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ALBANY —
An environmental group is suing the Cuomo administration over public records pertaining to the state’s communications with energy industry interests hoping to drill for shale gas in New York using the controversial method known as fracking.
The Washington, D.C.-based Environmental Working Group says Wednesday that it sued because the state Department of Environmental Conservation handed over fewer than 300 documents when it requested the release of public records in March.
The group says the records were a “paltry” amount compared to the number of public documents the agency’s staff generated in discussions with gas-drilling representatives.
Administration spokesman Richard Bamberger says Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office is reviewing the lawsuit.
The lawsuit, first reported by the Times Union of Albany, was filed Monday in state Supreme Court in Albany.
An environmental group is suing the Cuomo administration over public records pertaining to the state’s communications with energy industry interests hoping to drill for shale gas in New York using the controversial method known as fracking.
The Washington, D.C.-based Environmental Working Group says Wednesday that it sued because the state Department of Environmental Conservation handed over fewer than 300 documents when it requested the release of public records in March.
The group says the records were a “paltry” amount compared to the number of public documents the agency’s staff generated in discussions with gas-drilling representatives.
Administration spokesman Richard Bamberger says Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office is reviewing the lawsuit.
The lawsuit, first reported by the Times Union of Albany, was filed Monday in state Supreme Court in Albany.
