[CPEO-BIF] Smart growth and area-wide BF redevelopment pushed in NY state

[bobh@np.craigslist.org]

'Smart growth' plans pushed in Albany
By Daniel Wagner
June 20, 2007

With the state legislature expected to wrap up business by the end of Thursday and
take a recess, a Long Island group is still working to advance its priorities of
environmentally sustainable growth through several bills.

Staffers from Bethpage-based Sustainable Long Island have been in Albany during the
last few weeks lobbying for a number of bills that address perceived problems with
existing local rules.

One bill would reform the state's programs aimed at encouraging private developers
to build on contaminated properties, known as "brownfields," by allowing the Empire
State Development Corp. to clean up and resell brownfields in depressed
communities. It would also mandate the creation of living-wage jobs for local
residents and construction that meets certain quality and environmental standards.

For the entire article, see:
http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bzsust0621,0,1674981.story?coll=ny-business-print

Bob Hersh
CPEO


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