[CPEO-BIF] Highland Avenue, Niagara Falls, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Highland Avenue deserves help from Power Authority

By HENRY LOUIS TAYLOR JR.
Buffalo News (NY) opinion
March 10, 2006

The activities of the New York Power Authority hurt the Niagara Falls 
Highland Avenue black community more than any other locality in this 
region. Located in the authority's shadow, this community of 2,784 
people historically was one of the most heavily industrialized 
neighborhoods in Niagara County.

In 1957, federal law created the Power Authority with the primary intent 
of supporting the economic development of municipalities in Western New 
York. Many factories in Niagara County, which benefited from the 
authority's low-cost hydroelectric power, were located in or near the 
Highland Avenue community.

The closing of these factories left about 15 brownfield sites scattered 
throughout the 560-acre region. Niagara Falls will have to clean up and 
redevelop these sites before it can regenerate Highland Avenue.

...

For the entire column, see
http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20060310/1030861.asp

--
Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org

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