[CPEO-BIF] Bronx (NY) high schools

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Council's First Meetings of 2007: Environmental Issues and City-Owned 
Buildings

by Joshua Brustein
Gotham Gazette (NY)
January 15, 2007


BUILDING HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE BRONX

A controversial $230 million plan to build four schools on a toxic site 
in the Bronx will go ahead with added attention and public input 
regarding safety concerns, after a unanimous vote by the City Council at 
its Stated Meeting on January 9. The council delayed a vote on the 
project a month ago due to opposition from several members led by Maria 
del Carmen Arroyo, who represents the area.

The city's School Construction Authority plans to build two high 
schools, a middle school, and a charter school for 6th to 8th graders on 
the 6.6 acre site on Concourse Village West, between East 153rd and 
156th streets. In all, the schools with accommodate about 2,400 
students. The site, a former rail yard, was contaminated by a nearby dry 
cleaner and manufactured gas plant.

The authority original planned for a $30 million clean up, but an 
independent environmental consultant hired by community groups said that 
this might not be sufficient. Several council members from the Bronx 
said they opposed the plan, and in December the administration withdrew 
its application pending negotiations over the cleanup.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.gothamgazette.com/article//20070115/203/2075

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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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