| BID |
Business Improvement District |
| BCP |
Brownfield Cleanup Program |
| BOA |
Brownfield Opportunities Area (also a program of the NY State DEC) |
| BOCS |
Yonkers Board of Contract and Supply |
| CDA |
Yonkers Community Development Agency |
| CDO |
Community Development Organization |
| CDBG |
Community Development Block Grant (often HUD related) |
| CLG |
Certified Local Government (through SHPO; Yonkers is a CLG) |
| COC |
Certificate of Completion (part of Brownfield cleanup) |
| COY |
City of Yonkers |
| CPP |
Citizen Participation Plan (part of Brownfield cleanup) |
| DEC |
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation |
| DEIS |
Draft Environmental Impact Statement (part of SEQRA) |
| DOS |
New York State Department of State |
| DWDC |
Yonkers Downtown Waterfront Development Corporation |
| EAF |
Environmental Assessment Form (part of SEQRA) |
| EIS |
Environmental Impact Statement (part of SEQRA) |
| ENB |
Environmental Notice Bulletin (monthly publication of NY State DEC) |
| ESDC |
Empire State Development Corporation (NY state economic development agency) |
| EZ |
Empire Zone |
| FCWC |
Federated Conservationists of Westchester County |
| FC Yonkers |
Developers of Ridge Hill |
| FEIS |
Final Environmental Impact Statement (part of SEQRA) |
| FSC |
Forest Stewardship Council |
| FOIL |
Freedom of Information Law (to Foil – to request information under the law) |
| FTA |
Fixed Tax Agreement |
| GPTF |
Green Policy Task Force (official Yonkers body) |
| HVAC |
Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning |
| HCFC |
Hydro-chloro-fluoro carbon |
| HOA |
Homes for America (former developers for 14.6 acres on northern end of Alexander Street) |
| HRCA |
Hudson River Community Association of Northwest Yonkers, Inc. |
| HUD |
US Department of Housing and Urban Development (Federal agency) |
| H&I |
Development parcels owned by Yonkers on the waterfront between Scrimshaw House and the Domino Sugar Plant. |
| IDA |
Industrial Development Agency |
| LEED |
Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design – environmental standards from USGBC* |
| LDC |
Local Development Corporation |
| LDA |
Land Disposition Agreement |
| LPB |
Yonkers Landmarks Preservation Board |
| LPRA |
Ludlow Park Residents’ Association |
| LTA |
Land Trust Alliance |
| LWRP |
Local Waterfront Revitalization Program (also a Yonkers draft program document) |
| MDDA |
Master Developer Designation Agreement |
| PHLC |
Park Hill Land Conservancy (former name, now the Yonkers Land Conservancy.) |
| PHRA |
Park Hill Residents' Association |
| RAWP |
Remedial Action Work Plan (part of Brownfield cleanup) |
| RCCY |
River Communities Coalition of Yonkers |
| RHDC |
Ridge Hill Development Corporation |
| RIR |
Remedial Investigation Report (part of Brownfield cleanup) |
| RPC |
River Park Center = SFC’s name for the “”Chicken Island” part of their Phase 1 development |
| MP |
Master Plan |
| NMDA |
New Main Street Development Agency |
| OED |
Yonkers Office of Economic Development |
| OGS |
New York State Office of General Services |
| OPRHP |
NY State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation |
| PCBs |
Polychlorinated biphenyls |
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| PP |
Palisades Point: SFC’s name for the “Parcels H&I” part of their phase 1 development |
| PILOT |
Payment in Lieu of Taxes |
| PUR (Z) |
Planned Urban Redevelopment (Zone) |
| RCCY |
River Communities Coalition of Yonkers |
| ROD |
Record of Decision |
| SFC |
Streuver, Fidelco, Cappelli (developers)
Note: As of summer 2009 Mr. Streuver is no longer part of this project team. |
| SEQRA |
State Environmental Quality Review Act |
| SH |
Scenic Hudson (www.scenichudson.org) |
| SHPO |
NY State Historic Preservation Office |
| SPDES |
State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit (issued by NY State DEC) |
| SWEP |
South Westchester Executive Park |
| TIF |
Tax Incremental Financing |
| USACE |
US Army Corps of Engineers |
| USGBC* |
U S Green Building Council |
| VOCS |
Volatile Organic Compounds |
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| WCPB |
Westchester County Planning Board |
| WLT |
Westchester Land Trust |
| YASR |
Yonkers Alexander Street Redevelopment, Inc. |
| YBD |
Yonkers Baseball Development, Inc. |
| YBLDC |
Yonkers Baseball Local Development Corporation |
| YBS |
Yonkers Brownfield Solutions, Inc. |
| YCSD |
Yonkers Committee for Smart Development |
| YEDC |
Yonkers Economic Development Corporation |
| YHDC |
Yonkers Housing Development Corporation |
| YIDA |
Yonkers Industrial Development Agency |
| YMSDC |
Yonkers Main Street Development Corporation |
| YPHDF |
Yonkers Partnership Housing Development Fund Corporation |
| YLC |
Yonkers Land Conservancy, Inc. (formerly Park Hill Land Conservancy) |
| YPIE |
Yonkers Partners in Education www.ypie.org |
| YPS |
Yonkers Public School District (which reports to the BoE = Board of Education) |
| ZAB |
Yonkers Empire Zone Administration Board |
| ZBA |
Yonkers Zoning Board of Appeals |