Experts, activists urge fixing LIPA at State Assembly hearing
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Experts and activists testifying Friday at a State Assembly hearing on the future of LIPA argued for moving the embattled utility to an enhanced version of its current public-private structure -- with new measures to ensure improvements.
The hearing, in Hauppauge, was conducted by Assembly Republicans from Long Island, who have not had an audience with Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's administration...
