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On the recordFebruary 9, 2016
If a fifty mile area around Indian Point were to be evacuated every resident of West Chester County, New York City, even parts of Long Island would be forced to evacuate.
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Nita Lowey
Democratic · New York

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Lowey emphasizes the impracticality of evacuating residents in case of an emergency at Indian Point.

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