil, things that are unsustatainable and contribute radically to climate change. The wineries will be horribly impacted.

BAN FRACKING (or at least continue the moratorium!)

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Rebecca S C. I write today because virtually all the science, as well as all the comprehensive economic studies, not to mention all the plain old common sense, show that the proposed formidable natural gas extraction would be UNNECESSARY and DISASTROUS. We should be moving full speed ahead (creating jobs) toward SUSTAINABLE CLEAN ENERGY

Maintain the New York Shale Gas Fracking Moratorium

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is John C . write today because I am concerned that shale gas drilling will have adverse affects on the residents of New York unless the SGEIS is modified to include better protection than it presently does.

Fracking

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Mary I. A. I write today because I am opposed to fracking in the southern tier of New York State.

Please Maintain the Fracking Moratorium Until It Is Proven Safe for New Yorkers

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Holland G. I write today because I am very concerned about the possibility that fracking will somehow be allowed in NY .

Please stop any plans for fracking

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Carol J. P. I write today because I beg you to do the correct thing.

High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing (HVHF).

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Sarah T. I write today because we live in an environmentally sensitive areas that can not withstand the effects of HVHF.

Negative side effects of hydraulic fracturing of Marcellus Shale

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Alice B. I write today because I am so concerned about the negative effects on health and environment that could occur from the hdraulic fracturing of the Marcellus Shale.

No fracking

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Cheryl F. I write today because I want New York to stay beautiful and clean.

Say NO to fracking

Dear Governor Cuomo:
My name is Louis L. I write today because it is clear and incontrovertible the fracking is hazardous to people and environmental health.

Fracking is a Dangerous & Flawed Technology...

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Bruce M. I write today because I oppose Fracking.

fracking gas in our state

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Martha B. I write today because I care about you, and all of our state residents, young and old .

Hydro- fracking in our beautiful state

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Patricia D. I write today because i am frightened.

Marcellus Shale Public Health Impact Study

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Phyllis H. I write today because I am concerned about unsafe fracking in NYS.

Promises to keep

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Elsie C. I write today because I sincerely hope that you will seriously act on the following:

Fracking

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Ann P. I write today because I am concerned about the safety of Fracking in NYS.

Fracking

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Gene P. I write today because see below.

Fracking, & the election

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Gerrit C. I write today because of Toxics Targeting alert from Walter Hang.

I ask you to maintain NY's Marcellus Shale gas extraction moratorium until your Acting Department of Health (DOH) Commissioner, Dr. Howard Zucker, completes a comprehensive Public Health Impact Study of High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing (HVHF).

Election

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Ann B. I'll get to the point because I know the people who read your emails for you are very busy. I am a registered democrat without options in the state of New York. I am a teacher and my union says not to vote for you. I am horrified by your choice of Lt. Gov. But I will get to the polls and vote for you if you ban fracking before Tuesday. That gives you a day, what do you say?

Withdraw the DSGEIS and the DOH "Health Review"

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Anne Lindsay G. I write today because I want you to withdraw the DOH "Health Review" and the Draft SGEIS, because they are both based on irrelevant, out of date information and because there has not been any meaningful opportunity fo the public to participate in the sham health review.

Hydrofracking and my vote in November

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Thomas S. I have been a life-long Democrat. I have voted straight Democratic in every election for at least the last 40 election years. I don't trust that you WILL NOT SUPPORT HYDEROFRACKING IN NY. If you don't publicly ban fracking between now and the election I will be voting for Howie Hawkins and the Green Party. I am encouraging my friends, most of whom are also Democrats, to do the same.

Tom S, Ithaca, NY

Fracking and My Vote for Governor

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Julie M. I was one of the people who voted you into office for Governor of New York State. I write today because I was also one of many long-time Democrats who voted for Zephyr Teachout in the primary because of her strong position against fracking--and her understanding of its obvious dangers to the health and well-being of NY's people and economy.

Please realize that the farmers I grew up with who want fracking to start NEVER VOTED FOR YOU and WILL NEVER VOTE FOR YOU. I have been in Town Board meetings in Tioga County where I have had to endure people claiming to not care about "some study by Professor Foo Manchu at Oogie Boogie University" right after I've presented stacks of peer-reviewed studies providing evidence of all manner of problems with HVHF. Then I repeatedly hear from you about how "science" and not "emotion" will influence your final decision, while seeing no evidence that you actually value science.

