Carl McCall on Environment 2002 Democratic Challenger NY Governor

Pass Brownfields bill and refinance Superfund

Communities are stymied in their attempts to plan new business development, open space projects and housing because contaminated sites cannot be redeveloped. A McCall administration will:
• Develop and pass a Brownfields bill to help local governments redevelop contaminated areas.
• Provide planning incentives to local governments who are working to cleanup Brownfields.
• Refinance Superfund without weakening cleanup standards.

Replace MTA board; reform transportation in NYC

Mass transportation is at the core of the downstate region's recovery. A McCall Administration will:
• Make major improvements to build a downtown transportation hub
• Improve pedestrian traffic throughout downtown
• Replace the current board of the MTA with a group who serve as a business, labor, government and citizen coalition to press the mass transit issue
• Create a new capital plan, and help raise the finances to pay for it.

Decertify Indian Point nuclear power plant

• Urged Gov. Pataki to immediately withdraw Certification of the Indian Point Evacuation Plan.
• Called for the decommissioning of the plant and a plan that secures the spent fuel rods, addresses energy issues, protects the workers at the plant and taxpayers in surrounding communities
• Called for a viable plan that would protect residents in surrounding counties, address the problem of spent fuel rods, and convert the plant to another energy source.