The bulk of the rock salt that helps clear NYC’s streets of snow and ice during the winter is purchased from mines in Chile, but a new state bill aims to push more of that business upstate — and one local official is urging Gov. Hochul to veto the bill.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2022.The bulk of the rock salt that helps clear New York City’s streets of snow and ice during the winter is purchased from mines in Chile — but a new state bill aims to push more of that business upstate.
“Despite these mines offering good paying jobs for workers, competition with foreign salt operations has recently harmed each mine,”states. “Stories of salt mined in Egypt sitting in ports along the Hudson River have become common, despite our state and country having operational salt mines here in the United States.”
“Make no mistake: imposing this requirement would have a very real impact on our snow operations as early as next year,” Tisch said during aThe city spends about $16 million a year on road salt, buying more than 300,000 tons from suppliers Morton Salt and Atlantic Salt, according to the sanitation department.
“If we were to obtain a contract in the New York City area, it would be sold to be shipped by rail,” said Joe Bucci, the company’s director of sustainability. But the bill’s vague wording on what “unreasonable costs” and “sufficient and readily available quantities” might mean has alarmed the New York State County Highway Superintendents Association, which also is urging Hochul to veto the act.
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