State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s office released an audit of the Brownfield Cleanup Program on Wednesday, June 20, which said several sites, including some in Nassau County, have taken more than 10 years to clean up and have “posed significant threats to health and the environment where delays did not appear to be reasonable.”
The audit recommends stronger timelines, accountability measures and greater public transparency, as 17% of the 518 active projects reviewed in the program statewide had been in the program for more than 10 years as of October 2023. At that time, there were 669 active sites in the Brownfield Cleanup Program.
