Ansel: Suffolk Legislature is all wet over water-quality inaction
Imran Ansari
“Time is of the essence.”
During my nearly 30 years practicing corporate law, I encountered that expression all the time. It’s a go-to phrase that lawyers include in contracts as a notice to all parties of the need for timely completion. It means we do the deal now or it’s not going to happen.
Unfortunately, the Suffolk County Legislature chose to pass on the best deal for water quality likely to come along. Their party line vote on July 25th didn’t kill the Water Quality Restoration Act (WQRA). The decision to recess rather than resolve the proposal ran out the clock, guaranteeing this essential piece of legislation will not be added to the November ballot.