Your recent comments at the polls in September about fractivists were beyond patronizing and only serve to alienate the people--like me--who actually helped you get the position of power you hold today. You keep referring to the DOH review as a study, which it is NOT, and you even said that there are "myths and problems" related to fracking that depend on one's "point of view." That's the great thing about peer-reviewed science and data, Governor Cuomo: they are not simply opinions. And when studies are conducted by people with respected credentials with no ties to the oil and gas industry, we should all pay attention, very much including YOU.

I repeat: You are ignoring and offending the very people who elected you to represent them and protect what they most hold dear. For me that is the air and water and land around me and the safety of my loved ones who live with me in Upstate New York, directly in the crosshairs of potential fracking.

I've never done it before, but this November I will cast a protest vote for Howie Hawkins if you do not VERY QUICKLY AND DEFINITIVELY fulfill the commonsense requests in this form letter. Meanwhile, the people who are pro-fracking will not be voting for you, either. Think about this very carefully.

If you do demonstrate that reason is indeed your guiding principle, I will joyfully take you back and give you my vote. But I need more than empty words at this point.

Fracking in New York State

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Miriam R. I write today because you seem to be on the way to approving fracking in New York State, despite the ample evidence of the harm that the process has done to people's health, their drinking water, the air they breathe and to the earth itself. Fracking has even been linked to earthquakes in areas not prone to such things. I think you should step back from money considerations and seriously consider the safety of your constituents. Although I voted for you last time you ran and am a registered Democrat, I will not vote for you this November unless you publicly commit yourself to putting the well-being of all New York State residents first and officially banning fracking in New York State.

In the meantime, I request that you maintain New York's Marcellus Shale gas extraction moratorium until your Acting Department of Health (DOH) Commissioner, Dr. Howard Zucker, completes a comprehensive Public Health Impact Study of High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing (HVHF).

Urgent request

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Dan F. I write today because I am concerned that you will open our state to hydrofracking. I am an educator of over 30 years. I work daily with today's youth. They know full well that the decisions of today paint the fabric of their futures. They also know the difference between short and long term decision making. Ultimately whatever society we will be able to sustain will. of necessity, be fueled by renewable energy. The feedback we are now receiving from the Biosphere speaks to this with irrefutable clarity. Given this necessary transition, the idea of supporting an extraction method that will add greatly to climate change while also gambling the integrity of our water is unconscionable. If you support this direction, I will do everything in my power to encourage all I know to vote for someone with the leadership needed to turn this corner.

I will NOT VOTE for you if you support fracking.

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Mary Jean B-M. I write today because I will not vote for you if you support fracking.

A new, third-party, peer-reviewed fracking impact study

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Rev. Nancy K. I write today because I am deeply concerned about the truth and accuracy of information in fracking health review due by the end of the year. I feel the information being reviewed is outdated, incomplete and opaque to the public. Much information on the health and environmnetal impacts of this process have surfaced in other states like Texas, Wyoming and pennsylvaia that needs to be closely examined by expert, third-party investigators before any decision is made about fracking in NY. Certainly you know that New Yorkers love their state and travel freely to enjoy many of its beautiful regions. Fracking anywhere will impact ALL NY residents and considering allowing it in more rural aeas is a mistake. The overall impacts of fracking on the living environmnet anywhere is evident. We don't need to contribute further t the desicration of this God-created paradise we call earth. It was not intended for humans to destroy that which was given all living expressions of Divine creaivity and love. This is sacred ground meant to support all life forms, not just humans. As it is not possible for humans to survive outside of relationship with an intact web of life.

I request that you maintain New York's Marcellus Shale gas extraction moratorium until your Acting Department of health (DOH) Commissioner, Dr. Howard Zucker, completes a comprehensive Public Health Impact Study of High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing (HVHF).

Fracking review

Dear Governor Cuomo:

I'm writing today to request that you maintain New York's Marcellus Shale gas extraction moratorium until your Acting Department of Health (DOH) Commissioner, Dr. Howard Zucker, completes a comprehensive Public Health Impact Study of High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing (HVHF).

