A CALL TO ACTION

Although no longer a resident of Deer Park or New York State I'm asking you all for a little help on this project:

If you are still a NYS resident, in any way or form, or know people who would be interested who live in NYS:

Here is something everyone should consider doing if you want to help stop them from building another facility that would bring in about 600 or so more trucks a day, and who knows what sort of materials parked along the DP portion of the LIRR sidings. The freight lines do not have to even listen to local rules, for the most part they operate under the surface transportation board (STB) regulations and only the federal government can make changes. Anything that interferes with commerce is usually not even considered.

So why would we want to let them build this huge facility just east of the town line in Brentwood? One a RR takes over as a site operator, anything goes! If they choose to ship in chemicals, and ship out garbage, there won't be much we can do about it then.

The NYS Senate bill S6728 and NY Assembly Bill A09870 would stop this facility by enforcing the laws of 1987, which clearly state that this land should be transferred to the Edgewood Preserve. It is our best hope at stopping this project. Already, you can see the private RR operator parking the empty freight cars right over DP Avenue. This will certainly increase as they start using every old siding they can find to make this TRIM project work. And that does not even consider all the woodlands that will be bulldozed to make room for the facility.

All you have to do is click on the below link and print out the letter twice, Fill in your name and address with a pen and sign them. Mail one to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and one to the CC address at the bottom which is our PO box. I would really appreciate some help with this! Thanks for hearing it out and I hope to see some letters soon. We are getting there, but this needs to be done first!

http://www.deerparkschools.org/alumni/friends/BillEndorsementLtr.pdf