EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH TWO NEW HASIDIC VILLAGES IN HUDSON VALLEY MEET OBSTACLES AND LITIGATION

November 1, 2023 Rcbizjournal

Timing Of Passage Of An Amendment To the Village Incorporation Law May Derail Efforts Underway In Orange And Sullivan Counties

By Tina Traster

Two upstate Hasidic communities are each trying to form new villages in Sullivan and Orange counties but proposed legislation modifying the 150-year-old law that establishes the mechanism to create a village could derail these efforts. The bill, written by Senator James Skoufis, has passed both the Assembly and the Senate and is awaiting a trip to Governor Kathy Hochul’s desk for signature.

The law, if signed, could have implications for the proposed villages of Seven Springs in the Town of Monroe in Orange County and the Village of Ateres in Sullivan County. MORE AT Efforts to Establish Two New Hasidic Villages in Hudson Valley Meet Obstacles And Litigation - Rockland County Business Journal (rcbizjournal.com)