New York State Electric & Gas Corp., which this winter will dredge sediment contaminated with coal tar that leaked into the bed of the Erie Canal in Lockport, also plans to acquire and demolish a nearby three-unit dwelling as part of the project. The state Department of Environmental Conservation said tests have shown coal tar on property at 36 S. Transit St. and that further tests are planned in the vicinity. "There is no tar seepage in the house," NYSEG spokesman Kevin Ortiz said. "We are demolishing the house so we can refine our investigation." The house is next to a NYSEG substation, where the utility spent $11 million in 2014 and 2015 to remove coal tar, attributed to a coal gasification plant located there from 1851 to 1927. … [Read more...] about NYSEG plans to acquire, demolish house in Lockport coal tar cleanup
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Milligan demolishes Isaacs St. house, alleges interference by city
By Robert Koch Published 5:42 pm CDT, Friday, August 17, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-5', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 5', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); Photo: Erik Trautmann / Hearst Connecticut Media Image 1of/5 CaptionClose Image 1 of 5 Buy photo Property owner Jason Milligan awaits Northeast Excavating to start the demolition of the home at 21 Isaacs Street Friday August 17, 2018, in the Wall Street redevelopment area in Norwalk, Conn. Milligan had received a demolition permit for the work even though the city’s lawyer subsequently tried to get the permit voided in their ongoing legal dispute. less Property owner Jason Milligan awaits Northeast Excavating to start the demolition of the home at 21 Isaacs Street Friday August 17, 2018, … [Read more...] about Milligan demolishes Isaacs St. house, alleges interference by city
Brookhaven Town has torn down 15 blighted houses this year
Brookhaven Town Supervisor Edward P. Romaine on Tuesday morning stood in front of an unsafe Mastic Beach house and watched it come down — the latest of 15 blighted buildings to be demolished this year. Tearing down the unsound structure on Riviera Drive continued one of the supervisors’s top priorities — ridding of residential eyesores and blight. “We vowed when Mastic Beach came back to town that we’d knock these homes down,” Romaine said. “We’re definitely seeking out blight.” Mastic Beach returned to the control of Brookhaven on Jan. 1 after residents the previous year voted to dissolve the municipality. It is one of the town areas hardest hit by blight. Romaine’s townwide housing initiative started last year with “Operation Cleanup,” a successful project resulting in Brookhaven crews tearing down an average of one vacant or abandoned home every week in 2017. This year, Romaine, a Republican. has stepped up the … [Read more...] about Brookhaven Town has torn down 15 blighted houses this year
City Orders Sims Statue Removed From Central Park
Supported by N.Y. / Region By WILLIAM NEUMANAPRIL 16, 2018 Continue reading the main story Share This Page Continue reading the main story New York City’s Public Design Commission voted unanimously on Monday to remove the statue of J. Marion Sims, a 19th century surgeon who conducted experimental operations on female slaves, from its place of honor in Central Park.It was the first decision to alter a prominent New York monument since Mayor Bill de Blasio called for a review of “symbols of hate” from city property eight months ago, in the wake of the white supremacist protest in Charlottesville, Va., that left one person dead.A commission that Mr. de Blasio created to make recommendations about how to evaluate the city’s monuments and other public images had proposed that the Sims statue be removed.The Parks Department will remove the statue, at 103rd Street, near the northeast corner of Central Park, at 8 a.m. Tuesday, according to Natalie … [Read more...] about City Orders Sims Statue Removed From Central Park
CBS News Logo N.J. family sues to demolish house after creepy letters from “The Watcher”
WESTFIELD, N.J. - A New Jersey family that wants to demolish their home after they claim they were stalked by an anonymous creepy-letter writer known as “The Watcher” has filed a lawsuit against their town. Derek and Maria Broaddus filed the suit against the town of Westfield after its planning board rejected their plan to raze the house and subdivide the land so they could build two houses. They said they can’t live in the house because of the letters. “My clients are good people. They’re caught in a situation they didn’t ask for,” said James Foerst, a Millburn attorney representing the owners. A lawyer for the town told NJ.com she cannot comment on the lawsuit. The couple said that after buying the six-bedroom house for nearly $1.4 million in 2014, they received three threatening letters from a stalker calling himself “The Watcher.” In one correspondence the stalker asks whether the new family brought him the “young … [Read more...] about CBS News Logo N.J. family sues to demolish house after creepy letters from “The Watcher”