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Closure of Sugar Refinery Brings End to New York City Suburb’s Working Waterfront (Yonkers NY)
gCaptain ^ | June 26 2025 | Mike Schuler

Posted on 06/27/2025 8:33:51 AM PDT by texas booster

The historic Domino sugar refinery in Yonkers, New York will cease operations by the end of this year. The closure of the 130-year-old plant will bring an end to barge and bulk ship deliveries to this section of the Hudson, continuing a de-industrialization trend along the river that has been underway for decades.

ASR Group announced the closure on Friday in a recent press release detailing consolidation of the sugar refiner’s operations in the northeast United States. The company is “making strategic operational investments and optimizations to its U.S. business,” according to the statement.

As of last year, the Yonkers plant was receiving about 40 maritime deliveries of raw sugar per year, primarily domestic product brought by dry bulk barges towed up from West Palm Beach, but also occasionally Caribbean sugar delivered by foreign flag bulk ships.

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With the closure of the Yonkers plant, demand will be met by ASR’s other refineries, including those in Chalmette, Louisiana and Baltimore, Maryland, both of which the company says have been transitioned to continuous operation. A spokesperson for ASR confirmed that the Baltimore plant will see an increase in shipments by water once the Yonkers facility has closed. The company recently invested $45 million in a new raw sugar warehouse in Baltimore which will open in July and can store 100 million pounds of sugar, according to the spokesperson.
1 posted on 06/27/2025 8:33:51 AM PDT by texas booster
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To: texas booster

Times march on, and Yonkers city officials must have decided that they want high tech jobs instead of manufacturing.

Maybe the union?

There is more to this story, I wager.


2 posted on 06/27/2025 8:35:56 AM PDT by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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From the article:

The Yonkers plant is one of only a handful of manufacturers still operating and utilizing maritime facilities along the once heavily-industrialized river. About 20 miles north of Yonkers, the CertainTeed wallboard plant brings in gypsum regularly by bulk ship from Spain. Further up, near Albany, Innovative Surface Solutions produces de-icing solution from tanker-loads of magnesium chloride, and a cement plant continues to operate in Ravenna, NY, supplying terminals in the northeast by barge.

While factories are few and far between, the Ports of Albany and Coeymans remain in heavy use for bulk and specialty cargo, and the river remains a major corridor for oil products, stone, scrap metal, and aggregate.

3 posted on 06/27/2025 8:37:00 AM PDT by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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Wow. I didn’t even know there was one in NYC


4 posted on 06/27/2025 8:37:20 AM PDT by rottweiller_inc (Lupus urbem intravit. Fulminis ictu vultures super turrem exanimat.)
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To: texas booster

Yonkers? Isn’t that where aoc is from? Or was that Yorktown.


5 posted on 06/27/2025 8:38:59 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: rottweiller_inc

This is all about the “de-industrialization” of the Hudson River.

There is a free flowing, large river all the way up to (at least) Albany.

But the powers that be would rather see them become a suburb of NYC jobs.


6 posted on 06/27/2025 8:41:03 AM PDT by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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More to the story? Yes. HFCS.

7 posted on 06/27/2025 8:42:06 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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I wonder if it has anything to do with the changes planned for what you could buy with SNAP. It could effect sales in such a way to make sugar less profitable if it’s banned from food stamps.


8 posted on 06/27/2025 8:43:50 AM PDT by rottweiller_inc (Lupus urbem intravit. Fulminis ictu vultures super turrem exanimat.)
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To: texas booster

Sweet!....................For the politicians...............


9 posted on 06/27/2025 8:45:03 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: rktman

AOC was born in Parkchester and grew up in Yorktown.


10 posted on 06/27/2025 8:45:27 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: texas booster

Translation.

