Subj : Re: NY's Lead Pipes Update
To   : Aaron Thomas
From : Jeff Thiele
Date : Sat Sep 17 2022 12:47:17

On 16 Sep 2022, Aaron Thomas said the following...
 AT> I contacted Claudia Tenney's office about Biden's water pipe scam. I was
 AT> surprised to get a phone call for a reply! A rep for Rep Tenney said:
 AT> "The project is not yet complete, but we still expect to see all of the
 AT> state's lead pipes replaced."

I'm not sure about NY state policies vis-a-vis Biden's plan, but I did see
some info about previous state funding for replacing lead pipes. Back then,
in determining which areas would receive state funding for lead pipe
replacement, three criteria were considered:

1. The median income of the area. If the median income of the area was above
150% of the state's median income, the area would not receive state funding.

2. The number of children in the area who tested above a certain threshold of
lead content in their blood. Too few children, no funding.

3. The number of houses in the area that were built before (I believe) 1936.
I could be wrong about the year, but it was when new housing development
stopped using lead pipes (and, presumably, the water lines to these houses
did, too). Too few old houses, no funding.

These were NY state rules, not federal rules. I doubt that Biden's plan
directly funds cities; it's far more likely that states receive grants from
the federal government, which they then disperse downwards to counties and
cities. The federal government may or may not have any say in how the states
prioritize funding.

Jeff.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)
 * Origin: Cold War Computing BBS (1:387/26)

.