2012 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 10:06:42 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Port Richmond, Staten Island, New York
 
Staten Island neighborhood revitalization subject of open houses

By Judy L. Randall
Staten Island Advance (NY)
September 10, 2012

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Port Richmond has long been beleaguered by the toxins left behind when the waterfront served industry, and factories could operate without much concern about environmental consequences.

In recent decades, city, state and federal agencies have identified swaths of the area for targeted clean-ups.

Still, the neighborhood's Brownfield sites -- properties where soil has been contaminated by manufacturing or other prior uses -- have hindered development along the Richmond Terrace corridor.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2012/09/ staten_island_neighborhood_rev.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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