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November 20, 2025 Clay Town Hall Clay, New York Proposed Micron New York Semiconductor Manufacturing LLC Project Transcript of November 20, 2025 EDPL Article 2 Public Hearing Exhibit 1 – November 19, 2025 letter with objections from Christopher M. McDonald, Esq. Exhibit 2 – November 19, 2025 letter from Jean Marie Gildemeyer-Russo Exhibit 3 –November 18, 2025 letter with objections from Scott A. Lickstein, Esq. with Enclosure Agreement dated July 27, 2005 Exhibit 4 – Affidavit of Publication of EDPL 202(A) Notice in The Post-Standard
Exhibit 6 – November 7, 2025 EDPL 202 (C) Notice letter to Azalia M. King and counsel, with certified mail receipts Exhibit 7 – November 7, 2025 EDPL 202 (C) Notice letter to SSO Holdings, LLC, with certified mail receipt
Exhibit 21 – November 19, 2025 email with attachment from Connie Frizzell and Thomas Frizzell, Jr.
Exhibit 22 – November 19, 2025 email from Mark and Lisa (Carlisle) Valletta
Exhibit 25 – November 20, 2025 email and attachment from Dawn Brocious
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12 DATE: November 20, 2025 at 9:01 a.m. 13
LOCATION: Town of Clay Town Hall 14
15 Clay, New York 13041 16 BEFORE: Mark McNamara, OCIDA 17 Daniel Coleman, OCIDA 18 19 20 21 Reported by Kristen Lawler 22 23 24 25 800.523.7887 11-20-2025, Public Statement Hearing Associated Reporters Int'l., Inc. 1 11/20/25 - Micron New York Semiconductor Manufacturing, LLC 2 (The hearing commenced at 9:01 a.m.) 3 MR. McNAMARA: Before we begin, one 4 issue is the mics are very sensitive. So, if there's 5 people speaking -- if we -- if other -- particularly 6 if other people are speaking, it gets picked up on 7 the mic and the Court Reporter can't take it down.
9 respectful of other people when they're speaking.
11 introduction of the public hearing, and then we'll 12 get to the individual comments. My name is Mark 13 McNamara, I'm with the Law Firm of Barclay Damon. We 14 are counsel to the Onondaga County Industrial
16 public hearing. There are a variety of OCIDA -- 17 OCIDA is the Onondaga -- Onondaga County I.D.A.
19 staff and personnel who are here as well.
22 I'll refer to as OCIDA or the agency. Pursuant to
24 Law, which is the E.D.P.L., and I'll call it that as 25 we go forward, in connection with the potential ARII@courtsteno.com www.courtsteno.com 800.523.7887 11-20-2025, Public Statement Hearing Associated Reporters Int'l., Inc. 1 11/20/25 - Micron New York Semiconductor Manufacturing, LLC 2 acquisition by negotiated purchase or eminent domain 3 of, one, the permanent easement rights over two 4 parcels of real property located in the Town of Clay,
6 zero three one point dash zero one dash sixteen point 7 one and zero three zero dash zero one dash zero one 8 point zero.
10 be held in the parcel located within the town bearing 11 tax map parcels zero four six point zero two dash 12 zero one point zero that are not already owned by the 13 agency. Collectively, those are called the project 14 property interest, and that's how I will refer to 15 that. The real property parcels identified as S.P.L. 16 numbers, the three numbers I just -- I just 17 identified, located in the town are referred to below 18 as the property.
20 acquisition of the project property interest is for 21 the unified and comprehensive re-development of the
23 Semiconductor Manufacturing L.L.C. project, which I 24 will refer to as that -- as project. When I talk 25 about the project, that's what I'm talking about. ARII@courtsteno.com www.courtsteno.com 800.523.7887 11-20-2025, Public Statement Hearing Associated Reporters Int'l., Inc. 1 11/20/25 - Micron New York Semiconductor Manufacturing, LLC 2 And I will describe in greater detail shortly.
4 will refer to the White Pine Commerce Park as the
6 L.L.C. as Micron. Micron is a wholly owned 7 subsidiary of Micron Technology Inc., which is the 8 fourth largest semiconductor company in the world and 9 the only U.S. based manufacturer of digital memory.
11 participation in this public hearing are based on its 12 role as the potential condemner and the requirement 13 of holding a public hearing pursuant to the E.D.P.L.
