From the Attorney General's Media Center January 12:
Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo today announced groundbreaking settlements with five health care facilities located in the New York City Watershed to immediately end the practice of disposing of pharmaceutical waste into the watershed. The agreements announced today are the first-ever settlements requiring sources of pharmaceutical releases to end this risky disposal practice.
The facilities identified in the press release include O'Connor Hospital, Margaretville Memorial Hospital, Mountainside Residential Care Center, Countryside Care Center, and Putnam Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. The bases for the settlements were AG findings of violations of federal waste management laws and pertinent state regulations and, in some instances, the federal Clean Water Act.