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THE SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION AUTHORITY NOW SAYS IT WON’T BUILD FOUR NEW BRONX SCHOOLS ON THE LAND BETWEEN CONCOURSE VILLAGE WEST AND EAST 156TH STREET (map) because, inexplicably, the site is a mercury and benzene dumping ground,  says NYI. The Mott Haven Campus schools were to house 2,200 students, and the city promised to spend $30 million to clean up the site, but parents are skeptical. Some say health problems have already started since construction began. Chaira Salem says that soon as work crews broke ground, her son broke out in a rash. She told NY1 “I also have had to be put on asthma medication without ever having any precedence of any asthma in my family or in my history.”

After long debate, the City Council nixed the plan, halting construction until experts can assess the danger.

– Teshia Sooklal