2007 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 15 Jan 2007 22:59:59 -0000
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Bronx (NY) high schools
 
Council's First Meetings of 2007: Environmental Issues and City-Owned Buildings

by Joshua Brustein
Gotham Gazette (NY)
January 15, 2007


BUILDING HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE BRONX

A controversial $230 million plan to build four schools on a toxic site in the Bronx will go ahead with added attention and public input regarding safety concerns, after a unanimous vote by the City Council at its Stated Meeting on January 9. The council delayed a vote on the project a month ago due to opposition from several members led by Maria del Carmen Arroyo, who represents the area.

The city's School Construction Authority plans to build two high schools, a middle school, and a charter school for 6th to 8th graders on the 6.6 acre site on Concourse Village West, between East 153rd and 156th streets. In all, the schools with accommodate about 2,400 students. The site, a former rail yard, was contaminated by a nearby dry cleaner and manufactured gas plant.

The authority original planned for a $30 million clean up, but an independent environmental consultant hired by community groups said that this might not be sufficient. Several council members from the Bronx said they opposed the plan, and in December the administration withdrew its application pending negotiations over the cleanup.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.gothamgazette.com/article//20070115/203/2075

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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