FOR THOSE FOLLOWING GURIAN, THE ANTI-DISCRMINATION CENTER, LATIMER, YORKTOWN, AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE NEWS---AGAIN

Latimer backs down from Yorktown affordable housing in $10 million sewer grant dispute---“The county executive has demonstrated that he is not prepared to take any serious steps to affirmatively further fair housing.” - Craig Gurian, executive director of the Anti-Discrimination Center.

BY David McKay Wilson, Rockland/Westchester Journal News

Westchester County Executive George Latimer, a self-proclaimed proponent of affordable housing, this week gave up one of the county’s strongest incentives to create affordable units in predominantly white suburban communities.  Six months ago, the Rye Democrat declared he “would not back down” to Yorktown over making a $10 million sewer grant contingent upon adoption of zoning changes to promote affordable housing.

On Monday, Latimer did just that.  Read more at https://www.lohud.com/story/money/personal-finance/taxes/david-mckay-wilson/2022/03/23/yorktown-wins-10-million-sewer-grant-no-promise-housing/7131589001/