News Briefs: New York Proposes Nation's Strictest PFAS Standards

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently announced $350 million in funding through the Water Infrastructure Improvement Act and Intermunicipal Water Infrastructure Grant Program available to municipalities with projects protecting public health or improving water quality. Cuomo also announced the state has accepted the State Drinking Water Quality Council’s recommendation for greater restrictions on perfluorooctanoic acid, perfluorooctanesulfonic acid and 1,4-dioxane levels in drinking water. “We’re proposing the most protective levels in the nation for three emerging contaminants to ensure we are regularly testing and fixing water systems before they ever rise to a public health risk in any part of the