[CPEO-BIF] Dejana Industries site, Huntington, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Town of Huntington buying brownfield site

by DEBORAH S. MORRIS
Long Island Newsday (NY)
September 19, 2013

The Town of Huntington has settled a decade-old issue over a  
brownfield property in Huntington Station, agreeing to buy it from  
the owner for $1.65 million.

In 2006 the town took by eminent domain the property at 1345 New York  
Ave., owned by Port-Washington based Dejana Industries. The town had  
commenced the eminent domain proceeding in 2002 for the 2.12-acre  
property, which had been used at one time to process construction and  
demolition debris.

"It was a complete blight on the neighborhood," Town Board member  
Mark Cuthbertson said. "That's when this proceeding was commenced.  
Not only was it a blight that we were trying to get rid of, but there  
was an opportunity for a part of Huntington Station to revitalized."

...


For the entire article, see
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/towns/town-of-huntington-buying- 
brownfield-site-1.6106678


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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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