15 project property interests and to inform the public 16 and to review the public use, benefit, and purpose to 17 be served by the proposed Micron project and the 18 impact of the project on the environment and 19 residents of the locality in which the property will 20 be -- or excuse me, the project will be constructed.
22 published as required by law in the Syracuse Post- 23 Standard on November 9, 11, 13, 16, and 18, 2025.
25 record of this hearing.
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3 today's public hearing were timely served on each of 4 the assessment record billing owners or licensee of 5 the project property interest and their respective 6 legal counsel by certified mail return receipt 7 requested pursuant to E.D.P.L. 202. Copies of those 8 letters and certified mailing receipts will also be 9 made part of the record of this hearing.
11 wishes to speak should identify themselves, their 12 address, the organization with which they're 13 affiliated on the sign in sheet at the entrance to 14 the -- the room. The sign in sheet -- I now have the 15 sign in sheet, and if you didn't get an opportunity 16 to sign that, you can -- you -- I will -- at the end 17 of when I go through all of the names with the people 18 who did sign in, you may come up and speak as well, 19 and we'll just get your name at that time.
21 challenge condemnation of any real property interests 22 they have in the property and the pro -- the project 23 property interests via judicial review may do so only 24 on the basis of issues, facts, and objections that 25 they -- that they raise at this public hearing. ARII@courtsteno.com www.courtsteno.com 800.523.7887 11-20-2025, Public Statement Hearing Associated Reporters Int'l., Inc. 1 11/20/25 - Micron New York Semiconductor Manufacturing, LLC
3 order in which they signed in. Each speaker is 4 limited to approximately three minutes, there are a 5 lot of people here, with latitude -- extra latitude 6 being given to any representative to the -- to the 7 legal representatives and the -- of the Russo with 8 the S.S.O. property and to Mrs. King in the event her 9 counsel wish to speak.
11 including from counsel for Mrs. King, which have 12 already been received by the agency and which will be 13 made part of the -- this public record. The
15 said and to preserve your comments. Again, you'll be 16 speaking right here at the mic. Your comments will 17 be part of the public hearing.
19 and I've already received some, if anyone has any 20 written materials which they would like to submit, 21 instead of speaking or in addition to speaking, 22 please give those to us before you leave. And again, 23 those will be made exhibits and part of the public 24 record.
ARII@courtsteno.com www.courtsteno.com 800.523.7887 11-20-2025, Public Statement Hearing Associated Reporters Int'l., Inc. 1 11/20/25 - Micron New York Semiconductor Manufacturing, LLC 2 already received several emails and letters, 3 including not limited to a November 18 letter from 4 the Newman and Lickstein Law Firm on behalf of Azalia 5 King. Again, all of those materials will be part of 6 the record.
8 open to receive any additional materials or written 9 submissions people may wish the agency to consider as 10 part of the hearing, but those materials or written 11 submissions should be forwarded, mailed, or delivered 12 so that they are received, not mailed by, received by 13 the close of business on or before November 26, 2025, 14 and they should be sent or delivered to Robert
17 Floor 2M, Syracuse, New York 13202.
19 project, a more -- a greater, more detailed 20 description is as follows. Micron plans to invest 21 approximately one hundred billion dollars over the 22 next sixteen years to construct and operate a large 23 scale, state of the art, Dynamic Random Access
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3 Campus, what I've just described.
6 construction material conveyance facility to reduce 7 truck trips and support construction of the Micron 8 Campus. That I'll refer to as the Rail Spur site.
10 and recreational center to serve its employees, 11 that's the childcare site, and to lease existing 12 warehouse space within twenty miles of the Micron
14 collectively with the Micron Campus, all of that is 15 the project.
17 acquire the project property interest by eminent 18 domain or negotiated purchase to effect -- to 19 effectuate the project. The one thousand three 20 hundred seventy-seven acre -- approximately one 21 thousand three hundred seventy-seven acre, Micron
23 approximately twenty-eight acre portion of the Park, 24 so located in the Town of Cicero, Onondaga County,
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9 approximately thirty-eight acres located west of 8625
11 point dash zero two dash zero three point two. The 12 childcare site will consist of approximately thirty- 13 one acres located at 9100 Caughdenoy Road, tax map 14 parcel zero four two point -- dash zero one dash 15 thirteen point zero, and the warehouse site will be 16 located at a yet to be determined industrial zoned -- 17 industrially zoned area within twenty miles of the 18 Micron Campus.
