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Officials demand investigation after raw sewage spilled into Staten Island park lakes

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The Staten Island borough president is demanding an investigation after an apparent sewage leak into lakes at a local park, where he said faulty piping has continuously spewed raw sewage into an interconnected waterway. “If this was Central Park and this was the issue, we had raw sewage in the lake at Central Park, people would be flipping out justifiably,” said Borough President Vito Fossella. He and other local leaders are calling for the formation of a task force with appropriate state and local agencies to address what they described as a clear public health hazard at Clove Lakes Park. Inside the park, Clove Lake itself is connected through waterways to Martling Lake and Brooks Lake. “All neighborhoods, all communities come here for the playground, for the strolls, for the parks,” said Debra Altman, a local resident. Altman said a foul odor has lingered for years. “There have been times that I have walked down on the lake and you could smell how bad the sewage is,” she said. The la