"I hope, through hard work, practical proposals and accessibility to one and all, I’ve earned your trust, respect and support for another term on the Board of Trustees."
I appreciate Len sharing his thoughts here and thank him, but how was it the village gave residents such a hard time over the golf course wanting solar panels and wanting to cut down 600 or more trees? It was such a fight between residents and the village when it shouldn’t have been. It was irresponsible for the environment and would have caused major mudslides.
Secondly, I am glad Len enjoyed the Blaze with his granddaughter. We have gone every year for the past 20 years and last Friday going to the Blaze, we sat in 30 minutes of traffic just trying to move past Shop Rite alone. It was the worst traffic we had going there. Commuters, Blaze attendees and shoppers were all in the same place and traffic was completely jam packed. How is flooding the area with dense apartments near the train station going to help this? I don’t understand why our traffic, parking and accessibility is not a major concern for Len and the other trustees. 30 minutes of traffic is ridiculous. Traffic was backed up in the same lanes leaving the Shop Rite area too. I don’t see adding large apartments buildings with very limited parking spaces helping the traffic situation.
And thank goodness the Westchester County Planning Board said no to the 1 Half Moon Bay project. It was too far from the train (to be considered commuter friendly) and way too big at 6 stories. I don’t think living directly up against Amtrak tracks and diesel trains is healthy for anyone.
The project can still return in a different plan so residents need to pay attention closely to this too.
I was very upset when Len came to the senior club meeting and told us the massive housing projects being built will make it possible for our children to stay in Croton and for us to downsize. When one woman called him on that saying that the residents of Croton get very few or none of these apartments he told us the trustees are going to make it so that Croton residents do get the apartments, which is simply not true. We wondered if this campaign false promise would have been made to a club of younger people. Was Len thinking we were too old to know stuff like the fact that these state wide and national lotteries for spots in these new Croton housing projects can’t be earmarked for Croton and we have just given up two village forests so that our community can be overcrowded with more Len backed housing projects to come? I’m voting for Gary and Nigel to save our village from Len.
I have an additional question for Len. I see the Village Trustees approved significant tax breaks for new construction home owners, starting at 50% off the first year and gradually decreasing over the five years of promised tax breaks. How can you help existing homeowners save on taxes and prevent major increases? Families, seniors, veterans, and neighbors here are concerned about this. Many have older homes requiring lots of upkeep and repairs. These residents love Croton and want to stay here. New home owners purchasing expensive homes and getting a big tax savings seems unfair since current home owners will be picking up the difference in tax revenue. Many homeowners say if you can afford a new home here, you should be able to pay your fair share in taxes.
How will these tax breaks impact current homeowners since they will also give the breaks to new affordable apartments being proposed for Lot A as well as new single family homes? Thank you.
I appreciate Len sharing his thoughts here and thank him, but how was it the village gave residents such a hard time over the golf course wanting solar panels and wanting to cut down 600 or more trees? It was such a fight between residents and the village when it shouldn’t have been. It was irresponsible for the environment and would have caused major mudslides.
Secondly, I am glad Len enjoyed the Blaze with his granddaughter. We have gone every year for the past 20 years and last Friday going to the Blaze, we sat in 30 minutes of traffic just trying to move past Shop Rite alone. It was the worst traffic we had going there. Commuters, Blaze attendees and shoppers were all in the same place and traffic was completely jam packed. How is flooding the area with dense apartments near the train station going to help this? I don’t understand why our traffic, parking and accessibility is not a major concern for Len and the other trustees. 30 minutes of traffic is ridiculous. Traffic was backed up in the same lanes leaving the Shop Rite area too. I don’t see adding large apartments buildings with very limited parking spaces helping the traffic situation.
And thank goodness the Westchester County Planning Board said no to the 1 Half Moon Bay project. It was too far from the train (to be considered commuter friendly) and way too big at 6 stories. I don’t think living directly up against Amtrak tracks and diesel trains is healthy for anyone.
The project can still return in a different plan so residents need to pay attention closely to this too.
I was very upset when Len came to the senior club meeting and told us the massive housing projects being built will make it possible for our children to stay in Croton and for us to downsize. When one woman called him on that saying that the residents of Croton get very few or none of these apartments he told us the trustees are going to make it so that Croton residents do get the apartments, which is simply not true. We wondered if this campaign false promise would have been made to a club of younger people. Was Len thinking we were too old to know stuff like the fact that these state wide and national lotteries for spots in these new Croton housing projects can’t be earmarked for Croton and we have just given up two village forests so that our community can be overcrowded with more Len backed housing projects to come? I’m voting for Gary and Nigel to save our village from Len.
I have an additional question for Len. I see the Village Trustees approved significant tax breaks for new construction home owners, starting at 50% off the first year and gradually decreasing over the five years of promised tax breaks. How can you help existing homeowners save on taxes and prevent major increases? Families, seniors, veterans, and neighbors here are concerned about this. Many have older homes requiring lots of upkeep and repairs. These residents love Croton and want to stay here. New home owners purchasing expensive homes and getting a big tax savings seems unfair since current home owners will be picking up the difference in tax revenue. Many homeowners say if you can afford a new home here, you should be able to pay your fair share in taxes.
How will these tax breaks impact current homeowners since they will also give the breaks to new affordable apartments being proposed for Lot A as well as new single family homes? Thank you.