20 new industrial wastewater treatment plant, the 21 I.W.W.T.P., and other wastewater and reclaimed water 22 utilities located at the existing approximately 23 seventy-six acre Oak Orchard site owned by the County 24 in the Town located at 4300 Oak Orchard Road, it's 25 the Oak Orchard site, a new industrial wastewater and ARII@courtsteno.com www.courtsteno.com 800.523.7887 11-20-2025, Public Statement Hearing Associated Reporters Int'l., Inc. 1 11/20/25 - Micron New York Semiconductor Manufacturing, LLC 2 reclaimed water conveyance between the Micron Campus 3 and the Oak Orchard site.
5 four six point dash zero two dash zero one point zero 6 is located within the Park and the parcels bearing 7 tax map parcel zero thirty-one dash zero one dash 8 sixteen point one and zero three zero dash zero one 9 dash zero one point zero are located between the Oak 10 Orchard site and the proposed Micron Campus.
12 remaining Micron Campus, the Oak Orchard site, the
14 site are collectively referred to as the project 15 site. The agency is considering an application from
17 operation of the Micron Campus component of the 18 project.
20 thousand three hundred thirty-nine acres of the one 21 thousand three hundred seventy-seven acre proposed 22 Micron Campus will be located in the Park. The 23 agency now owns the entirety of the Park, including 24 the parcel bearing tax map number zero four six dash 25 zero two dash zero one point zero, which is the ARII@courtsteno.com www.courtsteno.com 800.523.7887 11-20-2025, Public Statement Hearing Associated Reporters Int'l., Inc. 1 11/20/25 - Micron New York Semiconductor Manufacturing, LLC 2 subject of a license -- to -- or subject to a 3 license.
5 eminent domain or negotiated purchase any and all 6 interest that may be held in that parcel not already 7 owned by the agency in order to further the re- 8 development of the Park and proposed Micron project.
10 agency has offered the owner of that license interest 11 compensation well in excess of its appraised value.
13 an industrial wastewater treatment plant on its oak - 14 - on its Oak Orchard site. Both the construction and 15 operation of the proposed Micron Campus will require 16 increased utility infrastructure. In connection with 17 this need, as I stated earlier, the County intends to 18 construct a new industrial wastewater treatment plant 19 at its Oak Orchard site.
21 new reclaimed water conveyance between its location 22 at the Park and the Oak Orchard site. Acquisition of 23 the project property interest in the parcels bearing 24 tax map numbers zero three one dash zero one dash 25 sixteen point one and zero three zero dash zero one ARII@courtsteno.com www.courtsteno.com 800.523.7887 11-20-2025, Public Statement Hearing Associated Reporters Int'l., Inc. 1 11/20/25 - Micron New York Semiconductor Manufacturing, LLC 2 dash zero one point zero is necessary because those 3 parcels are located between the proposed location of 4 the Micron Campus and the oak -- and the Oak Orchard 5 site. And the new industrial wastewater and 6 reclaimed water conveyance to service the Micron
8 parcels.
10 purpose of the project includes but is not limited 11 to, one, construction of new infrastructure in an -- 12 in an industry of local, state, and national 13 importance with such infrastructure constituting the 14 largest domestic producer of DRAM chips that have 15 crucial applications in military equipment, 16 cybersecurity technology, the aerospace industry, and 17 artificial intelligence.
19 development generating four thousand -- approximately 20 four thousand on-site construction jobs, 21 approximately nine thousand permanent on-site 22 operations jobs, and spurring the creation of 23 approximately forty thousand vendor supply chain, 24 construction, community, and other jobs in the 25 regional economy and throughout the state. ARII@courtsteno.com www.courtsteno.com 800.523.7887 11-20-2025, Public Statement Hearing Associated Reporters Int'l., Inc. 1 11/20/25 - Micron New York Semiconductor Manufacturing, LLC
3 improvements within the region including ten billion 4 dollars approximately in real G.D.P. impacts, 5 additional tax revenues and investments of five 6 hundred million dollars approximately in local and 7 regional initiatives that advance identified 8 community needs, all of which will advance the job 9 opportunities, health, general prosperity, and 10 economic welfare of the people of the County and the 11 State.
13 wishes to speak as I described before. First one is 14 John Russo from S.S.O. Holdings.
16 MR. McNAMARA: Excuse me.
18 who comes up to speak could just for the record state 19 and spell their name, I'd appreciate that. Thank 20 you.