Domino Sugar is getting the hell out of Dodge (New York City)


11 posted on 06/27/2025 8:47:48 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Where is ZORRO when California so desperately needs him?)
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Like many waterfronts across the nation, industry has departed waterfronts and upscale housing have moved in. The Yonkers waterfront spans roughly 1.5 miles along the Hudson River, centered in the downtown area. The waterfront’s value is tied to its scenic Hudson River views, development potential, and accessibility, making it a magnet for investment. It’s a mix of modern residential developments, recreational spaces, and remnants of its industrial past. The Yonkers waterfront is often cited as some of the most prime real estate in the Hudson Valley. Key features include:

Residential Developments: Hudson Piers, a major mixed-use project by Extell Development, includes six buildings with luxury apartments, amenities like an outdoor pool, and a riverfront promenade. Tenants began moving in by June 2025, with completion expected by 2030.

Public Spaces: The waterfront features a 1.5-mile promenade with running and biking paths, new shops, dining, and the Waterfront Amphitheater, which hosts free summer music events like the “Waterfront Live!” series (June to August).

Revitalization Efforts: The Saw Mill River, once paved over, now flows near the Yonkers Train Station, enhancing the area’s appeal. Projects like Hudson Piers are part of the Yonkers Downtown Waterfront Revitalization, one of the largest mixed-use developments in Westchester County.

Accessibility: The waterfront is a 30-minute Metro-North ride from Grand Central Terminal, making it attractive for commuters seeking a suburban-urban blend.

Emerging Amenities: New businesses, including a Lionsgate film studio, are boosting the area’s economic vibrancy. The waterfront is described as part of an “emerging downtown” with shopping and family-friendly neighborhoods.

Historically industrial, with employers like Domino Sugar and Otis Elevator, the waterfront is shifting toward residential and recreational uses, reflecting Yonkers’ broader evolution from a manufacturing hub to a modern commuter city.

We’ve seen the same thing happen on the Spokane River that is the discharge for Lake Coeur d’Alene. Where there used to be several lumber mills along the river waterfront, the entire waterfront has been redeveloped from Coeur d’Alene to Post Falls. The properties along the river are VERY expensive. Ten years ago, you saw remnants of the old mills, enormous piles of earth from the demolition of the mills, old foundations and vast open fields. Now it is all housing and multi-use.


12 posted on 06/27/2025 8:48:21 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Diversity is our Strength” just doesn’t carry the same message as “Death from Above”)
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To: texas booster

NYC is going to the way of Detroit.


13 posted on 06/27/2025 8:48:43 AM PDT by CodeToad
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To: texas booster

New York has been pro criminal and anti business for decades now.


14 posted on 06/27/2025 8:49:50 AM PDT by AbolishCSEU (Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportionate to mother's actual parenting of children)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

IOW the demolition of the middle class by the left


15 posted on 06/27/2025 8:50:42 AM PDT by AbolishCSEU (Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportionate to mother's actual parenting of children)
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To: Fiji Hill

Butt, butt, butt......bronx girl. 😉


16 posted on 06/27/2025 8:52:20 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: texas booster

Yonkers has been undergoing a bit of a renaissance, with lots of new apartment and condo buildings going up. They are close enough to be a suburb for professionals working in NYC.


17 posted on 06/27/2025 8:53:14 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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Well, it looks like you are right again.

“We see this as another opportunity to continue the transformation happening in Yonkers,” said Mayor Mike Spano in a statement on social media. “Housing and recreation are the best uses of the Hudson waterfront these days, and our role will be to see that the interests of all Yonkers residents are met going forward,” he said.

It's what the mayor wants, and he and his buddies will develop their way into prosperity.

18 posted on 06/27/2025 9:03:40 AM PDT by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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Also makes sense. Yonkers, like NYC, has its own municipal tax on income to support the poor people who have been there for some time now. And they are a short, lovely, waterfront train ride from Manhattan.


19 posted on 06/27/2025 9:06:06 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: texas booster

If you search “American Sugar Refining, Yonkers NY” on Google Earth, you can see a barge docked at there Hudson River terminal


20 posted on 06/27/2025 9:06:34 AM PDT by PGR88
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