Layoffs loom at agency in transition
Iwanowicz, who was named to the top spot Thursday after Gov. David Paterson fired Commissioner Pete Grannis Oct. 21 over a leaked DEC memo on the dire impact of planned layoffs, also faced another major environmental downsizing during his first day on the job. New York state is home to the nation’s largest Superfund project, the dredging of toxic PCBs from a 40-mile stretch of the Hudson River …
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