21 MR. RUSSO: My name -- my name is John 22 Russo, that's J-O-H-N R-U-S-S-O. And I'm here on 23 behalf of S.S.L. Holdings, a family member of the 24 properties OCIDA is considering for easement takings.
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3 UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKERS: Talk in to the 4 mic.
6 it up.
8 you don’t have to keep this a secret.
9 MR. RUSSO: Sorry about that, guys.
11 buddy. Go ahead.
12 MR. McNAMARA: Go ahead, Mr. Russo. 13 MR. RUSSO: Do you want me to spell my 14 name again? I’ll start over. My name is John Russo, 15 and I'm here on behalf of S.S.O. Holdings, a family 16 member of the properties OCIDA is considering for 17 easement takings. Please include this verbal 18 submission in addition to the written and emailed 19 submission in the official E.D.P.L. hearing record. 20 Dear Mr. Petrovich and members of the
22 respectfully asking OCIDA to not move forward with 23 the eminent domain because the agency has not met the 24 legal requirements under New York's Eminent Domain
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4 eminent domain, the law requires a full and fair 5 review of the potential environmental impacts. This 6 did not happen in this case.
8 pipeline proposed across our property was listed as a 9 connected action to the Micron project. Yet, the 10 environmental analysis of that pipeline is 11 incomplete, segmented, and lacking detail. OCIDA's 12 own documents state that easements quote would not 13 change the current use end quote of our land. But 14 that statement overlooks the reality that a broad 15 easement like this reduces future development 16 potential, restricts how the land can be used, and 17 creates a meaningful long-term impacts.
19 also failed to consider the two natural spring-fed 20 ponds and associated wetlands on S.S.O.'s property 21 adjacent to the Oak Orchard Wastewater Treatment
23 there were any leakage or spills from the proposed 24 wastewater conveyance pipe. In addition, the 25 analysis does not address what would happen in the ARII@courtsteno.com www.courtsteno.com 800.523.7887 11-20-2025, Public Statement Hearing Associated Reporters Int'l., Inc. 1 11/20/25 - Micron New York Semiconductor Manufacturing, LLC 2 event of a catastrophic failure of this industrial 3 wastewater line, an essential issue for public 4 safety, environmental protection, and property 5 stewardship.
7 hard look at these issues, its environmental findings 8 are incomplete and the law does not permit the agency 9 to proceed with eminent domain under these 10 circumstances. We are simply asking OCIDA to follow 11 the process that New York Law requires, one that 12 protects the environment, the community, and property 13 rights.
15 request that OCIDA decline to exercise eminent domain 16 on the S.S.O. properties at this time. Thank you. 17 MR. McNAMARA: Mr. Russo, this is not 18 normally going to be a question and answer. I do 19 have one question. You referenced the -- 20 MR. RUSSO: Yes.
21 MR. McNAMARA: -- email. I have the 22 letter. I'm not sure I have the email.
23 MR. RUSSO: My --
25 lawyer.
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7 MR. McNAMARA: Okay. Thank you.
9 you too.
10 MR. McNAMARA: To me? All right. 11 Yeah, I just haven't seen it. All right. Thank you. 12 MR. RUSSO: Yeah, thank you so much. 13 MR. McNAMARA: Next, I think that's
15 MR. TADDEO: In Italy, it would be 16 Taddeo, but my grandparents made it Taddeo, I think. 17 MR. McNAMARA: Thank you. 18 MR. TADDEO: But it's spelled T-A-D-D- 19 E-O. And I'm here representing myself, Immanuel 20 Lutheran Church, in support for the King family. I 21 live in Cicero, New York --
23 you.
24 MR. McNAMARA: Can you please speak 25 into the -- into that mic?
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12 you think that OCIDA and Onondaga County really, I 13 think, abused the eminent domain function. New York
15 domain abuse in the country. So, I really think that 16 needs to be changed. Thank you.
17 MR. McNAMARA: Thank you, sir. 18 Darlene Piper.
19 MS. PIPER: Darlene Piper, D-A-R-L-E- 20 N-E P-I-P-E-R. So, I'm here as a neighbor. I didn't 21 think I knew Mrs. King, but I just ran into her 22 daughter, who I went to school with. So, I do know 23 Mrs. King. And I'm in opposition to this idea that 24 you can sign a contract and unbeknownst to you, she 25 lived longer than you anticipated.
