GORHAM, N.Y. – State Assemblymember Jeff Gallahan expressed frustration over what he sees as a lack of action by state and local agencies at a warehouse in Gorham, Ontario County. He said state and local agencies knew for months that pallets of expired hand sanitizer were sitting in the warehouse, not stored to code, but bureaucracy prevented anyone from taking action in time
Gallahan’s comments come in the wake of this weekend’s massive fire at the 57,000-square-foot Eco Operations warehouse on Dewey Avenue.
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), along with other state and local entities, have been working on cleanup efforts and investigating the cause.
“This process should have been expedited and over with in a matter of weeks, not months, but here we are,” Gallahan, R-Manchester, said.
Gallahan also called for the prosecution of the warehouse owner for not adhering to code. News10NBC attempted to contact the owner but received no response.
Further, he said, “I want (Attorney General) Letitia James to drive to town herself, to be honest with you, and take a look at this and find out how we can keep this from happening again to another community in our state. Because obviously, the rules and regulations and processes that we currently have in place don’t work.”
The DEC continues to monitor the cleanup, and the cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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