New Partners for Community Revitalization

October 14, 2009
OPINION: Revitalizing brownfields will revitalize downtowns
Newsday

October 7, 2009
Governor Paterson Announces $10 million in Brownfield Opportunity Areas Program Grants

May 22, 2009
New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver recommended to Governor Paterson that NPCR Co-Director Jody Kass be appointed to the New York Brownfields Advisory Board created by the June 2008 amendments to the NYS Brownfields Law. The purpose of the Board is to serve as a working forum for the exchange of views, concerns, ideas and recommendations relating to the State’s brownfield programs.

May 20, 2009
City pressing state for brownfields grant money
Watertown Daily Times

May 11, 2009
Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed legislation developing a comprehensive program for the remediation and reuse of brownfields.Read the Mayor’s press release.

April 30, 2009
Brownfields Advocates Summit in Albany
WAMC coverage of NPCR press conference

April 29, 2009
Group wants $7 million released for brownfields
LoHud.com

April 22, 2009
Groups Give "Earth Day" Awards to Gov & NYS Legislative Leaders
Environmental Advocates press release

April 1, 2009
EPA: Brownfield-cleanup expert tapped to head solid waste division
Greenwire

June 23, 2008
No Greater Clarity for Brownfields
The New York Times

June 10, 2008
Clean up this political mess
Daily News

June 10, 2008
Brownfield tax break criticized
Times Union

June 10, 2008
Advocates: Brownfields program should be fixed soon
LoHud.com

May 28, 2008
New Legislation Aimed at Creating New Jobs, Affordable Housing
NewsLI.com

May 21, 2008
Brownfield program reforms near
Watertown Daily Times

April 28, 2008
Reclaiming the City’s Abandoned Land
Gotham Gazette

April 7, 2008
Overhaul of state’s brownfield cleanup programs in the works Budget could affect initiative
Legislative Gazette

March 31, 2008
Senator Thompson Requests Albany Lawmakers Amend Brownfields Legislation
NewsLI.com

March 10, 2008
State approves $7.25M for brownfield cleanup
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

March 7, 2008
Statement by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on Brownfield Opportunity Area MOU

March 6, 2008
Leaders near deal to release $7.9M in brownfields funds
Schenectady Daily Gazette

March 5, 2008
Group calling for reform of brownfields program
Watertown Daily Times

March 5, 2008
Canton officials aid reform effort
Watertown Daily Times

March 4 , 2008
Brownfields Groups Say: Release State Funds For Communities
WAMC (audio)

March 4 , 2008
Groups pressure N.Y. to release pollution cleanup funds
Associated Press

March 4 , 2008
Activitists: Brownfield program languishes
Times Union

February 7 , 2008
Improve brownfields law
The Buffalo News

January 25, 2008
A Better Brownfields Bill
Schenectady Daily Gazette

January 24, 2008
Brownfields law changes address concerns
Schenectady Daily Gazette

November 16, 2007
End brownfields logjam Aid to communities is stalled by an inability to gain signatures
The Buffalo News

October 30, 2007
Panel takes on brownfield issues: Old industrial sites in Buffalo-Niagara region need more state help
Niagara Gazette

October 27, 2007
Governmental inaction blocks use of brownfields law
The Buffalo News

August 27, 2007
Long Island cleanup funds mired in bureaucracy
Newsday

June 15, 2007
New brownfields bill may have better chance
The Crain’s Insider

June 11, 2007
Spitzer wants to adjust brownfields program
The Legislative Gazette

June 10, 2007
Brownfields bloom green: Developers cash in on tax breaks for pollution cleanup from Pataki administration
Albany Times Union

June 7, 2007
Let this blight shine: Spitzer’s brownfields cleanup plan - hatched in private - needs a rewrite
Albany Times Union

May 29, 2007
Act on brownfields
Times Union

May 23, 2007
Fixing a flawed fixup law: Only 25 cleanups have been done under state’s 2003 Brownfields Law; an amendment is planned
Newsday

May 23, 2007
Cleanup of brownfield sites is at crawl: ’Tens of thousands’ in 4-year-old program not getting aid
Democrat and Chronicle

May 14, 2007
Leaders confab on plan of action
The Legislative Gazette

May 7, 2007
Developing Brownfields The Right Way
Gotham Gazette

May 4, 2007
Let’s clean ’em up: Adjustments to the 2003 brownfields law will help fulfill its promise
Newsday

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