(December 18) On December 18, 60 Minutes brought its legendary hard-hitting reporting and investigation to the scourge of America’s vacant and abandoned properties. Focusing on Cleveland, a city where 20% of its properties went vacant during the protracted slide, 60 […]
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In NYC, developers and citizens team up to give vacant lots …
(December 25, 2011) In New York City, vacant lots dot neighborhoods in the boroughs. Developers wishing to avert blight and ride out the recession that is resulting in delayed development projects are teaming up with enterprising residents to put many […]
continue readingCorning Inc. to convert industrial land into city park
(December 16) For about 150 years, a stretch of Tioga Avenue along the Chemung River in the city of Corning was used for railroading, and then for–you guessed it– glass manufacturing. Since the industrial buildings on the site were razed […]
continue readingAre block-lots the answer for shrinking cities, vacant prope…
(November 8, 2011) As “Rust Belt” cities accept their population shrinkage and advance “right-sizing” plans, one of the right-sizing tools just received significant coverage in The Atlantic. Block-lots, or blots, are created when house and landowners scoop up adjacent lots […]
continue readingAlbany County Legislator proposes redirecting demolition fun…
An Albany County legislator is advocating for a shift of demolition funding to a new fund dedicated to preventing the deterioration of older buildings. Read more from the Albany Times-Union […]
continue readingAlbany ordinance would require vacant building owners to pos…
To protect city government from the costs of remediating or demolishing vacant properties, an Albany City Councilor has proposed an ordinance that would require vacant building owners to post at least $10,000 bonds. Read about the proposal in the Albany […]
continue reading“Right sizing” moving slowly in Youngstown
Youngstown, Ohio is deemed by many experts to be the pioneer of the “smart shrinkage,” or “right sizing” movement in cities with plummeting populations. Unfortunately, Youngstown’s right-sizing program seems to be crawling along. Other cities that have embraced right-sizing with […]
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Land Banking Authority bill passes Assembly and Senate; now …
On Friday, June 17, the Land Banking Authority bill passed in the New York State Assembly. This bill (A.373A/Hoyt) authorizes the creation of local land banks that serve to more quickly and effectively return vacant and abandoned properties to productive […]
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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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Land Banking in the news
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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