Question

New York City has over 3,000 vacant commercial and industrial properties and more than 7,000 properties designated by the City as subject to mandatory environmental study and management. Perhaps as many as 40 percent of these properties are chronically vacant or underutilized contaminated land, commonly known as brownfield sites. Comprehensive brownfield management has the potential to address many environmental, social, and economic problems in New York City. As our need for space grows, we must use our existing stock of land more effectively. Brownfield cleanup and redevelopment represents one of our best opportunities to engage communities and reclaim land for development in the city. It also offers an opportunity to simultaneously benefit the environment, improve the health of our neighborhoods, and attain more equitable and sustainable economic development.

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Answer 1

To address the increasing demand for space in New York City and also to protect the environment in the city, there is an urgent need for the management, cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites in the city. Borwnfield sites are those properties that are chronically vacant or underutilized contaminated, and they account for 40% of the total commercial and industrial properties. Cleanup and redevelopment of these sites will not only benefit the environment and public health but will also promote economic development of the nerghborhoods.