[CPEO-BIF] Stow Manufacturing site, Binghamton, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

DIGGING DEEPER: Future housing to be built on contaminated land

WBNG TV-12 News (Binghamton, NY)
November 29, 2018

BINGHAMTON - Local and state leaders see the new development of 435 State Street as a way to revitalize a blighted area. But, according to the Department of Environmental Conservation that site is contaminated.

The multi-million dollar project at Canal Plaza will house low-income tenants and people with mental illness. It will also include 15,000 square feet of commercial space.

“So many of us have been working as a team to try to bring revitalization to this area,” said Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo (D).

What used to happen on the former Binghamton manufacturing site, however, still haunts the property to this day. Lupardo said that’s what helps fund projects like this one.

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For the entire story, see
https://wbng.com/news/digging-deeper/2018/11/29/digging-deeper-future-housing-to-be-build-on-comtaminated-land/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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