Public Comment Invited About Brownfield Cleanup Program Application for Site on Downing, Knowles, and Bridge Sts., Yonkers

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received a Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) application from Ludlow Point Development, LLC for a site known as Former Ludlow Street Works, site ID #C360158. This site is located in the City of Yonkers, within the County of Westchester, and is located at 150 Downing Street, 58 Knowles Street and 1 Bridge Street.

A copy of the application and other relevant documents are available at the document repository located at the Yonkers Public Library-Riverfront Branch, 1 Larkin Center, Yonkers, NY 10701.

There are several ways to comment on BCP applications. Comments can be submitted to the site Project Manager John Spellman at NYSDEC, 625 Broadway, Albany, NY 12233-7014; via email at john.spellman@dec.ny.gov or by calling 518-402-9686. All comments must be submitted by December 1, 2017.

Site information can be viewed by entering the site ID noted above at: http://www.dec.ny.gov/cfmx/extapps/derexternal/index.cfm?pageid=3

What is the Brownfield Cleanup Program?

New York’s Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) is designed is to encourage private-sector cleanups of brownfields and to promote their redevelopment as a means to revitalize economically blighted communities. The BCP is an alternative to “greenfield” (land not previously developed or contaminated) development and is intended to remove some of the barriers to, and provide tax incentives for, the redevelopment of brownfields. Since its inception (2003), the BCP has catalyzed the cleanup of more than 300 contaminated sites statewide and incentivized redevelopment. There are more than 350 active sites in the BCP.

Additional information on the State's Brownfield program is available at DEC’s website: http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/8450.html