[CPEO-BIF] Alliance urges reform of New York State brownfields program

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Allies: Change cleanup program Brownfield incentives exploited by  
luxury projects downstate

By Brian Nearing
Albany Times-Union (NY)
January 7, 2014

Albany - Business leaders and environmental groups have formed an  
unlikely alliance to urge Gov. Andrew Cuomo to save, but reform, a  
controversial pollution clean up program that has cost the state $1.1  
billion amid mounting criticism it is being milked as a cash cow by  
high-end developers.

Last month, Cuomo got a letter urging him to extend the decade-old  
Brownfield Tax Credit Program, which is due to expire at the end of  
2015.

What made the letter unusual were those that signed it - pro- 
development groups like The Business Council of New York State and  
Real Estate Board of New York whose members have benefited handsomely  
from the credits, and critics of the program like Environmental  
Advocates of New York, New Partners for Community Renewal, New York  
League of Conservation Voters and New York City Environmental Justice  
League.

...

For the entire article, see
http://m.timesunion.com/business/article/Allies-Change-cleanup- 
program-5122095.php

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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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