[CPEO-BIF] Port Richmond, Staten Island, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Staten Island neighborhood revitalization subject of open houses

By Judy L. Randall
Staten Island Advance (NY)
September 10, 2012

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Port Richmond has long been beleaguered by the  
toxins left behind when the waterfront served industry, and factories  
could operate without much concern about environmental consequences.

In recent decades, city, state and federal agencies have identified  
swaths of the area for targeted clean-ups.

Still, the neighborhood's Brownfield sites -- properties where soil  
has been contaminated by manufacturing or other prior uses -- have  
hindered development along the Richmond Terrace corridor.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2012/09/ 
staten_island_neighborhood_rev.html

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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>
http://www.cpeo.org

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