Gowanus Developer Agrees to Superfund Cleanup Role

[hrmjustin]

City Wire

When the Environmental Protection Agency was mulling declaring the long-polluted Gowanus Canal a Superfund site, opposition from the Bloomberg administration revolved around whether the move would stymie new housing development in the area.

For a time it looked like the then-mayor was right: One major site on the west bank of the beautiful but extremely toxic waterway was abandoned by builders.

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