[CPEO-BIF] New York Governor "Cuomo administration open to brownfield changes"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Cuomo administration open to brownfield changes

by Jon Campbell
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (NY)
December 2, 2013

ALBANY - Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration said it is open to  
reforming the state's tax-credit system for redeveloping contaminated  
sites after a pair of reports criticized the effectiveness of the  
incentive.

Since 2006, New York’s Brownfield Cleanup Program has doled out $1.1  
billion to companies to clean up and redevelop 131 sites across the  
state, according to a report from Environmental Advocates of New York.

Peter Constantakes, a spokesman for the state Department of  
Environmental Conservation, said the program has "encouraged private- 
sector cleanups of abandoned brownfields and provided an important  
mechanism to redevelop and reuse these sites."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20131202/NEWS01/312020045

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