March 31, 2008 - During a visit to Albany, Dyster joined state Sen. Antoine Thompson, D-Niagara Falls, in urging members of the state Legislature to restore funds for the Brownfield Opportunity Area Program which was established in 2003 to help cities like Niagara Falls deal with legal and environmental concerns that often prevent the cleanup and reuse of abandoned industrial properties.
“The devastation that environmental contamination has wrought in many industrial communities across New York state has had an impact just as great as any natural disaster could have on the economic and social wellbeing of our people,” Dyster told state lawmakers. “Perhaps because it occurred gradually over a period of decades instead of suddenly overnight, people have difficulty grasping how serious our situation really is. Make no mistake: brownfield remediation is an issue that has reached crisis stage in Niagara Falls and many other communities and we are here today to insist that it be given the serious attention it deserves.”
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