State pours $255M in grants for clean water

State pours $255M in grants for clean water

This Thursday, July 11, 2013 photo shows the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park in the East River and the Pepsi Sign in Long Island City in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

East Farmingdale, NY- Long Island is getting millions of dollars in state funding to help clean up the water supply.  New York State Governor Kathy Hochul announced Thursday, $255 million dollars in clean water infrastructure grants, adding that at least $20 million will head to Suffolk County to help replace failing cesspool systems.

Read more about the announcement, here.

By Brett Levine
Photo: (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)