LIKELY REPEAL OF ETPA IN OSSINING, MOVES THE COST TO MIDDLE CLASS PEOPLE WHO OWN HOMES CITED AS ONE OF THE REASONS..........

As ETPA has been a controversial issue here in Croton......from THE EXAMINER NEWS; HIGHLIGHTS ONLY; please read the entire article at the link below.  Likely Repeal of ETPA in Village of Ossining Stirs Emotions - January 22, 2019 By Anna Young

Some members of the Ossining Village Board are taking steps to repeal legislation that provides rent stabilization to tenants in the village.

After a controversial vote last year in Ossining established the Emergency Tenant Protection Act (ETPA), some members of the Ossining Village Board are now taking steps to repeal legislation that provides rent stabilization to more than 2,000 tenants throughout the village.

Following nearly three years of debate over how to adequately provide affordable housing, the board narrowly voted last September to approve ETPA, with Mayor Victoria Gearity and Trustee Rika Levin in opposition. However, last Wednesday, Gearity and Levin received support from newly elected trustee Manuel Quezada to repeal ETPA. “I do not believe ETPA is the right solution for affordable housing,” Levin said....I believe it moves the cost and the burden of supplying the money for these units to other middle class, working class people who own homes.” More at https://www.theexaminernews.com/likely-repeal-of-etpa-in-village-of-ossining-stirs-emotions/