A VERY DETAILED ARTICLE FROM THE EXAMINER NEWS; PLEASE NOTE THE 9/ SPECIAL MEETING HAS BEEN MOVED TO 10/5 (AT PRESENT)
BIG DOLLARS, HIGH STAKES EMBROIL CORTLANDT REHAB CENTER PROPOSAL By Jim Roberts
A six-year battle over a proposed 92-bed luxury drug and alcohol rehab specialty hospital on 20 acres in Cortlandt pits a neighborhood of owners of million-dollar homes against an undisclosed group of investors headed by a mysterious millionaire businessman.
The plan to rehabilitate the former Hudson Institute site on Quaker Ridge Road overlooking the Hudson River has raised the ire of deep-pocketed opponents who so far have stopped the project.
The investor group is headed by a controversial businessman who served three separate terms in federal prison. Among the high-profile neighbors opposing the proposal is Tom Secunda, a co-founder of Bloomberg LP, whose net worth is calculated at $3.5 billion by Forbes.
First presenting the project to Cortlandt officials in 2015, the backers of Hudson Ridge Wellness Center have spent nearly $3 million to buy three parcels of land, paid attorneys and consultants hundreds of thousands of dollars, carried property taxes costing nearly $400,000 and renovated the existing buildings on the site to the tune of $1.5 million......MUCH MUCH MORE AT https://www.theexaminernews.com/big-dollars-high-stakes-embroil-cortlandt-rehab-center-proposal/
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4/12/2022 update
A proposed luxury drug and alcohol rehabilitation specialty hospital in Cortlandt that has been closely watched by residents and officials in New Castle and Ossining cleared a major hurdle last week.
The Cortlandt Planning Board voted 6-1 on Apr. 5 to issue a negative declaration under the state Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA), stating the project should not have significant adverse environmental impacts. The decision allows Hudson Wellness Center to avoid preparing a lengthy and costly Environmental Impact Statement and gives the go-ahead for the applicant to move on to the Zoning Board of Appeals.
MORE AT https://www.theexaminernews.com/cortlandt-planners-issue-negative-declaration-for-hudson-wellness/
PB SEPT. 9 Meeting is postponed to Oct. 5th https://www.protectteatown.org/
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