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“Schaghticoke /ˈskætɪkoʊk/ SKAT-i-kohk is a town in Rensselaer County, New York, United States. The population was 7,679 at the 2010 census.[3] It was named for the Schaghticoke, a Native American tribe formed in the seventeenth century from an amalgamation of remnant peoples of eastern New York and New England. The tribe has one of the oldest reservations in the United States, located in what is now Litchfield County, Connecticut. It has been recognized by the state of Connecticut but has not yet achieved federal recognition. …”
“area was historically occupied by the Mohican tribe, and later by a mixed group of Mohicans, and remnants of numerous New England tribes who had migrated west seeking to escape European encroachment.
In 1675, Governor Andros, governor of the colony of New York, planted a tree of Welfare near the junction of the Hoosic River and Tomhannock Creek, an area already known as Schaghticoke, "the place where the waters mingle." This tree symbolized the friendship between the English and the Dutch, and the Schaghticoke Indians. The Native Inhabitants were Mohican refugees from New England welcomed to Schaghticoke because they agreed to help protect the English from the French and the Iroquois. They stayed until 1754.
Prior to the proclamation of colonial independence, Schaghticoke was part of the colony of New York with most of its citizens governed by the city of Albany, which owned the land they rented.
Originally, Schaghticoke was a dangerous place to live because they were frequently raided by the Indians and Tories. This led to the slow settlement of the Schaghticoke land. Once the land was fully settled it was a part of Albany County, until 1791 when Rensselaer County was formed.
After the revolution many immigrants came from England and Ireland to settle in Schaghticoke. The town flourished near the water powered mills created in the town on the Hoosic River. The town was mainly agricultural. There were many farmers residing in Schaghticoke who made crops for local industries.
The Knickerbocker Mansion was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[4]
As of the early decades of the 21st century, Schaghticoke still has a strong agricultural presence but is also characterized by increasing residential development, and contends with related political, social, and economic issues.”…
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schaghticoke_(town),_New_York
5 Years After Hoosick Falls Water Crisis, Millions of NYers Still Don’t Know What’s in Their Drinking Water
For Immediate Release: December 8, 2020
Legislators Pledge Action if Dept. of Health Fails to Test for Unregulated Contaminants
Albany – Five years have passed since the US EPA informed residents of Hoosick Falls, NY that their water was unsafe to drink because of toxic PFOA contamination. Yet in that time, the NYS Department of Health (DOH) has failed to implement a landmark law that was intended to prevent future situations like Hoosick Falls from happening by expanding drinking water testing for unregulated contaminants to millions of New Yorkers.
Should the Department fail to act, Senator James Skoufis and Assembly Member Richard Gottfried have committed to passing their bill (S.6625/A.7839) to jump start testing for unregulated contaminants during the upcoming legislative session.
For years, Hoosick Falls residents were in the dark about the cancer-causing chemical in their drinking water. Because the Hoosick Falls water system serves fewer than 10,000 people, the village was not required to test for a suite of unregulated contaminants, which included PFOA, in 2013. Had testing been required, Hoosick Falls residents would have been alerted to and protected from PFOA much earlier.
In response, Governor Cuomo’s administration promised swift action to close the testing loophole. In 2017, the Governor signed the Emerging Contaminant Monitoring Act, which directs DOH to create and regularly update a list of unregulated contaminants that every water system, regardless of size, would be required to test for and notify the public if high levels were discovered. However, DOH has failed to follow through. Approximately 2,000 small water systems have not been tested for unregulated contaminants like strontium, chromium-6, or vanadium. 2.5 million New Yorkers still don’t know if there are chemicals in their water that could make them sick. ..."... - https://eany.org/press_release/5-years-after-hoosick-falls-water-crisis-millions-of-nyers-still-dont-know-whats-in-their-drinking-water/
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