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| Keywords: small business big heart amsterdam n.y. ny new york ghost town ghosttown dead city upstate real-estate realestate abandoned toxic hazardous waste rape sex offenders stupid criminal real estate mohawk valley mall 12010 blacks african americans capitol region albany animal cruelty abuse buddhists monks crime schenectady troy relocate violent apartments revitalize old factories family owned water contaminated blackandwhite monochrome outdoor building architecture black and white The statistics are grim: Nearly a quarter of Amsterdam's population — and 40 percent of its children — live below the poverty line, and the city's unemployment rate is one of the highest upstate New York. But you don't need numbers to know Amsterdam New York is struggling. A visit to the industrial district off of Church Street makes that abundantly clear. At midday on Tuesday, the industrial district off of Church Street was as empty as the Arctic. The companies are gone, the people are gone and the hum of the industrial manufacturing district is deafeningly silent. Amsterdam, New York has a ratio of 29.21 offenders per 10,000 residents. This is higher than the national average of 14.07 offenders per 10,000 residents. A Superfund site is any land in the United States that has been contaminated by hazardous waste and identified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as an imminent risk to human health and/or the environment. There are 58 such sites in the Greater Amsterdam New York area and 8 within the City of Amsterdam New York limits. There are many other hazardous waste sites that fall just underneath the hazardous waste (EPA) guidelines so the actual count of toxic sites is much higher. The statistics are grim: Nearly a quarter of Amsterdam's population — and 40 percent of its children — live below the poverty line, and the city's unemployment rate is one of the highest upstate New York. But you don't need numbers to know Amsterdam New York is struggling. A visit to the industrial district off of Church Street makes that abundantly clear. At midday on Tuesday, the industrial district off of Church Street was as empty as the Arctic. The companies are gone, the people are gone and the hum of the industrial manufacturing district is deafeningly silent. Amsterdam, New York has a ratio of 29.21 offenders per 10,000 residents. This is higher than the national average of 14.07 offenders per 10,000 residents. A Superfund site is any land in the United States that has been contaminated by hazardous waste and identified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as an imminent risk to human health and/or the environment. There are 58 such sites in the Greater Amsterdam New York area and 8 within the City of Amsterdam New York limits. There are many other hazardous waste sites that fall just underneath the hazardous waste (EPA) guidelines so the actual count of toxic sites is much higher. | ||||
