AFTON – Anti-fracking activist Abram Loeb was arraigned Monday in Albany Criminal Court on disorderly conduct charges stemming from a May 15 arrest during a civil disobedience action in the governor’s office in the Capitol building.

The Afton native, who represented himself, said the charges were not dismissed, but could be later.

“It’s not an issue for me,” he said on Wednesday, describing his action as “peaceful.” Loeb was similary arrested 22 years ago for blocking a New York State commission of delegates from walking onto land in nearby Taylor in Cortland County to inspect it for the possible siting of a low level radioactive waste dump. A photo of him during that incident appeared in the New York Times in 1989.

Frack Free Nation, Inc., an organization Loeb founded, gathered approximately 50 people in the vestibule of the Governor’s office to participate and observe a theatrical action titled, “The choice is Clear: The Gifts of a Healthy New York versus the Fracking Consequences.” A smaller group offered Cuomo a basket of sustainable produce from Frog Ponds Farmstand in Bainbridge and then “died” to the floor after making the motions of drinking frack fluid.