Clean Air Joins Peabody Residents in Concrete Crusher Fight!

This Wednesday the Clean Air Board of Directors vote unanimously to join with residents on Peabody St. in the Seneca Babcock neighborhood to stand up against Battaglia Inc.

batalla inc. is located at 1037 Calle Séneca. Búfalo, Nueva York. The company’s property line comes up against the property of homeowners and renters on Peabody St., a densely populated community in South Buffalo. The company is a demolition transfer site, which temporary stores debris from housing demolition. Battaglia also engages in concrete crushing on site. Due to the activities of the company, there are a high number of trucks coming in and out of the facility, loading and unloading trash and debris.

The company has been in operation for less than 10 años. In this timeframe Battaglia has been cited numerous times by the Department of Environmental Conservation for violation of its 360 Waste Transfer Permit.

Clean Air became aware of the issue after our office has received numerous complaints from residents living near the company. Examples of complaints we have received as follows:

“The kids always have headaches from all the dust from the rock crushing, photos falling off of the wall from the house shaking because of all the trucks up and down the street.”

“No puedo abrir mis ventanas debido a todo el polvo de la roca que aplasta. A mis hijos les resulta difícil jugar afuera porque hay muchos camiones arriba y abajo de la calle.… My kids are always getting bloody noses and all I hear all day long is the beeping from the trucks.”

We are excited to work with the dedicated and courageous Peabody St. residentes. Stay tuned to see this campaign progress…