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November 24, 2005
Court halts Yonkers' Ridge Hill action
The Journal News
by Michael Gannon
A State Supreme Court judge put the kabosh on the extraordinary efforts by members of the Yonkers City Council to approve Ratner's controversial Ridge Hill development:
A state Supreme Court judge yesterday blocked the City Council from changing Ridge Hill Village's zoning until at least January, a day after a divided council changed a city law decreasing the number of votes required to approve it.
... State Supreme Court Justice Nicholas Colabella... yesterday issued a temporary restraining order that will stall consideration of the zoning until after a Jan. 6 deadline for both sides to submit papers."The court showed today that no matter how much you want a certain outcome, you still have to follow the law," [Democratic City Council President-elect Chuck Schorr Lesnick] said.
Before amending the city's zoning code, as the council did in dropping the five-vote threshold to four, the city first must hold a public hearing and seek opinions of both the county and Yonkers planning boards, the motion seeking the temporary restraining order contends.
Posted by lumi at November 24, 2005 7:38 AM