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Developers present 81-unit Post Nickel Place; ZBA declines to be SEQR lead, asks for DEC remediation records
Summary
Community Builders and Unity House reintroduced an 81-unit mixed-income redevelopment of a DEC brownfield at 244 1st Street; the board declined to act as SEQR lead and requested more documentation on DEC cleanup, remediation depth, and health-and-safety plans before decisions.
Community Builders presented Post Nickel Place (PLZBA 20250036), an 81-unit mixed-income redevelopment proposed for the former Seward equipment site at 244 1st Street. Jesse Badis, senior vice president for development at Community Builders, said the site is nearly 2 acres, is under a brownfield cleanup agreement with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), and that the project aims for a 'track 1' cleanup involving excavation and removal of contaminated soils.
Kelsey Carr of…
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