[CPEO-BIF] Long Island (NY) brownfields hearing

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Brownfield program not meeting expectations

BY JENNIFER SMITH
Long Island Newsday (NY)
August 27, 2007

New York state's brownfield program was intended to spur redevelopment 
of contaminated properties, offering tax credits to developers and 
grants to help municipalities plan the renaissance of blighted areas.

But four years after it was signed into law, some say the program has 
not resulted in the expected gains for Long Island -- new jobs, 
revitalized downtowns and increased economic development.

Witnesses who testified at a joint legislative hearing Monday in Cold 
Spring Harbor gave the program mixed reviews, saying it was rife with 
red tape and slow to disburse funds. Only a handful of the region's 
estimated 6,800 brownfield sites are enrolled in the program.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/ny-librow0828,0,835701.story

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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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