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By Mark P. McIntyre
 This fall New York City will open a local voluntary cleanup program for light to moderately contaminated sites that state programs generally exclude. The city has also created the nation's first local brownfield office, vesting broad authority to develop brownfields in a single unit of local government.
The Office of Environmental Remediation will function as a regulatory agency, managing two significant cleanup programs. It will administer a system of grants to advance brownfield projects. It will facilitate the revitalization of neighborhoods with clusters of brownfields. It will train developers, community groups and citizens through workshops in brownfield development. And it will advise City Hall and fellow agencies on strategy for contaminated sites.
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Industry Profiles
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Jill Gaito Pennsylvania
Brownfields Policy Specialist, Pennsylvania Department of Environmenta
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J.R. Capasso City of Trenton, N.J.
CPG, Brownfields Coordinator
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by Jody Kass, Laura Truettner, John Fleming, and Jeff Jones
The new report by New Partners for Community Revitalization (NPCR) shows how New York State is revitalizing neighborhoods plagued by multiple brownfield sites, while stimulating economic growth and creating local jobs.
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By Jody Kass, Laura Truettner, John Fleming, Jeff Jones
Brownfields redevelopment policy in New York is in transition as the area-wide approach emerges as an innovative tool for urban revitalization. |
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by Laura Truettner
In April, 2011, New York State awarded $6.5 million in new grants under its landmark Brownfield Opportunity Areas (BOA) program, bringing the total state investment in BOA to $34 million. |
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