Source: https://rcbizjournal.com/, February 26, 2024

Thruway Plaza at 308-330 Route 59 in Nanuet has applied to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Brownfield Cleanup Program to remediate chlorinated solvents and petroleum products in the groundwater at the site. The likely source of the groundwater pollution was a dry-cleaning facility that operated at the former shopping center from 1992 through 2013. The dry cleaner leased about 1,700 square feet of space in the shopping center and operated under the names Charles’ French Cleaners, Nanuet Cleaners, Outstanding Cleaners and/or Lake Cleaners respectively.

However, potential environmental issues left behind by the dry cleaning operation were not raised during Town of Clarkstown planning board and town meetings when Thruway Plaza sought permission to demolish the existing shopping center and redevelop the property. Read more.