A Yonkers demolition contractor has agreed to pay $60,000 to Riverkeeper Inc. and to discharge cleaner stormwater into the Saw Mill River, to settle a federal Clean Water Act lawsuit. U.S. District Judge Cathy Seibel endorsed the deal between Riverkeeper and Capital Industries Corp. and CEO George McGuire on Nov. 21.
A federal judge has approved settlements between Riverkeeper Inc. and three Yonkers businesses that the environmental organization accused of discharging polluted stormwater into the Saw Mill River.
On Sunday, Riverkeeper, Inc. filed a complaint in the Southern District of New York against State Contracting Corp. of NY and George McGuire for allegedly