The Times Union just published the following article by Roger Hannigan Gilson: "Hudson sued for allegedly bypassing state law in selling land to developer." The article reports that a group of residents have filed a lawsuit against the City of Hudson related to Mill Street Lofts, the 70-unit apartment complex proposed for the open field on the south side of Mill Street, a dead-end street in a floodplain which is part of the route of the Empire State Trail.
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The following is quoted from the article:
The lawsuit, which also names Hudson Mayor Kamal Johnson, Kearney Realty and Development, and the city’s Common Council and school board, alleges the city bypassed state law when it entered into a contract with the developer to sell them the land. It also alleges the Hudson Planning Board, which is also named as a defendant, did not take the required “hard look” at the project before declaring it would have no significant negative impacts on the surrounding area.
Why is the council president commenting publicly on the lawsuit? Because he can't keep his mouth shut when he should!
ReplyDeleteI’m loving “Lame Duck Tom.” Spouting off on pending litigation with Yogi Berra level quotes: it’s not a park, but used as a park so much that people complain. Also, even if we didn’t follow the legal process and get the state’s approval, they would have approved anyway.
ReplyDeleteAn interesting lesson for our elected and appointed leaders. The strongest office holders are voters.
ReplyDeleteToo many people are crammed in downtown. No new housing should be built below 3rd Street. There are much better spots for new housing, like behind Galvan's little league field, there's enough room there for a big housing development.
ReplyDeleteSo true! As well as ample space for parking!
DeleteWalter Chatham has been trying to build a nice new street of fully tax paying, no handouts, single family homes down on Hudson Ave. But like all other private, small time developments, the Planning Board is giving it the purgatory treatment, whilst rushing through the mayor’s pet projects for tax parasite developers like the one in this blog post
DeleteAt this point, as the developer, I would just give up. Request the city purchase the land back and just write off the payments to the "Mayor" and his crew as a loss. Already too much energy wasted on this mess.
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