As a voter, I consider this one of the key issues which may influence my vote in November.

NO FRACKING IN NY

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Joy W. We spoke at press conferences together when you were exposing the terrible practices of the insurance industry . I write today because we need you to stand up against "Big oil/Big gas and say NO to FRACKING..

Public Health Impact Study of High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Ilse F. I write today because as a health professional I know how pernicious yet pervasive the chemicals/gasses inherent in fracking can be. .

We MUST not Frack NY

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Jill L. I write today because I have seen what Fracking has done to PA and the sand hills in Michigan with all the silica risks to peoples lungs in the "minig" processes.

Maintain the New York Shale Gas Fracking Moratorium

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is George Z. I write today because I want New York State to remain beautiful and clean for my grandchildren.

Horizontal Hydrofracture of New York State

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Ruby T. I write today because I was appalled to read in Capital New York of your handling of the fracking study. Your insensitivity to the long term effects of fracking on people, nature, farming, tourism, and the wine industry seems very callous. If I see no change, I, a registered Democrat, will be unable to vote for you in the forthcoming election.

Please Take Urgent Action to Resolve Major New DOH Review Problems

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Maude R. I write today because fracking is unsafe for people, animals and land .

No Fracking in New York State !

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Heide S-H. I write today because I will become a new U.S. citizen next week and, despite many examples to the contrary, I want to believe that elected officials like you listen to their electorate and act in their best interest.

One of the world's greatest problems is a shortage or lack of water. This state is blessed with an abundance of clean water. It belongs to generations to come. Please do not endanger it for short-sighted profits

Maintain the New York Shale Gas Fracking Moratorium

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Jason G. I write today because I am very concerned about the negative impacts that Hydraulic Fracturing will have on my community and the state of New York as a whole.

Fracking

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Eugene M. I write today because fracking threatens the health and safety of New Yorkers, as well as the property values and the economy of the State.

Hydrofracking post election

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is john k. I write today because i am concerned that your recent statements indicate you plan to open our state to fracking after the election.i,and many other New York voters believe that fracking poses great risks to public health and cannot be done safely.

Fracking No!!

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Victoria F. I write today because I am deeply opposed to the practice of fracking and fear for our safety if it occurs.

Maintain the New York Shale Gas Fracking Moratorium

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Frank G. I write today because fracking in NYS. must not be allowed .

Please Ban Fracking

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Eileen H. I write today because I am concerned that you may decide about fracking after the election.

Responsible Stewardship

My name is Franz S. I write today because the environmental integrity and livability of my home is at stake .

STOP FRACKING IN NY State!

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Lee B.

I write today because I have no confidence in safe fracking. It is highly polluting, explosive, and causes illnesses and has no place within miles of pubic water supplies. Fracking companies are notoriously sloppy, deceptive, and in their drive for profit care not a bit for public health. They pay off cynical, greedy politicians with big money and injured citizens with peanuts.

I support Comssioner, Dr. Howard Zucker, completes a comprehensive Public Health Impact Study of High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing (HVHF).

Maintain moratorium on fracking until study is conducted openly and transparently

Dear Governor Cuomo:

I write today to ask that you keep the fracking moratorium in place until a Public Health Impact Study is completed. This requires that there be full public participation.

It would be unwise to permit shale gas extraction in New York based on a fatally flawed DOH Review conducted completely in secret and originally involving only 25 hours of work by three outside consultants.

Thank you for your consideration. I look forward to your prompt reply to my request.

Sincerely,
Scott F.

Real science, real regulation - or real change

Dear Governor Cuomo:

I want to reiterate what I've said in past messages about hydrofracking. The SGEIS inadequately addresses the potential safety hazards of fracking, and the DEC is not sufficiently funded to actually regulate the industry adequately. The current DOH review process is flawed. We need real science about the actual public health impacts of hydrofracking, performed in a transparent, ethical fashion, as if there is nothing to hide.

In addition, the real long-term economic and environmental consequences of what is essentially 3rd world style resource extraction that the oil and gas industry is doing (where permitted) and trying to do in NY state are being hidden among the spin. On my last flight into Elmira airport, I heard someone who works in Pennsylvania with hydrofracking. He was on his regular commute from California. He cares nothing for NY or PA. Yes, jobs in our region are needed. The potential damage to the Finger Lakes tourism industry, which is a very important segment of our economy, could cause a LOSS in jobs that would offset any gains.

