The leaders of the task force played a heavy role in dividing the community. If the body is ever to come back, it should be much more representative of village residents.
MICHAEL BALTER
Among the resolutions the Croton Board of Trustees will consider at its meeting this evening is #259-2025, which would “sunset” the village’s Housing Task Force with a thank you to all community members who served on it.
The task force was constituted by Mayor Brian Pugh and the Board of Trustees in 2020, and has been closely involved in developing housing policy for the village ever since. Perhaps its most important activity has been the publication of a 46-page report in 2021, which, along with the various iterations of Croton’s Comprehensive Plan, have turned Croton into one of the leading pro-housing communities in New York state.
The two main leaders of the task force have been Nance Shatzkin and Adam Decker, both of whom are also board members of the nonprofit Croton Housing Network. We do not doubt that the often expressed zeal of Shatzkin and Decker for building affordable housing in the village is sincere. On the other hand, both of them have played a major role in dividing the community over housing, an unfortunate development that has been brewing for a number of years and was clearly manifested in the razor thin margin by which Mayor Pugh won re-election this month. READ MORE AT Chronicle Editorial: The BoT plans to "sunset" the Housing Task Force. Good riddance for now.
The task force was constituted by Mayor Brian Pugh and the Board of Trustees in 2020, and has been closely involved in developing housing policy for the village ever since. Perhaps its most important activity has been the publication of a 46-page report in 2021, which, along with the various iterations of Croton’s Comprehensive Plan, have turned Croton into one of the leading pro-housing communities in New York state.
The two main leaders of the task force have been Nance Shatzkin and Adam Decker, both of whom are also board members of the nonprofit Croton Housing Network. We do not doubt that the often expressed zeal of Shatzkin and Decker for building affordable housing in the village is sincere. On the other hand, both of them have played a major role in dividing the community over housing, an unfortunate development that has been brewing for a number of years and was clearly manifested in the razor thin margin by which Mayor Pugh won re-election this month. READ MORE AT Chronicle Editorial: The BoT plans to "sunset" the Housing Task Force. Good riddance for now.
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