[CPEO-BIF] Bush Terminal, Brooklyn brownfields grant

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

New York City
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PR-123-06
April 20, 2006

MAYOR BLOOMBERG AND GOVERNOR PATAKI ANNOUNCE $36 MILLION FOR 
ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP AND REDEVELOPMENT OF BUSH PIERS

Joint State, City and Federal Effort Includes the Largest Brownfield 
Grant Ever Awarded by the State

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Governor George E. Pataki today announced 
a total of $36 million to clean up and redevelop the Bush Terminal 
Piers. The funding is comprised of a $17.8 million grant to New York 
City by the State -- the largest grant ever awarded by the State for the 
remediation of a brownfield site, as well as $9 million from New York 
City and $8 million from the Federal Government, secured by 
Congresswoman Nydia Velasquez. In addition, the State will provide a 
$700,000 Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) grant and Councilmember 
Sarah Gonzalez helped to provide $500,000 to help transform this site 
into a recreational park.

"For too long the residents of Sunset Park have been without access to 
their waterfront," said Mayor Bloomberg. "Today, because of the 
leadership of Governor Pataki, Bush Terminal begins the road back to 
being a productive and beautiful open space.

This unprecedented $17.8 million State grant, combined with City and 
Federal Funding, will allow a comprehensive clean up and help New 
Yorkers reclaim this potentially stunning waterfront site. I want to 
thank EDC President Andy Alper and Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe for 
their hard work on this project."

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For the entire press release, go to
http://www.nyc.gov/portal/index.jsp?epi_menuItemID=c0935b9a57bb4ef3daf2f1c701c789a0&epi_menuID=13ecbf46556241d3daf2f1c701c789a0&epi_baseMenuID=27579af732d48f86a62fa24601c789a0&pageID=mayor_press_release&catID=1194&doc_name=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nyc.gov%2Fhtml%2Fom%2Fhtml%2F2006a%2Fpr123-06.html&cc=unused1978&rc=1194&ndi=1

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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