A study was released that showed it is possible to make the transition to renewables in NY State. Be a visionary - don't cave into the pressures of the oil and gas industry and the forces of greed.

Yours very truly,
Abbe L.

Hydraulic Fracking

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Gregory S. I write today because I am very concerned about the negative effects from fracking economically,environmentally and health-wise. We need a thorough Health Impact Study and a long term environmental and economic impact study. I believe that there are real negative repercussions from HVHF that we`ll seriously regret.
I request that you maintain New York's Marcellus Shale gas extraction moratorium until your Acting Department of Health (DOH) Commissioner, Dr. Howard Zucker, completes a comprehensive Public Health Impact Study of High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing (HVHF).

Fracking problem

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Nurse Elizabeth S. I write today because New York's shale fracking moratorium must be continued until a comprehensive shale fracking "Public Health Impact Study" is conducted openly and transparently with full public participation.

Hydraulic Fracturing for Shale Gas in NY State

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Denis B. I write today because I am seriously concerned about the future of NY state and the need to make sure we do not pollute the air, land, and water resources in the hopes for short- term profits a few companies might earn. I strongly believe we should not rush to extract this shale gas until we can do it in a cleaner fashion. The current processes that use vast quantities of fresh water mixed with many secret chemical mixtures cannot and should not be approved. We also need to ban venting this gas, which is mainly methane, into the atmosphere. If you look at Pennsylvania, you will see that the industry has not provided the great economic benefits that were promised for all. Instead , it has made a few people wealthy, polluted a lot of land and ruined many homes and businesses.

Stop Hydrofracking.

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Edward C. I write today because I am a voter and Democrat. I oppose hydraulic fracturing and I thought you were also of a similar mind and that is why I voted for you in the past. However, you have not committed to stopping the dangerous practice of hydrofracking.

Please No Fracking in NYS!

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Edith S. I write today because I fracking for gas makes me really nervous! Please protect my drinking water.

Shale fracking health impact study

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Dan T. I write today because I don't want you to be known as the governor that poisoned the people of NYS.

Keep New York Safe and Beautiful

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Henry van A. I write today because I care about our beautiful state and the health and wellbeing of anyone who consumes and/or is effected by New York's water supply.

Hydraulic Fracturing

Dear Governor Cuomo:

Our names are Lawrence and Brenda W.

No fracking in New York

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Katharine B. W. I write today because of my deep concern about the potential danger of fracking to New York City's water supply as a longtime Democratic Party activist.

Ban fracking now.

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Jerry R. I write today because I am worried that you will sell out to the oil and gas industries and will allow hydrofracking in New York State. You stated that you were waiting for the science to tell you what to do about fracking. Well, the science has been very clear on this issue for some time. Scientists studing hydrofracking and gas pipelines have almost all reported that fracking and gas pipelines are too dangerous for New York.

Fracking in Pennsylvania has caused devastation to communities, serious illness and death to those near such facilities, and rendered the drinking water of many communities unfit to drink. People have lost their homes and often had nowhere to move.

It is also clear that fossil fuel is not a "bridge fuel" as some claim. The companies woulod not be building hundreds of pipelines across the United States unless they can be used for the 50 or more years they are intended to last. That woud result in global warming at a much faster rate and, as many scientists have aproclaimed, it may cuase the earth to be uninhabitable by the end of the 21st century. All this death and destruction so the fossil fuel industry can gain profits for the very wealthy. They do not care about the people whose lives are at stake. Supporting fracking and pipelines through residential neigborhoods is immoral. And allowing a 42 inch, high pressure, pipeline only 1,500 feet from Indian Point's 40 years of radioactive spent fuel rods, over two seismic fauklt lines, intersecting with two 1,000 megawatt electric transmission lines that can spark, only 450 feet from an elementary school and an historic church, is beyond comprehension.

