Kodak Pollution Deal Brings Homeowners Back to Rand Street
Nine month pregnant resident Mary Podhorecki recalls mortgage help from Kodak amid a polluted Rand Street area linked to the company’s plant. Atlantic States Legal Foundation contends Kodak discharged hundreds of thousands of pounds of toxic chemicals in 1987 and 1988 without a permit, seeking fines and damages while Kodak funds home buyouts and maintains remaining houses as it sells them.
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Mary Podhorecki
Podhorecki
Kodak
Podhoreckis
Allied Signal Co
Solvay
Allied
State Department of Foivirenmental Conservation
Rand Street
Charles Tebbutt
Atlantic States Legal Foundation
Tebbutt
Atlantic States
Rochester
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Syracuse
Natural Resources Defense Council
Bristol-Myers
Eastman Kodak Co
Sonteen Atlantic States Legal Foundation Herald-Journal
Kodak Rand Street Homebuyers Trade Pollution Fears for Grants
Eastman Kodak offers a Value Protection program with fixed 30 year mortgages below market rates. Free interest and principal in year one, six points for government financed loans, $5000 home improvement grants, and property value guarantees through 1998. Free real estate agents for sales before June 1 1991. Residents say the street near an industrial park remains affordable despite pollution. Community figures note Kodak employed about 44 740 in Rochester and defense of health risks varies by family. Neighbors formed a group amid contamination concerns, while Kodak environmental staff answer buyer questions at the Neighborhood Center.
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Green
Nothingle Realtors
Kodak
Rochester
Alan
Margaret Kaspar
Kaspars
Eddie
Kevin
Joey
Residences on Rand Street face toxic risk fears
In March 1988 Joseph Polito and neighbors feared toxic chemicals seeping under fences from Eastman Kodak near 312 Rand St Rochester. Kodak offered to cover moving costs in October 1988 while Polito, his wife Michelle and two children left. Polito kept public pressure high, but despite incentives and unclear proof of harm, he would not return.
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Rand Street
Kodak
Joseph Polito
Polito
Ray Slattery
Rochester
Slattery
Hanley
Rand St
Michelle
Mark
Ricky
Eastman Kodako
Politos
Lloyd Tiede
Department of Public Works
Polite
Michelle Polite
Couple stays put as Kodak spills reshape Rochester area
Lloyd and Dorothy Tiede, longtime residents of 202 Rand Street near Eastman Kodak, stayed through decades of growth and chemical spill concerns. They plan to move within two years to a log home in Wayne County, noting Kodak’s investments have improved the neighborhood despite past issues. Dorothy works at Kodak and Lloyd at GM Rochester Products.
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Alan Kaspar
Kodak
Margaret Kaspar
Rand Street
Elizabeth Callery
Callery
Rochester
Lloyd Tiede
Tiede
Eastman Kodak Co
Tiede Sapa
General Motor
Ind Street
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Thomas Marriott
State Department of Environmental Conservation
Marriott
Marnott
Bristol
DEC
State Attorney General's Office
David Strong
David Lassman
Margaret
Jackie Green
Band Street
Concerned Neighbors of Kodak Park
New York City
Saan Ae
Mra Meat
Pimene
Joseph
R Michelle Panto
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