[CPEO-BIF] New York's Brownfield Opportunity Area critiqued

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Group says state Brownfield Opportunity Area program failing

BY JESSICA M. PASKOP
Associated Press
Newsday (NY)
January 24, 2007

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A community renewal group said Wednesday that a 
state program designed to redevelop old, polluted industrial sites in 
poor neighborhoods has failed, leaving residents frustrated.

The Brownfield Opportunity Area program, created in 2003 with the 
passage of the Brownfield Law, is aimed at revitalizing contaminated 
industrial sites to create usable property in economically distressed 
areas. Through government funding, low-income communities are able to 
reclaim the former industrial sites and combat urban decay, while also 
allowing current residents to remain and attracting new residents.

A report released Wednesday by members of New Partners for Community 
Revitalization claims that the state has failed to get the program up 
and running, more than three years since its creation. The New York 
City-based organization works to revitalize low-income communities in 
the metropolitan area through reclaiming brownfields.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--brownfieldsprogra0124jan24,0,5936385.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork

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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>
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