Nuclear and pipeline experts have warned that such circumstances could result in a calamitous tragedy at Indian Point, far beyond the tragedy at Fukujim. Even a slight risk like that is unthinkable. It would not only cause the fine water of New York City and the Hudson Valley, where I live, to be forever unusable, it could cause all areas within 50 miles of Indian Point to be uninhabitable, including all of New York City and your own home town. Think of what that would do to the security, stability and economy or our nation. If such a calamity occurs, your legacy would be that you could have prevented it but chose to enrich the billionaires instead.

If you need more evidence of the dangers of fracking and pipelines, then order that open, transparent, independent studies be done of the safely and health impacts, and a baseline study of the air and water quality before considering the approval of these very dangerous practices.

Furthermore, renewable energy in the form of water, wind and solar can replace all the energy currently provided by fossil fuels. Methane gas is reported to be 88 times worse for the environment than carbon dioxide. If you are serious about reducing global warming, then prove it by not allowing fracking and gas pipelines to be brought to New York.

We know that FERC's mission as historically been to approve all applications presented by fracking companies without considering the dangers to the workers, the health of the people and the devastation to our communities. It is as though the fracking and pipeline companies own FERC, and other permitting agencies are apparently also in cahoots with those industries. We need our elected representatives to protect us and not the billionaires.

I might remind you that mauch of the gas that is being piped through our state is not for use in the United States but is for export to Asia through Massachusetts and Canada.

The many thousands of people I have been working with for years to protect our air and water quality will remember your actions at election time, and we will not forget. You have a chance to do the right thing nnow, and I hope you do.

Sincerely,

Jerry R.

An ultimatum for my vote in November

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Devin H. of Nichols New York in Tioga County. I write to you today because, frankly, you screwed up.

The governor who was going to be "absolutely transparent in everything he does" is constantly under accusations of how much his administration tries to hide everything it does. The Moreland Commission, which you trumpeted in 2013 as the thing that was going to route corruption in New York State and offices were open to investigation by this office was quickly shut down with little fanfare at the end of a press conference on the State's budget when the commission started getting a little too close to your office. Your Democratic credentials have been in question constantly as you have often been backing Republicans in the State Senate and Assembly more so than your own Democratic colleagues. And, in what should have been a landslide victory, you only received roughly 60% of the vote in the recent Democratic primary to Zephyr Teachout, who was an unknown four months before the election and ran on a shoestring budget. In fact, she won most of the counties in the Finger Lakes, Capital Regoin, the Anirondacks, and the North Country, in addition to several precincts in the greater NYC area.

This is not your finest hour.

But I am willing to look past all of this. Yes, the general election is approaching and I am telling you I am willing to put aside all of the bad press you have received as of late, because there is one issue that New York is facing that, in my mind, trumps all of these issues in the upcoming election, and that is the issue of fracking in New York State.

As it stands now we have a de facto moratorium in place simply because, due to public pressure, you have not been able to release an sGEIS due to public pressure on this issue, and it simply seems that you are stalling for time.

I don't feel you're being very open with us on the issue, Gov. Cuomo, and it is on this issue that I draw the line.

If you want my vote I want to see a ban on high-volume horizontal slick water fracking, or hydrofracking for short, in New York State, akin to what Vemont has in place. Short of that, I will consider voting for you if conduct an actual Public Health Impact Study; one with public participation, including at minimum, 1: written public notice of the intent and scope of the study. 2: at least a 30 day public comment period with ample opportunity for public review and comment. And 3: at least one public hearing to allow interested parties to testify about how the DOH Public Health Impact Study should be conducted. Given all of the water contamination so issues that have been reported in neighboring Pennsylvania which currently permits hydrofracking, this is the very least you can do to assure all of the citizens of New York are given the best information to make an informed decision on the fate of New York State.

We should be following Germany and Vermont's examples of investing more into what will be the energy of the future, solar, wind, energy efficiency, etc, all of which will create jobs and great economic opportunities in New York in the fields of research, manufacturing, mantainence, and innovations in these new technologies instead of relying on the failing energy practices of the past.

What follows is a form letter that you have been receiving a lot as of late. It touches upon all of the concerns that I and many others have with hydrofracking and how unforthcoming your administration has been about. Perhaps, in light of receiving it so many times, you should reflect upon why you are seeing it so often and maybe take a cue from the message it contains by actually follow through with a Public Health Impact Statement in a transparent manner with ample public input. You would certainly receive a lot fewer of these form letters if you did so.

