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GDC (Ginsburg) Project Updates 


Department of Environmental Conservation Fact Sheet Updates


December 2022 Fact Sheet Interim Remedial Measure to Begin

July 2022 Fact Sheet for the Proposed Interim Remediation Measure


On Monday, August 8 a community meeting was held on Zoom to provide information and allow the public to ask questions about the proposed cleanup measures to be taken to address the soil contamination on the site proposed for development by Ginsburg Development Companies (GDC).  The meeting was organized by the LPRA and Symra Brandon, Community Affairs Director for our NYS Senator and Senate Majority Leader, Andrea Stewart-Cousins. Representatives of both GDC and the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) participated. The DEC is the agency that must approve remediation plans for brownfield sites and also provides oversight of the plans' execution.

At right is the recording of the meeting.  Below are documents to help your review. John Spellman of the DEC is the contact person for questions and comments about the proposed plan. He can be reached by phone at (518) 402-9662 and email at john.spellman@dec.ny.gov.

Fact Sheet for the Proposed Interim Remediation Measure:  Fact Sheet Distributed by Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announcing the comment period for the Proposed interim remediation measure with brief summaries of the proposal.: 

Site Maps: Site Maps extracted from documents submitted by GDC to the DEC: 

  1. Site Detail Map showing the original voluntary cleanup site initiated by Con Ed
  2. Overhead photo of the site with former Manufactured Gas Plant structures blue penciled on the photo
  3. Site map with excavation grid included in the proposed interim remediation measure workplan

Index with Links of All Documents for Brownfield SiteAn index to the documents on the DEC website pertaining to this brownfield program, including links to the documents and brief descriptions of their contents, listed in approximate chronological order of their distribution.: 

Meeting Notes for 8/8/2022Meeting Notes prepared by Renee Toback - a quick read summarizing the items discussed in the meeting

Proposed Interim Remediation Measure Workplan: This is the key document describing the proposed plan.  It includes details of the chemicals in the soils, plans for soil excavation and disposal, the plan for community air monitoring and a citizens participation plan. 


Final Ludlow L-MX Zoning for Ludlow Community Plan 

 

Adopted by Yonkers City Council on 11/22/2022

 

General Ordinance Amending Zoning Code

A general ordinance amending the zoning code of the City of Yonkers and accompanying tables by creating a new zoning district known and designated as the "Ludlow Mixed-Use District (L-MX").

Final Environmental Impact Statement for Ludlow Community Plan


The F
inal GEIS (Generic Environmental Impact Statement) created to study the environmental impacts of the proposed zoning changes for the Ludlow Street Corridor vicinity is available for review at the link below.

Ludlow_FGEIS_2021-12-06

The FGEIS is organized into three chapters. Chapter 1.0 describes the purpose of the Generic Environmental Impact Statement, identifies the project location and environmental setting, and summarizes the Proposed Action as set forth in the DGEIS.

Chapter 2.0 describes the changes that have been made to the proposed action in response to issues and concerns raised during the public comment period, including a new preferred alternative that combines a lower height and lower density option for both the L‐MX zone and the GDC Downing Street Site development.

Chapter 3.0 contains a summary of all the substantive environmental public hearing and written comments and provides responses to each of those substantive comments. Comments have been categorized by topic to follow the sections of the DGEIS and are referenced with the individual commenter’s name and the date that the comment was received (letters and public hearing transcripts as contained in the FGEIS as Appendix A

The Appendices are available at the link below.

Ludlow_FGEIS_Full_Appendices_A-C_2021-12-06

     

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