[CPEO-BIF] Riverfront GM plant site, Sleepy Hollow, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

2014 Rivertown Revelations-Sleepy Hollow

by Bobbi Egan
River Journal (NY)
January 24, 2014

Sleepy Hollow - Closed since 1996 and dismantled in 2000, the site of  
the former Riverfront GM plant is once again reported to have  
prospective buyers. According to New York’s Department of  
Environmental Conservation (DEC), the site is no longer a  
"Brownfield" and all cleanup issues have been completed as of  
November 2013.

The New Jersey Developer, Roseland, worked with GM for several years  
and proposed a development that included a large mixed-use area of  
residential, office, and retail space plus a new train station. The  
current Sleepy Hollow Administration did not want to speculate on the  
reasons why Roseland pulled out of its deal with GM in 2007.  
According to an August 2008 correction in the New York Times,  
"Roseland cited increasing costs associated with environmental  
restoration and a lack of agreement with the Village of Sleepy Hollow  
on a final plan; it did not cite the cost of environmental cleanup of  
the GM Site itself."

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.riverjournalonline.com/villages/sleepyhollow/3122-2014- 
rivertown-revelationswhat-your-village-is-working-on.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>
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