WASHINGTON – The Hudson River Protection act, Congressman Pat Ryan’s (D, NY-18) bill that would ban barges from parking on the Hudson River in the region, has passed in the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. That paves the way for a vote by the full House in the coming months.
The measure would remove any uncertainty related to geographic definitions, such as the Port of New York, and ban additional anchorages permanently.
“Never again will big corporations be able to turn our Hudson River into a parking lot for dangerous barges,” Ryan said.
“With this bipartisan bill, we are taking another step to protect the Hudson and ensuring we are not doing anything that could erase the progress we’ve made,” said Congressman Marcus Molinaro (R, NY-19).
