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Ten
Steps You Can Take to Close Indian Point
Croton CIP, in partnership with
the Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition (IPSEC), is involved in a significant
number of strategies to decommission Indian Point. One of the most important strategies is raising the voice of the
silent majority who want Indian Point closed. If our political leaders
understand that we will not rest until these plants are closed, they will
listen, but we have to tell them, again and again. Below are 10 steps you can
take to raise your voice and add it to the clamor. Please, do as many as you can.
1.
Contact Governor Cuomo, again and again. Ask him to take action to
close Indian Point..
2.
Write or call FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) and demand
that they NOT Certify the Evacuation Plan.
3.
Write or call the NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commission) and demand that
they declare the emergency plan inadequate to protect public health and
safety and to order the closure of Indian Point.
4.
Write a Letter to the Editor of your local and regional newsapers.
5.
Contact Senators Gillibrand
and Schumer and your Congressional Representative. Ask them to call for the immediate closure of
Indian Point and safe decommissioning.
6.
Contact your State Senator and Member of the
Assembly.
7.
Put a bumper sticker on your car. Call 1-800-I-SHUT-IT for a bumper sticker.
8.
Support IPSEC financially.
To obtain a tax-deduction call
1-800-I-SHUT-IT.
9.
Volunteer with IPSEC. Call 1-800-I-SHUT-IT or send an email to IPSEC2009@gmail.com
10.
Attend any and all public gatherings of IPSEC and its members.
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Contact Information for Your Elected Officials
New York State Governor
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo
State Capitol
Albany, NY 12224
(518) 474-8390
Email: go to website to send email http://www.state.ny.us/governor/
U.S. Senators
The Honorable Kirsten Gillibrand
780 Third Avenue
Suite 2601
New York, NY 10017
(212) 688-6262 N.Y. office
(202) 224-4451 D.C. office
(212) 661-1395 fax
http://gillibrand.senate.gov/contact/
The Honorable Charles E. Schumer
757 Third Avenue
Suite 1702
New York, NY 10017
(212) 486-4430 N.Y. office
(202) 224-6542 D.C. office
(212) 486-7693 fax
http://schumer.senate.gov/webform.html
U.S. Representative
Nan Hayworth (District 19)
255 Main St., Suite 3232G
Goshen, NY 10924
Phone: (845) 291-4100
Fax: (845) 291-4146
(202) 225-5441 D.C. office
(202) 225-3289 fax
https://hayworth.house.gov/contact-me
N.Y. State Government
Greg Ball, State Senator 40th district
1441 Route 22 Suite 205
Brewster, NY 10509
United States
Phone: (845) 279-3773
Fax: (845)
279-7156
http://www.nysenate.gov/senator/greg-ball/contact
Sandra Galef, State Assembly, 90th district
2 Church Street
Ossining, NY 10562
(518) 455-5348 Albany
(518) 455-5728 fax
(914) 941-1111 Ossining
(914) 941-9132 fax
galefs@assembly.state.ny.us
NOTE: Elected officials respond best
to written mail. Emails are the least effective method of getting their
attention.
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Letters
to the Editors
THE GAZETTE
Letters should be in by 11:00 on Tuesday if you would like it to be
considered for Thursday.
The Gazette
P.O. Box 810
Croton, NY 10520-0810
THE JOURNAL NEWS
The editors invite you to send your brief letters. Letters may be edited for
length. Please provide name, address and telephone number for verification.
Letters may be published in print and/or distributed electronically.
The Journal News
1 Gannett Drive
White Plains, NY 10604
Fax: (914) 696-8396
Email: letters@thejournalnews.com
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Letters should be no longer than 150 words and may be shortened to fit
allotted space. They must be exclusive to The Times and refer to an article
that has appeared within the last seven days. Letters must include the
writer's address and daytime and evening phone numbers (not for publication).
The New York Times
Letters to the Editor
229 West 43rd Street
New York, NY 10036-3959
Email: letters@nytimes.com
*General Advice about Letters to the Editor
1.
Send your
emails in the morning; they are more likely to be read.
2.
Send letters
as soon as possible after the subject article publication date.
3.
Respond to a
specific article and include the date and headline of your article in your
letter.
4.
If your
letter is not published, don't assume it wasn't considered print-worthy.
There may have been other topics seen as more critical. They may be so
swamped that they can't read everything. But lots of letters on a particular
subject will always get noticed.
5.
Keep a file
of your letters, and recycle them with minor changes if they don't get
printed. If you have a file, you can respond more quickly the next time
around.
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