Thanks for this article. In a followup, will you interview the mayor and also Maria Slippens to find out why they caved to the 100 all affordable units? We deserve an answer.
I appreciate this recapping of events and calling out the Board's lack of clarity as to why they went from 60-80 units to 100. However, I am concerned about the lack of housing and believe we need to have some density in places where it makes sense. To me, putting apartments near the train station makes sense – no one is going to put any houses on Lot A. It's easy for commuters to live there.
From the author: "We also do not think that opponents of expanded development in Croton were sufficiently coherent or articulate on the question of alternative solutions to the very real housing crisis in the county, state, and nation."
I am curious, given the criticism about development at Maple Commons and Lot A (I do understand that the scale of the Finkelstein property is on another level), where in Croton would people want to see multi-family housing? Are there any places? I know the devil is in the details in terms of these projects, but I do sometimes feel that there is a mismatch between the restrictions that some people would put on housing development Croton and the scale of the actual housing crisis.
Have we resolved the issues associated with insufficient water available at the site to support a New York State code compliant fire suppression system for a five story building? Will we no longer be required to have holding tanks for sewage systems on properties in the village that require pumps to move waste water, and feces when there is an electrical outage or a pump failure. Will we no longer be required to have firefighting access to the rear of our properties?
That my friends, our village board has just approved. Inc
John, not only have we not resolved these issues, but the nomenklatura here doesn't seem to have acknowledged that they exist at all. The taxpayer will probably be on the hook for the additional infrastructure--if that will even address the concerns raised----oh the village may get a grant or two to help offset the costs---which of course, always comes with a proverbial string---usually more housing........nothing says Welcome to Croton like Brutalist-style "affordable housing" architecture.
Past behavior is the best predictor for future behavior. This approval should come as no surprise to anyone. I hope the people who voted for the Croton Dems enjoy, dense traffic, packed schools, and higher taxes. They had a chance to vote for a major change in the village recently but went along with this careless runaway development agenda. If people like the eyesore of a development on South Riverside, they are in luck, more of that to come!
There are several photos circulating of exactly what this development will look like from various angles--and some of these photos are from existing village documents---they paint a picture of the kind of thing you envision when you hear the word "urbanization"---and you have only to look to our neighbors left and right to understand how accurate the term is....and exactly what happens next when it does.
Thanks for this article. In a followup, will you interview the mayor and also Maria Slippens to find out why they caved to the 100 all affordable units? We deserve an answer.
I think everyone in Croton should be asking them that, but I certainly will too.
I appreciate this recapping of events and calling out the Board's lack of clarity as to why they went from 60-80 units to 100. However, I am concerned about the lack of housing and believe we need to have some density in places where it makes sense. To me, putting apartments near the train station makes sense – no one is going to put any houses on Lot A. It's easy for commuters to live there.
From the author: "We also do not think that opponents of expanded development in Croton were sufficiently coherent or articulate on the question of alternative solutions to the very real housing crisis in the county, state, and nation."
I am curious, given the criticism about development at Maple Commons and Lot A (I do understand that the scale of the Finkelstein property is on another level), where in Croton would people want to see multi-family housing? Are there any places? I know the devil is in the details in terms of these projects, but I do sometimes feel that there is a mismatch between the restrictions that some people would put on housing development Croton and the scale of the actual housing crisis.
I think these are very legitimate questions and I hope others will comment on them
Have we resolved the issues associated with insufficient water available at the site to support a New York State code compliant fire suppression system for a five story building? Will we no longer be required to have holding tanks for sewage systems on properties in the village that require pumps to move waste water, and feces when there is an electrical outage or a pump failure. Will we no longer be required to have firefighting access to the rear of our properties?
That my friends, our village board has just approved. Inc
John, not only have we not resolved these issues, but the nomenklatura here doesn't seem to have acknowledged that they exist at all. The taxpayer will probably be on the hook for the additional infrastructure--if that will even address the concerns raised----oh the village may get a grant or two to help offset the costs---which of course, always comes with a proverbial string---usually more housing........nothing says Welcome to Croton like Brutalist-style "affordable housing" architecture.
Past behavior is the best predictor for future behavior. This approval should come as no surprise to anyone. I hope the people who voted for the Croton Dems enjoy, dense traffic, packed schools, and higher taxes. They had a chance to vote for a major change in the village recently but went along with this careless runaway development agenda. If people like the eyesore of a development on South Riverside, they are in luck, more of that to come!
There are several photos circulating of exactly what this development will look like from various angles--and some of these photos are from existing village documents---they paint a picture of the kind of thing you envision when you hear the word "urbanization"---and you have only to look to our neighbors left and right to understand how accurate the term is....and exactly what happens next when it does.