[CPEO-BIF] Liability relief in Syracuse and Onondaga County, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Novel deal could mean new life for 138 polluted properties in Syracuse and suburbs 

By Tim Knauss
Syracuse Post-Standard (NY)
February 4, 2020


SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The former Winkelman Co. property on Syracuse’s East Side was apparently abandoned by its owner years ago. And no one else wanted it. The potential liability for cleaning up asbestos, discarded tires or other pollution made ownership too risky.

Now that may change.

Local officials recently brokered a deal with New York state that could make redevelopment possible at the Winkelman site and more than 130 other polluted, tax-delinquent properties in Syracuse and Onondaga County.

The deal frees the Greater Syracuse Land Bank from liability for environmental cleanup at 138 specific brownfield parcels in Syracuse and Onondaga County. The city and the county also are absolved of responsibility. They can seize the properties for back taxes and transfer them to the land bank without risk.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.syracuse.com/news/2020/02/novel-deal-could-mean-new-life-for-138-polluted-properties-in-syracuse-and-suburbs.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org





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