Friday, March 02, 2007

NYRI routes not OK, Schumer says by Tom Grace

A spokesman for New York Regional Interconnect Inc. said Thursday that company officials had ``very productive’’ discussions Wednesday in Washington with staff members from the offices of New York’s U.S. senators, Charles Schumer and Hillary Clinton.

Representing the company, which has proposed building a $1.6 billion power line, were project manager William May and NYRI attorney Leonard Singer, according to David Kalson, a spokesman for the firm.

Clinton’s media staff could not be reached and did not return two telephone calls Thursday.

However, Schumer’s office sent an e-mail to The Daily Star, which reads: ``NYRI’s proposed routes are inappropriate; they would cut a jagged edge through too many communities and priceless, pristine areas.

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