Sierra Club Endorses Judy Myers

Today, Sierra Club leaders from the Lower Hudson Group announced their endorsement of Democrat Judy Myers in the race for Westchester County Board of Legislators District 7.

Myers represents many critical environmental areas along the Long Island Sound and has played a key role in county environmental planning over the past six years. Her accomplishments include the clean up of Davids Island in New Rochelle, made possible through county funding and a substantial federal grant, the on-going bionutrient removal project in the county’s wastewater treatment plants, and the successful effort to keep a natural gas liquification plant from being sited in the middle of the Long Island Sound.

Because flooding is an on-going and critical threat to the public health and safety and security of her district, Myers served as an original member of the County’s Flood Task Force. She brought flood mitigation funding to the Mamaroneck, Larchmont and Rye communities after the 2007 floods. This year, she successfully co-authored legislation establishing a Stormwater Advisory Board to help in the execution of a new Stormwater Management plan for the county that includes funding for flood mitigation measures within the county.

Through her participation as a voting member of the County Board of Health, Myers is able to oversee petroleum bulk storage compliance in the county and septic regulations and compliance. She continues to advocate against the development of the Marcellus Shale without further research into the danger of hydrofracking, the gas drilling method which permanently destroys aquifers, surrounding ecosystems and homeowner property value, and an independent review by the EPA.

Sierra Club leaders urge the residents of District 7, including residents of New Rochelle, Larchmont, Mamaroneck, Rye and part of Harrison who care about clean water, clean air, and a reduction of climate change, to re-elect Judy Myers to the Board of Legislators.