I await to see that this happens. If no progress is made on this issue then I will be casting my vote for Howie Hawkins in November.

Shale Gas Extraction in New York State

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Nancy L. I write today because I am concerned that, if elected for a second term, you will allow shale gas extraction in New York State. This issue is so important to me that you will lose my vote in November unless you clarify your position on hydrofracking in New York and agree to the following:

Ditching DOH "review:"

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Carol J. P. & I write today to request that you kill both the DOH "review" and Draft SGEIS.

Public Health and the Future of NYS

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Nancy L. I write today because our state needs a comprehensive Public Health Impact Study of High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing .

Fracking is a Gangplank - not a Bridge

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Valerie D. I write today because the transition to renewable energy must begin immediately. Fracking is a gangplank to a warmer future and ultimately death and chaos. Do you want to lead us to a deadend? I urge you to act with integrity.

Extraction moratorium

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Wilma F. I write today because I am very concerned about the effects that this will have on our environment in general and our water. It is as a personal concern as our drinking water comes from Guilford Lake.

BAN hydraulic fracturing

Dear Governor Cuomo:

I write today because it is imperative that in your capacity as governor you act immediately to protect the health and well-being of the citizens and the environment of the State of New York. I have heard you say that a policy regarding fracking will be based on science and facts, as if the experience of countless residents of regions across the country where fracking has been conducted and ground water and air have coincidentally been contaminated in oddly consistent ways is not scientific enough to be relevant.

Mr. Cuomo, that is simply selfish and short-sited politics on your part, and represents a kind of cavalier and irresponsible attitude that should immediately disqualify someone from public service.

No Fracking in NY

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Rachel L. I write today because I am very concerned about the environmental hazzards of fracking.

Upcoming Election

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Peg W. I am a retired HS Librarian and a life long NYS citizen and Democrat. I write today because I am concerned for the future of our beautiful state, that of my students and that of my grandchildren. I am especially concerned about the disposal of the wastes that are generated by the relatively new process of intensive horizontal hydrofracking. While all steps of the process have yet to be proven safe over the long term, this issue is of particular concern to me as our landfills in the Southern Tier of NY are being expanded to accept waste from PA drilling. I truly appreciate that you have been able to hold off drilling in our state in spite of those who are eager to rush in, but I would like to see a promise to uphold the statements below BEFORE election day.

I ask that you maintain New York's Marcellus Shale gas extraction moratorium until your Acting Department of Health (DOH) Commissioner, Dr. Howard Zucker, completes a comprehensive Public Health Impact Study of High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing (HVHF).

Marcellus Shale Gas Extraction

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Sandi C. I write today because of my deep concern for the environment and public health in NYS.

Concern over Fracking
Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Elizabeth C. I write today because I voted for Zephyr Teachout and want you to know that although I am a registered Democrat, you are not assured of my vote. Although this is a "form" letter, I'm using it because it sums up my position.

NO VOTE IF YOU CONTINUE TO SUPPORT FRACKING
Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Professor Kristin L. I write today because YOU ARE IGNORING THE DESIRES OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS, AND ENDANGERING THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH OF NYS, AS WEL AS THE PHYSICAL HEALTH OF HEW YORK RESIDENTS, WITH YOUR STANCE TO ALLOW FRACKING IN NEW YORK STATE. IF YOU DO NOT CHANGE YOUR STANCE BEFORE THE ELECTION, YOU WILL LOSE MANY VOTES (you saw what happened in the primary, with opponents who promised to ban fracking immediately upon election!), INCLUDING ABOUT 10 FROM MY FAMILY, FOR WHOM THIS ISSUE CURRENTLY DWARFS ALL OTHER CAMPAIGN ISSUES.

I request that YOU PUBLICLY AND QUICKLY STATE THAT YOU WILL NO LONGER SUPPORT FRACKING IN THE MARCELLUS SHALE. Barring that (as I know you are unlikely to make what WOULD be a very smart campaign move on your part), I request that you maintain New York's Marcellus Shale gas extraction moratorium until your Acting Department of Health (DOH) Commissioner, Dr. Howard Zucker, completes a comprehensive Public Health Impact Study of High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing (HVHF).

