Upstate’s Buffalo bid shot down by city

Mar 07, 2013 | 04:46 PM | Samuel Frizell

Tags  Upstate Shredding LLC-Ben Weitsman & Son Inc., Adam Weitsman, Niagara Metals, Auto City of Buffalo Inc., samuel frizell

NEW YORK — Upstate Shredding LLC-Ben Weitsman & Son Inc. has been denied a bid to purchase a scrapyard in Buffalo, N.Y.

The Owego, N.Y.-based company had a contract to buy the property if the requisite licenses were granted, but the Buffalo City Council unanimously voted down the recycler’s application for a wholesale junk license and a scrap metal processing license. ....





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