Schumer, left, and Day
HAVERSTRAW – The bitter cold temperatures have caused the Hudson River to freeze over and as in many recent years, that means that commuter ferry service on the Haverstraw-Ossining Ferry and the Newburgh-Beacon Ferry is replaced with bus service.
Schumer came to Haverstraw with Rockland County Executive Edwin Day and local officials to call on the US Coast Guard to increase Hudson River ice braking efforts to keep the ferry operational in the frigid weather.
The ferry has been suspended for the past 17 days because of the frozen river.
“For Rockland County commuters who depend on the Haverstraw-Ossining Ferry, the fickleness of Mother Nature this winter has made it difficult to schedule a work day,” Day said. “Driving a car to a bus to a Metro-North train is far too disruptive for any longer than a few days.”
Just a few miles north this week, a tug pulling a barge with home heating oil became stuck on the frozen river near West Point, requiring two Coast Guard cutters and a private cutter to come to its rescue and break up the ice so it could continue to Newburgh, where it was going to off-load its cargo.