Do you want my vote?
Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Annie C. I write today because I want you to know that you have lost my vote unless you withhold adoption of a Final SGEIS and refrain from permitting any shale gas extraction in New York. Thank you!

Public Health Effects of Hydrofracking
Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Shyama O. I write today because I depend upon you to protect New Yorkers from the harmful effects of hydrofracking. As a voter, I cannot support any candidate who overlooks these effects in planning for the future of shale gas extraction in New York State.

Your support of shale gas extraction will send my vote to Howie Hawkins
Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Anna C. I write today because I want you to know how important it is to me that Shale Gas fracking does not happen in New York state. I feel so strongly about this that I will vote for Howie Hawkins in the upcoming election unless your stance on fracking shifts considerably. There are economic gains to be made with solar, wind, and geothermal energy development. That's where I want to see our state heading.

Barring a permanent moratorium on fracking, which is what I really want to see, I request that you maintain New York's Marcellus Shale gas extraction moratorium until your Acting Department of Health (DOH) Commissioner, Dr. Howard Zucker, completes a comprehensive Public Health Impact Study of High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing (HVHF).

Without sending a full form letter I want to let you know that I echo the sentiments of the leaders at Toxics Targeting that a comprehensive, OBJECTIVE, transparent public health study must be completed before any decision is made.

Even if a comprehensive set of laws and safeguards to protect against environmental and public health risks associated with fracking is put into place, mistakes will be made, companies will pay fines, and it will just continue anyway. It's not worth it. There are other better ways to produce energy and provide economic support for our state.

Your decision guides my decision at the polls
Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Brenda L. I write today because of my concerns about our environment.

Shale Gas Fracking
Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Cenie C., M. D.. I write today because of concern for our state's health, particularly for vulnerable unborn children send infants in shale gas extraction. I am also concerned of the effect on climate change when all the co2 and methane sources are considered. N.Y has already suffered the effects of Sandy. Let us not increase these disasters by public policy that does not adequately review the effect of our actions.

Fracking and DOH Impact Study
Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Lou P., MD . I write today because my concern for fracking in NY.

Fracking in NY
Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Gerrit C. I write today because of an alert from Walter Hang of Toxics Targeting .

Hydrofracking in New York State
Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Patricia A. S. and I'm concerned about hydrofracking in NY State and its effect upon our irreplaceable water resources, especially in light of the problems in Pennsylvania, a state that permitted this practice.

Outdated Fracking Study
Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Eileen F. I write today because of the following:

Fracking
Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Andrea R. I write today because as a grandmother who cares about our children's futures, we must go to 100% renewable energy sources.

Maintain NY's Fracking Moratorium
My name is Janice C. I write today because I am concerned about the health consequences of fracking.

Please stop the frack review & follow nations like Germany's example of banning the practice
Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Kendrick P. I write today because I want to protect New York's water quality for centuries to come.

Fracking health review
Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Michael G. I write today because of my deep concern over hydrofracking.

Comprehensive shale fracking "Public Health Impact Study"
Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Frank R. I write today because I am requesting a comprehensive shale fracking "Public Health Impact Study" be conducted openly and transparently with formal public participation.

NO to Shale Gas Hydraulic Fracturing
Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Alice B. I write today because I absolutely believe that that shale gas hydraulic fracturing is dangerous to our environment and our health both for ourselves and future generations. Please, please do not allow it!

The "review" of the inadequate health impact analysis
Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Nancy B. I write today because I am greatly concerned about the negative aspects of fracking.

Maintain the New York Shale Gas Fracking Moratorium
Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Gail G. I write today because of my concern for the safety of the New York water supply.

New York
Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Leslie G, I live in New York City. I write today because our beautiful state, and our families' health and welfare, is at stake.

Moratorium
Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Larri R. I write today because I am a concerned resident of Ithaca NY.

Fracking
Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is David M. . I write today because I am very concerned about our underground aquifer, which if damaged would take millions of years to replace.

Hydrofracking is dangerous to our health and should be banned
Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Lorraine G. I write today because I am opposed to any hydrofracking in New York State.

Fracking
Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is David M. B. I write today because I am very concerned about our underground aquifer, which if damaged would take millions of years to replace.

