HOUSING MONITOR SAYS SUE CROTON ON HUDSON & OTHERS FOR EXCLUSIONARY ZONING AND BLOCKING INTEGRATION

Two residents have sent the following article and link to Everything Croton. One is very confused because they remember a congratulatory letter in 2014 from Trustee Gallelli saying that the Wiegman administration had essentially worked hard to get Croton OFF the HUD list of communities that allegedly practice "exclusionary zoning". The monitor/HUD defines exclusionary zoning as limitations on the number of bedrooms that can be created in mixed use/other housing, AND OTHER PROVISIONS in the re-drafted Harmon re-zoning law etc. (the Wiegman admministration)

Ms. Gallelli's 2014 letter was "flawed" however; you can read why here https://www.facebook.com/notes/croton-united/croton-united-member-roseann-schuylers-letter-to-the-editor-oct-2-2014/354568408033530

IN THE MEANTIME, HERE IS TODAY'S LOHUD ARTICLE: MONITOR - SUE 7 COMMUNITIES BLOCKING INTEGRATION

LOHUD: Westchester County's own studies have continually said there is no exclusionary zoning in its municipalities.

The federal government should consider suing seven predominantly white municipalities in Westchester County whose zoning blocks construction of racially integrated housing, a court-appointed housing monitor said in his latest report.

Johnson, of the New York City law firm Debevoise and Plimpton, is overseeing the implementation of a 2009 legal settlement in which Westchester agreed to build or obtain 750 units of affordable housing in 31 of its richest and whitest communities and take other steps to encourage fair housing in the region. Croton-on-Hudson, Harrison, Lewisboro, Pelham Manor, Larchmont, North Castle and Rye Brook should face litigation from the U.S. Department of Justice if they don’t change their zoning codes, attorney James E. Johnson said in a report filed late last week. READ MORE HERE http://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/2016/05/02/monitor-biennial-report/83819508/ 

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