Judge Slows Down Kiryas Yoel Pipline Project

A judge today dealt a setback to the Village of Kiryas Yoel, ordering the Hasidic enclave to take a harder look at its proposal to build a 13-mile pipeline to tap New York City's Catskill aqueduct.

The Court issued the decision that the Village of Kiryas Yoel did not take a hard look at the environmental issues raised by the County.

The decision doesn't in itself stop the project, but it requires Kiryas Joel to prepare an additional report – known as a supplemental environmental impact statement – that provides a fuller analysis of those issues.
Opponents of the water project were jubilant. "I'm thrilled at the outcome," said county Legislator Roxanne Donnery, a Highland Falls Democrat. "I'm not surprised."