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ANNOUNCED THEY ARE WORKING
TOWARD A CONSENT ORDER WITH
HILLCREST, THAT COULD BE
ANNOUNCED ANY DAY.
NEW TONIGHT --- AN UPDATE ABOUT
A STORY WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING FOR
SEVERAL YEARS. AFTER A LONG
DELAY --- WHAT MANY RESIDENTS
SEE AS AN EYE SORE IN BUFFALO IS
FINALLY BEING TORN DOWN.
WE BEGAN INVESTIGATING WHEN
DEMOLITION CAME TO A SUDDEN HALT
AT THE FORMER KENSINGTON HEIGHTS
APARTMENTS. ARE PLANS FOR
DEVELOPMENT MOVING FORWARD?
NEWS 4'S GEORGE RICHERT IS
WORKING TO GET ANSWERS
TONIGHT... GEORGE.
IT IS AN UGLY VACANT HOUSING
PROJECT THAT YOU SEE FROM THE
KENSINGHTON EXPRESSWAY, AND THIS
WEEK IT'S EVEN MORE OF AN
EYESORE BECAUSE IT'S FINALLY
COMING DOWN.
((RICHARD ZACKERY-BUFFALO
RESIDENT-"WOW ! THEY'RE DOOING
THIS, THAT'S GOOD TO DO
SOMETHING WITH THAT SITE.")) FOR
THIRTY YEARS THESE PUBLIC
HOUSING TOWERS HAVE BEEN VACANT,
A MAGNET FOR GRAFFITTI....AND
NEIGHBORS COULD ONLY WONDER WHEN
SOMETHING WOULD HAPPEN HERE.
((RICHARD FLUELLEN-BUFFALO
RESIDENT-"IT LOOKED LIKE SOME
BATTLE SCENE OF A MOVIE AND IT
AIN'T TOO GOOD YOU KNOW."))
((JUNE 2009-CRYSTAL
PEOPLES-STOKES-(D) NY STATE
ASSEMBLY- "THIS IS A GREAT DAY
BECAUSE THIS IS ABOUT A CITY
THAT WANTS TO GROW IN EVERY
AREA.")) MORE THAN 3 YEARS AGO,
ASSEMBLYWOMAN CRYSTAL PEOPLES
JOINED ASSEMBLY SPEAKER SHELDON
SILVER HERE FOR A CEREMONIAL
START TO DEMOLITION, BUT SOON
AFTER IT BEGAN , A FEDERAL GRAND
JURY CHARGED THE CONTRACTORS
WITH ILLEGALY DISPOSING OF
ARE JUST NOW COMING DOWN, WHILE
IT'S A LITTLE DISAPPOINTING,
IT'S GRATIFYING.") 3 YEARS AGO,
BEFORE THE COURT DELAYS, THE
PLAN WAS FOR HLM HOLDING TO
BUILD A CONTINUING CARE
RETIREMENT COMMUNITY HERE..
((GEORGE RICHERT-"BUT SINCE
THEN, ECMC MOVED FORWARD WITH A
CONTINUING CARE FACILITY OF ITS
OWN RIGHT ON CAMPUS.")) BUFFALO
MUNICPAL HOUSING AUTHORITY
OFFICIALS SAY NOW THE REQUEST
FOR PROPOSALS PROCESS HAS TO
START OVER AGAIN BEFORE WE KNOW
WHAT WILL BE BUILT THERE..
((PEOPLES-STOKES-"IT'S NOT MY
UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE IS A A
ROCK SOLID PLAN, BUT IF THERE'S
GOING TO BE A PLAN, I CERTAINLY
WOULD LIKE TO BE AT THE TABLE
AND WOULD LIKE TO STRENUOUSLY
ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO SOEMTHING
THAT BENEFITS THE SENIOR
COMMUNITY IN BUFFALO." ))
((GEORGE RICHERT-"WHAT WOULD YOU
LIKE TO SEE HERE?" RICHARD
ZACKERY-BUFFALO RESIDENT-"I'D
LIKE TO SEE THEM BUILD SOME MORE
APARTMENTS, CONDOMINIUMS OR
SOMETHING."))
((DEMONE SMITH-COMMON COUNCIL
MAJORITY LEADER-"WELL IT'S KIND
OF OPEN RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE A
NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD
LIKE TO SEE A SUPERMARKET OVER
THERE. WE HAVE SEEN SOME PEOPLE
WHO WANT TO SEE A SENIOR CAMPUS
OVER THERE."))