Elected Officials Unite in Call to Replace Owner/Operator of Hudson Valley Water Company Amid Service Failures
Ulster County Executive Jen Metzger has called on the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) to take immediate action under Public Service Law 89-h (5) to remove the owner of Hudson Valley Water Company, Inc. and install a single operator in response to the company’s ongoing service failures. Town Supervisors from HVWC’s service area, including Hurley Town Supervisor Michael Boms, Olive Town Supervisor Jim Sofranko, Rosendale Town Supervisor Jeanne Walsh, and Saugerties Town Supervisor Fred Costello, signed on to a letter penned by the County Executive and filed yesterday with the Department of Public Service. County and State Legislators also signed on to the letter in support, including Ulster County Legislators Kathy Nolan (D-22), Eric Stewart (D-18), and Jeff Collins (D-23), and State Senator Michelle Hinchey (D-41) and Assemblymember Sarahana Shrestha (D-103).
(Hudson Valley Water Company, Inc., operates five pumping and distribution systems throughout Ulster County, including in Mount Marion, High Falls, Pine Lane-Hurley, West Hurley, and Boiceville.)