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Gardnertown
Commons
proposal
prompts
lawsuit
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Vol. 28, No 26
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JUNE 29 - JULY 5, 2016
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SERVING NEWBURGH AND NEW WINDSOR
New Windsor fills City pool
By SHANTAL RILEY
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Alleging an “abuse of discretion,”
Town of Newburgh resident William
Stillman is suing the town planning
board over a proposed housing project off
Gardnertown Road.
“Developers seem to have the upper
hand in the town,” said Stillman, whose
property lies at the southeast corner of
the project site.
Stillman’s petition seeks to have a
negative declaration - determining
the Gardnertown Commons housing
development will have no significant
impact on the environment - rescinded
by the town planning board. The suit
claims the project has the potential “to
significantly impact the environment”
due to its density, and potential effects on
traffic, wetlands and town services.
“We asked them to rescind it at
the public hearing but they declined,”
Stillman said, referring to the planning
board Tuesday. Long Island-based Farrell
Building Company and property-owner
Three Kidds Newburgh are also named in
the lawsuit.
Stillman and other neighbors spoke
at a June 16 public hearing at town hall
on the proposed 164-unit apartment
complex planned on 19.77 acres near the
intersection of Gardnertown Road and
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City of Newburgh firefighter Ray Mera watches as New Windsor water fills the City of Newburgh Pool.
By SHANTAL RILEY
[email protected]
Water exploded out of the hose making
a big “whoosh” sound. By night’s end,
157,000 gallons of New Windsor water
would completely fill the pool at the City
of Newburgh Aquatic Center.
“It’s a great thing,” said City of
Newburgh Acting Fire Chief Terry
Ahlers, who stood watching water flow
from a five-inch hose into the pool at
Delano Hitch Park on Friday night. “It’s
a different kind of mutual aide.”
In a generous neighborly gesture, the
Town of New Windsor filled the public
pool to the rim last week as the City of
Newburgh continued to struggle with a
water crisis due to PFOS contamination
of its water supply.
The city implemented stage-III water
conservation measures restricting nonessential use of water following the
discovery of the chemical in city water
this spring. Among other uses, the
restriction prevents the filling of public
and private swimming pools.
Fire crews from New Windsor and
the City of Newburgh parked fire
engines along Robinson Avenue about
an hour before water began to flow on
Friday. “We’re going to lay this hose all
the way down to New Windsor,” said
Ahlers, pointing to a long, yellow hose.
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“It will stretch almost 4,000 feet.”
The water was pumped in what
Ahlers described as a “relay pump,”
using multiple fire trucks to provide
enough pressure to pump the water over
a longer distance than usual. “Every
time it gets to a fire truck, it will boost
the pressure enough to get to the next
fire truck,” Ahlers said. Three fire
engines were used in the operation, he
said.
Town water was taken from a fire
hydrant at Route 9W and John Street.
Water was expected to pump at about
1,000 gallons per minute, said Quassaick
Fire Department Chief Al Padilla. “The
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