Part 2: Examining Development in Mount Pleasant
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We continue our series by Mike Gold on development in Mount Pleasant with a closer look at a proposed 34-unit apartment building at 75 North Kensico Avenue in Valhalla.
Last month, we published a piece after Gold spoke one-on-one with Mount Pleasant Supervisor Carl Fulgenzi about the town’s broader development trends and philosophy.
In this new dispatch, Gold reports on residents’ concerns about the size of the 34-unit project and also cites questions surrounding the town’s approval process.
“Valhalla residents are raising alarms over the rezoning of a North Kensico Avenue property, where a four-story, 34-unit apartment building – with parking for 43 cars beneath it – is proposed on less than an acre of land, in the midst of a predominantly single-family neighborhood,” Gold’s piece begins.
Fulgenzi, for his part, pushed back against the critiques from residents.
“We had meetings about this project for over a year. It wasn’t a secret,” Fulgenzi said.
Read the full story here.
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Adam Stone
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