Avella-Braunstein brownfield bill signed into law

From Bayside Patch:

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed into law a bill proposed by state Sen. Tony Avella, D-Bayside, and state Assemblyman Edward Braunstein, D-Bayside, that would require the city to notify community boards of new brownfield site cleanups.

Currently, the city’s Department of Environmental Conservation requires a period of public comment for a brownfield cleanup and notifies adjacent property owners, nearby schools and local newspapers. But community boards had previously not been privy to information about new cleanups.

Under Avella and Braunstein’s bill, the DEC would be forced to notify community boards of all new brownfield cleanups.