[CPEO-BIF] Weld Built Wreckers and Carriers, Wyandanch, Babylon, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Babylon to buy four acres of Wyandanch brownfield

BY CHAU LAM
Long Island Newsday (NY)
September 19, 2008

Babylon has agreed to buy four acres of brownfield property in the heart 
of downtown Wyandanch for $2.9 million in cash, and town officials plan 
to clean up the contamination, then sell it.

The purchase will help Babylon redevelop Wyandanch - a project the town 
embarked on in 2003, Supervisor Steven Bellone said in a statement.

Bellone, who noted that the town is developing an urban renewal plan for 
Wyandanch, said the property could be used for various purposes, 
including a parking lot.

The property, which consists of seven contiguous parcels, is near the 
Wyandanch Long Island Rail Road station.

The site has been home to Weld Built Wreckers and Carriers, which has 
been manufacturing towing equipment since 1948.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/suffolk/ny-liwyan195848889sep19,0,6719311.story

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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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