Thursday, October 10, 2024

THE CROTON CHRONICLE: WITH POLICE IN THE HALLWAY JUST OUTSIDE AND STERN WARNINGS FROM CROTON'S MAYOR, LOT A HEARING CONTINUES CALMLY

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With police in the hallway just outside and stern warnings from Croton’s mayor, the continued Lot A hearing proceeds calmly.

There are signs that both sides of the housing debate have refined their arguments over time and that the end result is likely to be a compromise of some kind.

Michael Balter

Oct 10

After the Chronicle published an Editorial criticizing Mayor Brian Pugh for trying to forcibly take a microphone away from a Croton resident speaking at a housing information session on Monday, we received a wide range of comments both publicly and privately. Some agree that the mayor over-reacted, some fault the resident for his own behavior, but all agree that the episode was very regrettable.

Mayor Pugh seemed determined to avoid a repeat incident at last evening’s Board of Trustees meeting: One or two members of the Croton Police Department were stationed in the hallway just outside throughout the meeting. And as the public hearing on the development of Lot A began (continued from September 18), Pugh read the Board’s Guidelines for Public Comment (read the rest of the article at (6) With police in the hallway just outside and stern warnings from Croton’s mayor, the continued Lot A hearing proceeds calmly. (substack.com))

1 comment:

  1. He likes to threaten people with the police like the weasel that he is. Did it to me a couple of summers ago and only backed off when the police explicitly told him that he didn’t have a viable case. Of course, he lied about it when confronted.

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