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January 12, 2007
County: Ridge Hill settlement disingenuous
The Journal News
By Hannan Adely
A top Westchester County official yesterday strongly criticized a settlement that ended a lawsuit between Yonkers and three of its neighbors over the proposed Ridge Hill project, saying the county would never allow an access road to be built through a park.
In a letter, Deputy County Executive Larry Schwartz accused Yonkers City Council President Chuck Lesnick of raising false hopes for an access road that would connect the Sprain BrookParkway to nearby Ridge Hill. The road - sought by project opponents, but frequently rejected by county officials - is a component of the settlement.
The settlement for Forest City Ratner's controversial Ridge Hill plan primarily offers the neighboring villages money for traffic mitigations and to lobby for the additional access road. If the County of Westchester doesn't agree to the road, then the settlment provides very little mitigation and no significant changes in the scale of the development plan.
Posted by lumi at January 12, 2007 8:21 AM