NY Environmentalists Blast Gov. Hochul After Trump Pipeline Talk

March 20, 2025, 9:00 AM UTC

Environmentalists have a new fight with New York Gov. Kathy Hochul after she suggested she might help President Donald Trump build a 124-mile natural gas pipeline in her state.

The president raised the topic at a March 14 White House meeting where Hochul sought Trump’s cooperation on several matters, such as maintaining a tolling program in Manhattan. Oklahoma-based Williams Cos Inc. in 2020 abandoned efforts to construct the proposed Constitution Pipeline linking Pennsylvania and upstate New York after failing to secure state authorization.

The Democratic governor’s willingness to engage Republican Trump on the issue is the latest example of her ...

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