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NY’s fracking ban is pure evil — but Hochul refuses to lift it

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Post Editorial Board. (2026, October 24). NY’s fracking ban is pure evil — but Hochul refuses to lift it. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/23/opinion/nys-fracking-ban-is-pure-evil-but-hochul-refuses-to-lift-it/

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The article criticizes New York Governor Kathy Hochul for maintaining Andrew Cuomo's ban on hydraulic fracturing, arguing that the economic benefits seen in neighboring Pennsylvania due to fracking have been denied to Southern Tier residents in New York. It highlights disparities in median household incomes, poverty rates, and crime statistics between areas like Bradford County, Pennsylvania, and Chemung County, New York, both of which sit above the Marcellus Shale natural gas field. The author contends that environmental concerns about fracking have not materialized, suggesting lifting the ban would benefit New York economically.

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Governor Kathy Hochul has maintained New York's fracking ban since it was instituted by former Governor Andrew Cuomo in 2014. This decision has left towns like Elmira in Chemung County struggling, as their neighbors across the border in Bradford County, Pennsylvania have benefited from the natural gas boom. Bradford County sits atop the Marcellus Shale and has seen significant economic growth with a median household income of $61,000 and a poverty rate of just 13%. In contrast, Elmira's median household income is only $43,000, and its poverty rate stands at 30%, highlighting the stark differences between New York and Pennsylvania due to the fracking ban.

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It’s been 12 years since then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo banned fracking in New York — a dozen years in which Southern Tier residents have had to watch their neighbors across the Pennsylvania state line prosper while their own towns rot. asserted

towns → ban → line

A decade-plus, also, where fracking’s supposed perils have completely failed to prove real anywhere. asserted

perils → suppose → ?

If Albany cared about reality, it’d lift the ban and enjoy the ensuing riches. If. asserted

it → care → riches

Instead, folks in Chemung County can only envy those in Bradford County, Pa. Both sit atop the Marcellus Shale, the largest natural gas field in America. Bradford has reaped the rich rewards of the fracking boom as companies from around the country exploit Marcellus. asserted

companies → envy → Marcellus

Chemung, which had started to share in the boom, has lost out since 2014. asserted

which → start → 2014

Bradford County and its municipalities collect over $10 million a year in payments from gas companies; individual landowners earn more in royalties from 1,500 wells. asserted

landowners → collect → wells

Fracking also powers up the local economy: Towanda, Pa., has a median household income of $61,000 and a county poverty rate of 13%. asserted

Towanda → power → %

High-school graduation rates are 15 points higher in Bradford; Chemung has a vastly higher rate of OD deaths. asserted

Chemung → have → deaths

The prophesied dire side effects — ranging from deadly air pollution and groundwater contamination to, yes, earthquakes — never showed. asserted

effects → prophesy → earthquakes

There’s not even a carbon-emissions issue: The gas is still coming out of the ground and emitting carbon as it powers the nation — New Yorkers just see zero benefit from it. asserted

Yorkers → ’ → it

Bruce Blakeman’s vow to allow fracking is one big reason he means real hope for New York — and Hochul’s refusal another sign of how hopeless a leader she is. asserted

she → allow → York

NY’s fracking ban is pure evil — but Hochul refuses to lift it

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