[CPEO-BIF] "Flintkote neighbors seek tax break, " Lockport, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Flintkote neighbors seek tax break
City attorney looking into ways to reduce tax burden for those in  
remediation area

By Joyce Miles
Lockport Union-Sun & Journal (NY)
May 29, 2011

LOCKPORT - A move is afoot to help owners of property near a  
Lowertown hazardous waste site catch a break on assessment and/or  
taxation.



At Mayor Michael Tucker's request, City Attorney John Ottaviano  
researched state real property tax law and possibly came up with a  
couple ways to get breaks for owners of property closest to the long- 
abandoned Flintkote industrial site, along Eighteenmile Creek at Mill  
and William streets. Both approaches would take state Legislature  
approval, though, Ottaviano said last week.

Simultaneously, KLW Municipal Inc., the private property appraising  
firm that oversaw citywide revaluation, is having a second look at  
all properties in the blocks closest to the Flintkote/Eighteenmile  
Creek Corridor site, a state Superfund-listed "class 2" hazardous  
waste area since 2008.


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For the entire article, see
http://lockportjournal.com/local/x1886879142/Flintkote-neighbors-seek- 
tax-break


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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
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