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ROSA Clears the Slate, Readies for Return to Drawing Board
(The following press release led to this Journal Article Article.) Rockland County Supreme Court, Hon. Thomas E. Walsh II decides in favor of Petitioners/Plaintiffs RAMAPO, NY, April 2, 2018: In another win for the rule of law and the environment, on March 30, 2018, Judge Thomas E. Walsh II, presiding in Rockland County Supreme Court, ruled…
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A Home Run for ROSA and Patrick Farm Advocates
This morning ROSA sent out the following press release. Links to the decisions are at the bottom. NYS Appellate Division, Second Department decides in favor of all the plaintiffs RAMAPO, NY, November 8, 2017: In a stunning win for the rule of law and the environment, the Appellate Division Second Department annulled the Town of Ramapo’s…
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Surprise, the Town Planner was actually trying to plan…
After all this time, we thought we had seen everything. Boy were we wrong! Little did we know that the Town Planner had actually been doing a great job detailing everything that was wrong with this project. Who would have thought that the town would hide these and other critical reviews from the public and,…
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Patrick Farm Court Decisions on 2015/2016 approvals
Unfortunately, but not surprisingly, on June 30th, Judge Walsh handed down decisions allowing the latest Town Board and Planning Board decisions to stand. The 2015 Town Board decision was related to the Town Board’s refusal to require supplemental environmental review of the project as result of the applicant failing to disclose over 40% of the…
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2016 Year-in-Review
Well its the close of yet another year… As we do each year, we try to recap the year and ask you to remember us when figuring out how you will carve out your end of year tax deductible donations. We hope that you will read on and whether the level of details is too much…
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New ULI Wetland Petition Sent to DEC
One of the most time consuming and costliest ROSA projects this year was work spent on coordinating and supporting a new municipal led petition to the NY State DEC to ask that the western wetland system on the Patrick Farm site be added to the NY State DEC Wetland Maps due their Unusual Local Importance (“ULI”). On…
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January 27, 2016 Final Subdivision and Site Plan Approvals
It seems discouraging when the Planning Board rushes through the review process and just approves again plans which are not ready for approval. This was done yet again this past January but remember this isn’t the first time this has happened. ROSA fought the final decision made in 2012 and again in 2013 and both times…
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Public Hearing Rescheduled and End of Year News
2016 ROSA KICKOFF NOTICE: TONIGHT’S PLANNING BOARD MEETING AND PUBLIC HEARING IS RESCHEDULED! First, we would like to say Happy New Year! Thank you for supporting us throughout 2015. Second, please know there was a tentative planning board meeting schedule for tonight but it has been rescheduled. So please come out on January 26th at…
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They’re Ba-ack!
It always seems to happen when we are busy, without notice, and with no time to spare – we get alerted by one of the external agencies that new plans are before the planning board. This is exactly what happened just a week ago. Last Decision: On March 22, 2013 the Town of Ramapo Planning…
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Town of Ramapo Change to Comp Plan – Pascack Ridge
Tonight – February 11th, 2015 – there is a Public Hearing at the Town of Ramapo at 8:00pm regarding a proposed change to the comprehensive plan of the Town of Ramapo to facilitate the rezoning of two properties along Pascack Brook along with a number of other lots in the immediate vicinity. Currently this area…