Fracking
Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Antonia S. I write today because we wish for you to be perfectly clear that we will not cast our votes for anyone who does not take a strong position against FRACKING. It is as simple as that.

Maintain the New York Shale Gas Fracking Moratorium
Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Mary M. I write today because of the following issues.

Fracking moratorium to continue
Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Helena K. I write today because I have researched fracking for a great deal of time and know the consequences and that the 2005 Energy Policy Act omitted hydraulic fracturing from the Safe Drinking Water Act. .

Please make New York a national leader in protecting water
Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Emily V. I write today because I lived in New York City for 12 years, in Ithaca for 3 years, and New York State has made me who I am today. I love your state. I worked as a fractivist while in Ithaca, and now that I'm back in my home state of Michigan, I'm trying to protect our water here, too. Please, please. Water is our most precious resource, and safe, clean, publicly accessible freshwater is the key to democracy and human progress (not just life itself).

Fracking
Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Laura N. I write today because I am so concerned about the medical and environmental impacts of natural gas drilling.

Fracking in NYS
Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Franklin M. R. As a lifelong citizen of NYS, I write today because of my deep concern about fracking in the state and its likely environmental damage.

Maintain the New York Shale Gas Fracking Moratorium
Don't Let Oil/Gas Industry Ruin our State!
Say NO to Shale Fracking
Maintain the New York Shale Gas Fracking Moratorium
Save NY from out of state developers / pirates of the capitalists, all for profit nothing for people. So not a democracy.
Hydrofracking in New York State
Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Patricia A.S. I'm writing to you today because I'm concerned about hydrofracking in New York State.

Marcellus Shale Gas Extraction Moratorium
Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo
Governor of New York
The State Capitol Building
Albany, NY 12224

Dear Governor Cuomo:

I am writing to urge you to maintain New York's Marcellus Shale gas extraction moratorium until the Department of Health completes a comprehensive Public Health Impact Study of High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing (HVHF).

The recent DOH Review should be scrapped because it was conducted in secret without any public input, which would have brought testimony from Pennsylvania residents who have seen their water contaminated from these activities, among others.

In order to make sure that shale gas fracturing does not endanger public health in New York, any Public Health Impact Study must require formal public participation, including: 1) written public notice of the intent/scope of the study; 2) at least a 30-day public comment period to afford ample opportunity for public review and comment; and 3) at least one public hearing to allow interested parties to testify about how the DOH Public Health Impact Study should be conducted.

It also must resolve all of the fundamental shortcomings of DEC's Revised Draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement (SGEIS) by documenting the broad spectrum of toxic and persistent pollutants generated by HVHF activities; the environmental fate and transport mechanisms associated with the toxic and persistent pollutants generated by HVHF activities; known and potential public exposures to toxic and persistent HVHF pollutants, including: contaminant concentrations; exposure duration; an assessment of all potential public health consequences; and whether the Draft SGEIS adequately safeguards public health from HVHF toxic pollution threats.

I personally know that at least one DEC engineer in the associated office is personally in favor of fracking and has asserted to numerous individuals that there are no current studies that show that fracking chemicals have gotten into water tables. This is clearly not true and I really hope that other employees at DEC assigned to this issue conduct a thorough review of the evidence and not just rely on industry studies, which I find intellectually lazy at best and dishonest at worst.

This is particularly important given the water contamination issues reported in some Pennsylvania towns, the earthquakes documented around the country by university-based researchers, and the media reports of livestock deaths in fracking areas in the Midwest.

The people of this State deserve an unbiased review of ALL the evidence, and the creation of sustainable economic development initiatives in the affected areas, not these kinds of polluting activities that raise environmental justice issues instead.

Until the Department of Health completes the comprehensive Public Health Impact Study in fulfillment of the DEC Commissioner's own mandates, I request that you withhold adoption of a Final SGEIS and refrain from permitting any shale gas extraction in New York.

It would be irresponsible to permit shale gas extraction in New York based on a fatally flawed DOH review conducted completely in secret and originally involving only 25 hours of work by three outside consultants. That kind of effort has "whitewash" written all over it.

Thank you for your consideration. I look forward to your prompt reply to my request.

Sincerely,

Dr. Elizabeth C
Albany NY 12210

Marcellus Shale

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