PLEASANTVILLE RAILS AGAINST MORE DEVELOPMENT OF APARTMENTS--WHEN IS IT ENOUGH?

Plans for Former Chase Bank Site Spark Concerns Over Traffic and Village Character
By Abby Luby

Pleasantville residents strongly objected to the proposed development of the former Chase Bank building at Wednesday night’s public hearing held by the Pleasantville Planning Commission.

About a dozen people came in person while some 30 people attended via Zoom.

Most of the complaints objected to the village being overdeveloped, changing the “small village” feel already impacted with newer residential buildings at 70 Memorial Plaza and the Atwood on Vanderbilt Ave.

“My personal opinion is with over 200 apartments in town I can’t see why we need another apartment building,” resident Tom Rooney told the commission. MORE AT ‘When Is It Enough?’: Residents Slam Pleasantville Development Plan | The Examiner News