Washington, July 24 -- Congressman Tom Suozzi issued the following press release:
Between 2024 and 2026, six million oysters were planted across three North Shore Bays-2 million each in Manhasset Bay, Hempstead Harbor, and Oyster Bay, utilizing funds Suozzi obtained in the FY22 Community Project Funding grants. This project to restore shellfish populations and improve water quality in Long Island's North Shore bays was funded by the $300,000 in Community Project Funding that Congressman Tom Suozzi (D-Long Island, Queens) secured in the FY22 Appropriations process. Following the completion of phase I of this project, Rep. Suozzi is announcing that the House Appropriations Committee approved $750,000 in the House FY27 Interior and Environmen...