Greenburgh Insider: Greenburgh Town Board approves new condo/coop law....update Hartsdale 4 corners construction.

 

There have been traffic delays at the 4 corners in recent weeks due to sidewalk, traffic light work by NYS.

TOWN BOARD APPROVES LAW CONCERNING NEW CONDO AND COOP DEVELOPMENTS.

UPDATE ON FOUR CORNERS IN HARTSDALE.

Yesterday, the Greenburgh Town Board held a special meeting to vote on a new law that will tax NEWLY CONSTRUCTED  condo's and coops at residential rates - not commercial rates. Last year the Governor signed a law approved by the NYS Legislature that authorized the Town of Greenburgh to adopt this legislation.  The new law does not impact existing condo's and coops.  Developers who wish to build affordable condos and coops could still apply  to the town for tax abatements. 

Councilmembers Ken Jones, Francis Sheehan and Gina Jackson voted for the legislation. 

Councilwoman Ellen Hendrickx and I recused ourselves because a recent Board of Ethics opinion recommended that condominium owners within Greenburgh recuse themselves, even though no conflict of interest was found.  

RESOLUTION  OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURGH AMENDING CHAPTER 440 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURGH BY CREATING A NEW ARTICLE XVII ENTITLED, “TAX ASSESSMENT OF CONDOMINIUMS AND COOPERATIVES.”

WHEREAS, on Wednesday, April 12, 2023, the Town Board conducted a Public Hearing to consider a Local Law amending Chapter 440 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh by creating a new Article XVII entitled, “Tax Assessment of Condominiums and Cooperatives;” and 

WHEREAS, after considering comments at the public hearing, and subsequent written comments during the written comment period, the Town Board concludes and finds that the recently adopted State Senate and Assembly bill, which allows the Town to adopt this local law, permitting the Town to consider the sum of the assessments of individual cooperative or condominium units to exceed the value of the entire cooperative or condominium complex if valued as a single entity is necessary and desirable; 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh hereby adopts the attached local law amending Chapter 440 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh by creating a new Article XVII entitled, “Tax Assessment of Condominiums and Cooperatives.”

Many people have been calling me expressing concern about the recent traffic problems at the intersection of West & East Hartsdale Ave and Central Ave. Some motorists have been stuck in traffic for as long as a half hour while NYS is working to improve curbing and the light. I received the following update from the NYS DOT. 

PAUL FEINER