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# Golden, Kruger Silent On Hydrofracking
- URL: https://bklyner.com/golden-kruger-silent-on-hydrofracking-sheepshead-bay/
- Published: 2010-08-06T17:00:44.000Z
- Updated: 2010-08-06T17:00:44.000Z
- Author: Ned Berke
- Tags: dept of environmental conservation, drilling, William Colton, #API-Imported

I’ve written before about the[ controversial method of “hydrofraking”](/gas-drilling-threatens-citys-water-supply/) near New York City’s watershed, and the State Legislature has finally put the brakes on business proposals until it’s been [thoroughly studied](/epa-turns-eye-to-controversial-drilling-technique/). Absent from the discussion, though, were Sheepshead Bay’s two state senators – Marty Golden and Carl Kruger. Here’s a report from the [Bay Ridge Journal](http://bayridgejournal.blogspot.com/2010/08/buying-time-to-assess-risks-of.html?ref=bklyner.com), with information drawn from [Brooklyn Eagle](http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category%5Fid=31&id=37238&ref=bklyner.com).

> The New York State Senate, in what has been called a historic move, has passed a bill, S8129B, temporarily halting natural gas drilling permits in the state’s watershed until May 15, 2011.

> The moratorium is believed to be the first in the country.

> The moratorium buys the state time to assess the risks involved in the controversial natural gas drilling technique called [“hydrofracking”](http://bayridgejournal.blogspot.com/2008/09/hydrofracking-debate.html?ref=bklyner.com) or “fracking”.

> The state assembly is expected to approve its version of the bill, A11443, in September, officially enacting the moratorium.

> State Senate Majority Leader John Sampson, a Democrat representing Brownsville, Canarsie and East New York, co-sponsored the bill, joined by Brooklyn Democratic Senators Eric Adams, Velmanette Montgomery, Kevin Parker, Diane Savino and Dan Squadron.

> According to a poll taken by Senator Sampson, the majority of New Yorkers favor a ban on hydrofracking.

> **Democrat Carl Kruger abstained from the vote. Republican Marty Golden was MIA.**

> Brooklyn Assembly Members Jim Brennan, Alan Maisel and [Janele Hyer-Spencer](http://bayridgejournal.blogspot.com/2010/01/hyer-spencer-would-restrict.html?ref=bklyner.com) support the Assembly version of the bill.