[CPEO-BIF] New York State brownfields program "in flux"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

NY eco-cleanup plan in flux

by Jon Campbell
Rochester Democrat & Chronicle
June 17, 2014

ALBANY – Time is running out for the state's brownfields cleanup program, and what is decided could impact several Rochester-area projects.

Environmental groups are pushing state lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo to reshape the state's soon-to-expire tax credits for developing brownfields as negotiations between the Senate and Assembly continue.

Since 2006, the state has distributed more than $1 billion in tax credits to companies that clean and develop brownfield sites — land that has been environmental contaminated by industrial use. The Brownfield Cleanup Program, however, is set to expire in 2015, and developers are looking for certainty of the future of the program before applying for incentives.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2014/06/17/new-york-brownfield-cleanup-alan-knauf/10671753/

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Lenny Siegel
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