Defend H20 Files Federal Complaint Over Montauk Sea Wall
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on Sep 28, 2016
Defend H20, a water quality advocacy organization headed by former Peconic Baykeeper Kevin McAllister, has filed a complaint with the federal National Oeanographic and Atmospheric Administration accusing New York State,... more
The New York State Assembly unanimously passed a bill on Monday, March 24, that would acknowledge and reinstate recognition of the Montaukett Nation — if it can make it past the governor’s desk. The effort is the seventh such measure, with the last ending by way of a veto by Governor Kathy Hochul in December, despite unanimous support in the Assembly and the State Senate. A 1910 ruling in the State Supreme Court case Pharaoh v. Benson declared the tribe extinct when a judge sided with the descendants of Arthur Benson, a developer, in granting them Montaukett lands, the Express ...
by Jack Motz