THE CHRONICLE APPEALS DENIAL OF RECORDS RELATED TO THE SALE OF 'LOT A' AS A VIOLATION OF THE LETTER AND SPIRIT OF THE NEW YORK FOIL

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The Chronicle appeals denial of records related to sale of Lot A as a violation of the letter and spirit of the New York FOIL

As we commented earlier, the Board of Trustees is proceeding with the sale without any real public input into a decision that will affect Crotonites for generations to come.

MICHAEL BALTER---MAY 20, 2024

There can be no taller pillar of a working democracy than the public’s right to know what government is doing and to have significant input into those decisions.

Last week, in an editorial entitled “Croton residents are being shut out of one of the most important decisions the village has ever made,” we argued that that village’s refusal to divulge the contents of both the winning and losing bids to buy Lot A, by denying a New York Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request for the proposals received in response to an RFP, denied the people of Croton any meaningful input into what would be developed at that village owned property.

We have been told that the current plan envisions a condominium project of at least 95 units on Lot A and the adjacent property, and the developer is clearly willing to pay for these properties on the assumption that it will get to do that. MORE AT The Chronicle appeals denial of records related to sale of Lot A as a violation of the letter and spirit of the New York FOIL (substack.com)