Cuomo gets kudos, scorn for New York fracking ban
ALBANY— New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is getting heaped with praise by environmentalists and scorn by business interests for a planned state ban on hydraulic fracturing for natural gas, even as he insists the decision wasn’t his.
Residents statewide remain almost evenly split on the issue, and the divisions are clear, pollsters said Thursday. The decision announced Wednesday followed Cuomo’s re-election last month, which the Democrat won easily as expected.
Quinnipiac University Poll’s Mickey Carroll said the political impact is likely to be limited and the decision was predictable.