White House Claims NY Gov. “Caved” on Pipelines, Hochul Says No

We've got a "he said, she said" situation between President Donald Trump and New York Governor Kathy Hochul. Last week MDN brought you the news that, following several conversations over the previous weekend between Trump and Hochul, that the President had agreed to allow New York to restart a $5 billion windmill project off the coast of Long Island, in return for allowing two pipeline projects to get built in the state, one of them the long-stalled Constitution Pipeline (see Trump Deal Trades NY Offshore Wind for Constitution, NESE Pipes). Trump claims the deal was a quid pro quo---windmills for pipelines. The White House further said that Miss Kathy "caved" on the pipelines. Hochul is now saying that's not the case, that she never agreed to allow the pipelines to be built, only that she will approve the pipelines IF they meet both federal and state requirements. Which sure sounds like she's welching on her deal with Trump.

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