Assemblyman announces new task force on water quality

Long Islanders can sound off on water quality problems at hearings by a new state task force aimed at brainstorming solutions and uncovering issues that may have gone unnoticed. State lawmakers who announced the task force on Wednesday acknowledged that Long Islanders have a lot of issues to talk about: from the toxic water plume in Bethpage to harmful algal blooms in Island waters, from aging water pipes to the emergence of new chemical pollutants. Credit: Howard Schnapp