DEC commissioner discusses air monitoring, Hochul and his future

October 4, 2021 – New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos discusses Gov. Kathy Hochul’s plan to ramp up air quality monitoring in New York, including where the testing will occur, what the state will be looking for and when it could begin.

Seggos also explains how fossil fuel plans fit (or don’t fit) in with the state’s air quality goals, discuss Hochul’s approach to the environment and reveal his own plans at the department.