May 31
2016
Suit seeks to halt Battaglia Demolition
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman will ask a judge to halt the operations of a South Buffalo construction and demolition debris facility that’s been the subject of a longtime dispute with neighbors, the city and state environmental regulators. The Attorney General’s Office said in a statement Tuesday night that the lawsuit, expected to be filed Wednesday in Erie County Supreme Court, charges that the dust, noise, odors, vermin and truck traffic at Battaglia Demolition off Peabody and Seneca streets “have created a public nuisance under New York State law, and that the facility is illegally operating without required state environmental[...]