ARII@courtsteno.com www.courtsteno.com 800.523.7887 11-20-2025, Public Statement Hearing Associated Reporters Int'l., Inc. 1 11/20/25 - Micron New York Semiconductor Manufacturing, LLC 2 My mother could be just like Mrs. 3 King. Her doctor just told her she could live to a 4 hundred. So, you can't do this. You can't sign a 5 contract and then say, oh, well, we need the land 6 now. We need the house now. You need to move. You 7 need to just stop doing this and honor your contract.
9 neighbor, I'm not her street-neighbor, I live on the 10 other side of town, I'm in the County of Onondaga, in 11 the Town of Clay, and this is just not right. And I 12 think you all know it's not right.
14 minutes giving Micron his -- their advertisement of 15 how wonderful they're all going to be, but not for 16 Mrs. King. So, you need to honor that contract. And 17 even though I heard Ryan McMahon say he didn't sign 18 that contract, he wasn't part of that contract, that 19 doesn't matter. Also, I did sign that. So, that's 20 my two cents. Thank you.
21 MR. McNAMARA: Lorraine Demeter. 22 MS. DEMETER: Lorraine Demeter, D-E-M-
24 Azalia King, or Butch King. Twenty years ago, the 25 County made an agreement with Glenn and Azalia King. ARII@courtsteno.com www.courtsteno.com 800.523.7887 11-20-2025, Public Statement Hearing Associated Reporters Int'l., Inc. 1 11/20/25 - Micron New York Semiconductor Manufacturing, LLC
3 and you would grant them lifetime use of the family 4 home and property.
6 bargain. Now, someone more important than the King 7 says, come along and you want to renege on that 8 agreement and turn Mrs. King at ninety-one years old 9 out of the home she has known for more than fifty 10 years. Lucky you, Glenn King has passed away, one 11 down, one to go.
13 redirected the money meant for Onondaga County to
15 York State project. If they can postpone, so can 16 you.
18 years, Micron says, just kidding, we've changed our 19 mind, remember that you tried to do the same thing to 20 an old woman today.
21 MR. McNAMARA: Mike Demeter. 22 MR. DEMETER: Mike Demeter, D-E-M-E-T- 23 E-R. Twenty years ago, OCIDA signed the contract 24 with Glenn and Azalia King, buying their property 25 with the understanding that they could live out their ARII@courtsteno.com www.courtsteno.com 800.523.7887 11-20-2025, Public Statement Hearing Associated Reporters Int'l., Inc. 1 11/20/25 - Micron New York Semiconductor Manufacturing, LLC 2 lives there. OCIDA now wants to renege on that 3 contract.
5 on a small scale, because this is relatively small 6 compared to the whole project, how can the people of
8 honest and have integrity on a hundred billion dollar 9 project? I can't see how that's going to go. Thank 10 you.
11 MR. McNAMARA: Don Western. 12 MR. WESTERN: This is going to be a 13 challenge. I'm Don Western, W-E-S-T-E-R-N. I live 14 in Fayetteville, New York.
16 you.
17 MR. WESTERN: My name is Don Western, 18 W-E-S-T-E-R-N. I live in Fayetteville, New York. 19 UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Louder, please. 20 MR. WESTERN: Oh, boy. Third time, my 21 name is Don Western, W-E-S-T-E-R-N. I live in 22 Fayetteville, New York.
23 UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Got you. Thank 24 you.
25 MR. WESTERN: For a period of time, I ARII@courtsteno.com www.courtsteno.com 800.523.7887 11-20-2025, Public Statement Hearing Associated Reporters Int'l., Inc. 1 11/20/25 - Micron New York Semiconductor Manufacturing, LLC 2 was the Director of Economic Development for Onondaga
4 county I.D.A. In that capacity, I arranged for the 5 acquisition of land for the new industrial apartment 6 in the Town of Clay. As part of that work, I met 7 with Azalia and Glenn King in the kitchen of their 8 house in Caughdenoy Road to discuss acquisition of 9 their two properties.
10 Prior to meeting with Mr. and Mrs.
12 north and south of their land. The first of these 13 purchases was completed in November of 1999.
15 seven acres, including the residence, was essential 16 for the agency to achieve the continuous ownership to 17 a two hundred and fifty-one acre area along 18 Caughdenoy Road and Route 31.
20 establish control of a large, vacant industrial zone 21 site that could participate in the State's semi-New
24 business investments. This site was then named the 25 Clay Business Park.
