Keyspan On Pipe: Terror Target ‘Too Hard’ To Bury

By JAMES J. PARZIALE

With the recent announcement of a foiled terror plot against JFK Airport, potential terror targets in Queens are now garnering attention from politicians beyond the five boroughs.

State Assembly Minority Leader James Tedisco (R-Schenectady) has called on the state to upgrade security of New York City’s underground fuel line infrastructure as a result of the short-circuited terror plot that included blowing up the gas lines that feed JFK Airport.

“Electrical cables, water pipes, gas mains, telecommunications fiber optics and sewer lines are all vulnerable to potential attacks and need to be securely protected,” he said.

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