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The public has until Oct. 20 to weigh in on the Southern Boulevard Brownfield Opportunity Area Study, which looks to “outline and identify opportunities to transform some of the vacant…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 5Comments

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Jan 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness

What is PERC, and Why is There So Much in The Bronx?

A known carcinogen, Tetrachloroethylene is a chemical often used as a solvent for dry cleaning, and now fugitive traces of PERC can be found in many places around the city,…

ByCUNY Lehman Journalism Team 2Comments

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Jan 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations Video

Buried Beneath: The Fight to Clean Up Toxic Brownfields in The Bronx

During the Fall 2022 semester, Lehman College journalism students conducted an investigation on the prevalence of toxic brownfield sites in The Bronx. Using public information, research into federal lobbying records…

ByCUNY Lehman Journalism Team 3Comments

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Nov 2021

Housing and Homelessness

Parents and Developer Clash Over Mercury Cleanup Next to Seaport Schools

The lot where the project is being planned, just feet away from two elementary schools, once was the site of a thermometer factory.

ByLiz Donovan 1Comment

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Aug 2018

Uncategorized

Checking in on the City’s Brownfields Program

Nine years ago the Bloomberg administration launched a program targeting contaminated city sites for remediation. More than 500 sites have entered its pipeline since.