For decades, many local former industrial sites now known as "brownfields", most of them with contaminated soil, have stymied economic development efforts by making what were once some of the most productive pieces of land in Gloversville, Amsterdam and other places essentially off limits for new u
Mayor Vince DeSantis told the Common Council Tuesday night that the city's plan to take ownership of four brownfield properties and apply for federal funding to clean them up has hit a bit of a snag. Fulton County has likely taken most of them off of the property tax rolls, putting them in an ongoin
GLOVERSVILLE Mayor Vince DeSantis and City Attorney Amanda Rose are set to meet with Fulton County Attorney Jason Brott on Thursday to advance the city's plan to acquire four brownfield properties through tax foreclosure and then apply for federal funding to clean up and redevelop the long-abando