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Editorial: Gov. Andrew Cuomo should sign the green fund bill

Governor Andrew Cuomo makes an announcement regarding superstorm

Photo credit: Charles Eckert | Governor Andrew Cuomo makes an announcement regarding superstorm Sandy recovery aid at Long Beach City Hall. (Dec. 16, 2012)

Especially now, after Sandy, it's vital that Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo sign a bill that would take an increasing amount of the unclaimed nickel deposit money out of the state's general coffers and use it to beef up our sadly depleted Environmental Protection Fund.

We can then use it to buy wetlands, which help protect inland areas from the storm surge, and other property that the storm has made...

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