[CPEO-BIF] New York City school site leasing

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Council: We Want Control Of All School Sites
A newly introduced bill would give the City Council development sway of 
schools built on leased property

By Craig LeMoult
New York Observer
April 16, 2007

Everyone knows that signing a lease in New York City is a lot easier 
than buying, but that's doubly true if you're opening a new school. 
Ordinarily, the city's Department of Education needs City Council 
approval to construct a new school, but Council members recently 
discovered that schools have been opening up in leased buildings for 
years without anyone even mentioning it to them.

Now the State Senate is getting involved, and a new bill may empower the 
Council against the Education Department by closing a legal loophole.

As available lots for new schools become scarcer, more have 
contamination issues, and Council members say their review of sites is 
important to make sure the sites are environmentally safe.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.observer.com/20070416/20070416_Craig_LeMoult_finance_newsstory3.asp

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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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