“Flare guns were never designed to be weapons, but they are now being weaponized and used to inflict destruction, panic, and pain within our communities, including right here in the Capital Region with the outrageous and unacceptable violence we saw over the Fourth of July weekend,” said Senator Patricia Fahy.
Joanne Cunningham, who chairs the legislature and represents part of Bethlehem, introduced the bill in March after the town of Bethlehem was not immediately informed about contaminants in New Scotland wells on property close to Bethlehem’s Vly Creek Reservoir.
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