CHRONICLE EDITORIAL: CROTON RESIDENTS ARE BEING SHUT OUT OF ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISIONS THE VILLAGE HAS EVER MADE

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Chronicle Editorial: Croton residents are being shut out of one of the most important decisions the village has ever made.

In response to a Request For Proposals last year, two projects were submitted to village officials, and one was accepted. Officials refuse to divulge either one until after the deal is done.

MICHAEL BALTER

As most readers will know, village officials are in the process of selling Parking Lot A to WBP Development LLC (formerly known as Wilder Balter Partners Inc.) for $2.3 million. WBP has put forward plans to build at least 95 condominium units on Lot A as well as the adjacent property, which the developer is currently in contract to purchase as well.

The village’s position is that no public hearings are required for this sale, as long as the Board of Trustees declares the property unneeded for municipal purposes—which it has done. While any development on these properties would require approval by Croton’s Planning Board and other village bodies, the sale itself and the basic plan for the site have already been approved by the Board. It is, as they say, a “done deal.”

Village officials have told us that two proposals were submitted in response to the Request for Proposals issued last July. Would it not be important, before the sale is finalized, for villagers to know something about the other proposal and what plans it envisioned for the Lot A site?  READ more at Chronicle Editorial: Croton residents are being shut out of one of the most important decisions the village has ever made. (substack.com)