With time running out in their terms, lame-duck Mamaroneck village trustees Lou Young, Manny Rawlings and Leilani Yizar-Reidare are racing to nail down an agreement on a controversial affordable housing project at the site of a parking lot ar 141 Propect Ave. before a new board majority takes office in early December.
Their efforts to support Westhab’s 62-unit affordable housing proposal comes as the state Department of Homes and Community Renewal has pledged to make half of the apartments available to income-eligible village residents impacted by Hurricane Ida three years ago. More from LoHud.
For a more comprehensive article about the Hunter Tier proposal see articles in The Mamaroneck Observer: https://www.mamaroneckobserver.org/
First & utmost I have never uttered a word against AH
My concern with this site is the reduction of Parking that is vital to a thriving business district
I see Young never mentioned why the Hunter lot has been put on Pause
Fiduciary Misconduct was implied by the Village attorney in his memo to the board
Not to mention that Young wanted to hire an attorney to wrap this up in a week bc of said memo by the village attorney
Yes that’s an end around
Circumventing the process once again
Guidepost uncovered 13 points where the rfp was changed in favor of & by Westhab
Along with countless emails of unsavory unethical behavior by numerous village officials & employees
As Young puts it it’s the “holy grail “
A preference for flood victims
I see it as a bait & switch & lawsuits in the making
Nothing here gets to the root causes
Flooding
What happens to the housing from which these victims come from
Are they replaced with 31 potentially new victims
Time will tell
I urge you all to be informed
Don’t take my word for it
Do you due Diligence
A landlord speaks. How odd that he opposes affordable housing. You’ll notice no mention of the preference for flood victims or the people who need AH and are forced to live in the somewhat squalid inventory available locally
The new Village of Mamaroneck Board of Trustees will have to decide if it wants this project, even with the remarkable promise of 31 apartments for local flood victims. There simply is no time for the outgoing trustees to get this done before leaving office. Negotiations are now on pause and the ball is in the new board’s court. Mayor Torres and Deputy Mayor Lucas have expressed support for a much larger mixed use project that would include renovating Village Hall and building a new police station. It may be a pretext to try to avoid building affordable housing but time will tell.
-The writer of this comment is one of the outgoing Mamaroneck Village Trustees
Outgoing Trustee Young may have committed fiduciary misconduct as outlined in the village attorneys memo who also recommended severing ties with Westhab & the WHA
emails searched by Guidepost also imply some unsavory activity by past & present members of the BOT but I suggest that all do some research before you take anyone’s word for it
Be informed before casting judgement