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“The Hudson River is one of our greatest resources and we have a fundamental responsibility to protect it.” — New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman

“Our river is a national treasure that should be preserved and protected for generations – not turned into a parking lot for commercial oil ships.” — Representative Sean Patrick Maloney

The new review “will help us determine what the next steps might be, after a more comprehensive assessment of risks.” — Rear Admiral Steven Poulin

“I don’t know of anything over the last 12 months that I have worked harder to kill. This proposal was a bad idea from the start.” — Congressman Maloney

“The proposal is effectively dead. They would not have suspended the future rulemaking unless they intended to move in a different direction.” — U.S. Rep. Sean Patrick Malloney

“The anchorages proposal has been suspended because . . . it was brought to our attention that there’s a lot that we really don’t know about the Hudson River that we have to study before we make any sort of permanent decision.” — Coast Guard spokeswoman Allyson Conroy

“I am glad the Coast Guard has come around to our way of thinking.” — Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney

“The main lesson learned by the feds is this: Those of us who live on and love the Hudson River will not let it come to harm,” said Paul Gallay, president of Riverkeeper