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Two people in Albany can slow this down

A statewide one-year pause on large new data centers — the Responsible Data Center Development Act (S10642 / A11560) — passed both houses on June 4, 2026 and sits on Governor Hochul's desk. Meanwhile our own assemblyman, Scott Gray, is publicly urging her to veto it. Both of them work for us. Each ask below takes a few minutes.

Target 1 · our own assemblyman

Assemblyman Scott Gray: stop urging a veto

Here's the part every Massena resident should sit up for: our own representative in Albany, Assemblyman Scott Gray (R–116th District, which includes Massena), is publicly urging Governor Hochul to VETO the statewide data-center pause — the very pause that would give our town time to get this right. He has called a moratorium the “wrong signal to developers.”

He works for us. We don't want a 635-megawatt data center rushed onto our river — and he should hear that from the people he represents.

Call his office ~90 seconds

Canton (St. Lawrence County) office: (315) 386-2037  ·  Watertown: (315) 786-0284  ·  Albany: (518) 455-5545

Read this, or say it your own way:

Phone script — Assemblyman Gray's office
Hi, I'm a constituent in Massena. I'm calling about the proposed 635-megawatt data-center expansion on the old Reynolds site.

I do NOT want it pushed through, and I'm asking Assemblyman Gray to stop urging a veto of the statewide data-center moratorium. That pause is what gives our town time to get this right.

Please protect our town, our water, and our electric rates. Represent us. Thank you.

Email him — one click, pre-written ~60 seconds

Email Assemblyman Gray →

Opens in your mail app with the message filled in — add your name and hit send. Prefer paper? Write him at 3 Remington Ave, Canton, NY 13617.


Target 2 · the Governor

Governor Hochul: sign the pause into law

The Responsible Data Center Development Act (S10642 / A11560) — a one-year pause on large new data centers (over 20 MW) — passed both houses of the New York Legislature on June 4, 2026 and is awaiting her signature. It is not yet law. One signature buys every town in New York, including ours, time for a real review.

Sign the petition ~60 seconds

Sign: “Governor Hochul — sign the data-center moratorium bill” →

Food & Water Watch's petition — the quickest way to add your name.

Send her office a message ~2 minutes

Use the Governor's official contact form and paste this:

Message — Governor's contact form
Please sign S10642 / A11560, the Responsible Data Center Development Act.

I am a New York resident in Massena, where a roughly 635-megawatt data-center expansion is being reviewed on contaminated former-smelter land along the St. Lawrence River. The one-year pause you have on your desk is what gives towns like mine time to get decisions this big right.

Please sign it. Thank you.

Or call ~90 seconds

The Governor's office: (518) 474-8390 (weekdays 9–5).

Phone script — Governor's office
Hi, I'm a New York resident calling to ask Governor Hochul to sign S10642 / A11560, the Responsible Data Center Development Act — the data-center moratorium bill.

I live in Massena, where a huge data-center expansion is under review right now. The pause gives towns like mine time to get it right. Please sign it. Thank you.

Done with Albany? Get your comment on the town's record too →