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3 acquisition of the King properties included the right 4 of occupancy by Mr. and Mrs. King. Adjacent to the 5 parcel with their residence was this three acre 6 parcel whose owner had no desire to discuss a sale.
8 two feet.
10 significant development project occurred, the portion 11 of the king parcel equal in depth to that adjacent 12 parcel would be reserved for the residence, leaving 13 it in place as a pre-existing use and preserving the 14 right of occupancy.
16 parcel was acquired by the agency in 2021, and a 17 house on it was demolished. With these changes and a 18 scope and magnitude of the Micron project, that 19 strategy for preservation -- preservation is no 20 longer possible.
22 transparency as to the current goal of the agency 23 regarding its land acquisitions in Clay to a large 24 site that could compete in the national -- 25 international site selection market for a very large ARII@courtsteno.com www.courtsteno.com 800.523.7887 11-20-2025, Public Statement Hearing Associated Reporters Int'l., Inc. 1 11/20/25 - Micron New York Semiconductor Manufacturing, LLC 2 project.
4 achieved at a scale that requires material 5 recalibrations of physical facilities of land use in 6 our county that extend far beyond the site itself.
8 require the agency to hold all rights to the 9 properties on site, including an 8700 Caughdenoy Road 10 -- Road ending the life occupancy of the residents 11 that was included in a 2005 transaction.
13 negotiating skills to convince the Kings to re -- 14 relocate in 2005, and thus this anomaly remained for 15 another time. Disrupting the settled life of an 16 elderly person is difficult, painful, unkind, and a 17 project that could leave the existing residents 18 undisturbed would be my preference. That is not 19 possible.
21 lasted twenty years. And I hope that in a suitable 22 new residence, Mrs. King will have many more years.
24 should be sufficient for acquisition of an acceptable 25 residence for Mrs. King.
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3 the prior payment made by the agency in 2005 or the 4 subsequent benefits realized by the tax exempt status 5 of the property since acquisition by the agency.
7 2008. I have no connection to or relationship with 8 the County team that has handled the Micron project 9 since its inception. Thank you.
10 MR. McNAMARA: Thank you very much. 11 Sue Hammond.
12 MS. HAMMOND: Hi, my name is Sue
14 organization, so to speak. I'm -- I'm here basically 15 -- I -- I debated for days whether to come because I 16 knew this was going to be a done deal. This is going 17 to be a done deal.
19 the members -- the members of OCIDA are -- are not 20 sitting up here.
22 right.
23 MS. HAMMOND: They're not here. Even 24 their name tags aren't here. So, you know, so I came 25 -- frankly, I came to look in the eye of the people ARII@courtsteno.com www.courtsteno.com 800.523.7887 11-20-2025, Public Statement Hearing Associated Reporters Int'l., Inc. 1 11/20/25 - Micron New York Semiconductor Manufacturing, LLC 2 who came -- unelected people, who came here who will 3 come here and are going to kick people off their 4 property and destroy a whole bunch of the 5 environment, turn this into a sacrifice zone. 6 And it -- it just -- it gets worse.
8 you've already voted to approve two billion dollars 9 in sales in property tax breaks. In addition to 10 twenty-two billion in subsidies from the state and 11 federal agency, and it says, the taxpayers will pay 12 for about half of the estimated fifty-one and a half 13 billion dollar cost to build two factories. And two 14 is only the beginning. Okay. Then there's supposed 15 to be two more.
16 So, now -- okay. So, you sold to 17 Micron, it's a little confusing to me. But anyway, 18 the original ones are going to be -- eight hundred 19 twenty acres are going to be apparently built and I 20 don't know what you're going to do with the rest of 21 them. God only knows what other god-awful project 22 you had for those.
24 three point six million dollars in tax breaks to 25 build the rail square, okay? And -- and -- oh -- oh, ARII@courtsteno.com www.courtsteno.com 800.523.7887 11-20-2025, Public Statement Hearing Associated Reporters Int'l., Inc. 1 11/20/25 - Micron New York Semiconductor Manufacturing, LLC 2 I'm going get back to it. And I'm -- I'm -- this is 3 not my first rodeo, okay? We get back to the secret 4 forum and the extensive twenty thousand pages that 5 was done in environmental assessment, okay? I'm --
7 costs the same number of trees that you're going to 8 have to cut down to -- to build this project.
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