Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration gave President Donald Trump a win Friday, green-lighting a 37-mile natural gas pipeline that the state had previously rejected.
New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation issued a key water-quality permit for Williams Companies’ proposed Northeast Supply Enhancement pipeline, an extension to the existing Transco pipeline that would run through New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
The decision marked a reversal for the state agency, which denied previous permit applications from the company multiple times on environmental grounds.