(March 13, 2012) Suffolk County on Long Island has taken advantage of the new Land Bank Authority law and formally approved a land bank to give local government more control and creativity as they address vacant and abandoned properties. Read […]
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Take it to the land bank: how cities can help to salvage all…
This Op-Ed, written by Peter B. Fleischer and Jordan Talbot of ESF, was published in the Albany Times Union, May 15 2011. The artwork is republished courtesy Jeff Boyer/Times Union Abandoned houses and vacant properties blight New York’s urban landscape […]
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The conversation on the benefits of Land Banks is heating up throughout New York State. This past week, Syracuse’s The Post-Standard and The Buffalo News newspapers published op-ed pieces describing the need for regional land bank authorities to address chronic […]
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