A journalist, Edward Zahniser for the New York Times published an opinion about the NYCO land exchange that Phil Terrie expressed strong opposition against in his talk last week. Zahniser opens with a quote from Governor Mario Cuomo from his speech in 1985 honoring the 100th anniversary of the creation of the Forest Preserve in the Adirondacks, "The wilderness areas of this state are not a disposable resource, to be consumed and discarded. They must be preserved. Forever." This expresses a strong commitment to upholding the ideals on which the Adirondack Park was founded. Also, Cuomo declared the land around Jay Mountain as wilderness.
Now, Cuomo's son, Governor Andrew Cuomo, is tainting his own father's words in his role in the NYCO land exchange. As Terrie discussed, Cuomo Jr. is allowing NYCO to explore on the 200 acre plot of the Jay Mountain Wilderness - the wilderness his own father set aside - before deciding whether or not to exchange land for it and activists claim that this is illegal. While that is up to the courts to decide, it still clearly shows that Cuomo Jr. is strongly in favor of economic growth over the ideals that his father expressed in a speech 29 years ago.
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