[CPEO-BIF] Should City of Newburgh [New York] be declared a Brownfield?

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

HUDSON CONFIDENTIAL: Should City of Newburgh be declared a Brownfield?

by Leonard Sparks
Middletown Times Herald-Record (NY
January 25, 2015

Having the whole City of Newburgh declared an environmentally  
contaminated Brownfield is not so far-fetched to City Manager Michael  
Ciaravino and Planning and Development Director Deirdre Glenn.

Some members of the City Council laughed on Thursday when Glenn  
brought up the idea while discussing ways to increase homeownership  
rates in Newburgh, where costly asbestos and lead abatement are two  
of the biggest barriers to renovating existing houses.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.recordonline.com/article/20150125/NEWS/150129529

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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