ROSA is pleased to present the following Press Release that was sent this morning to the Journal News and covered later today in this LoHud.com front page article. We will be loading up the decisions and more information in the days to come.

Celebrate this win with ROSA at the Benefit Concert at Kruckers on September 23rd from 3-6.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MEDIA ADVISORY
Contact: Suzanne Mitchell, ROSA 4 Rockland (Ramapo Organized for Sustainability & a Safe Aquifer)
Telephone: 646-470-ROSA (7672)
Email: info@rosa4rockland.org
STATE SUPREME COURT RULES AGAINST TOWN OF RAMAPO’S APPROVAL OF PATRICK FARM PROJECT
September 12, 2012 – ROSA – Ramapo Organized for Sustainability and a Safe Aquifer – is pleased with the September 10th court decision by State Supreme Court Justice, Thomas Walsh, which annuls all final subdivision and site plan approvals in connection with the Patrick Farm project. This is one of several recent court victories in the ongoing battle to stop this massive project. The Court ruled that the Town of Ramapo Planning Board failed to follow its own town code, which required referral of the project to the Town’s Community Design Review Committee (CDRC) prior to any final approval. As a result of the decision, the approvals are annulled and the Planning Board will be required to reconsider the project after the developer submits the requisite design plans to the CDRC for architectural review. ROSA believes the CDRC review will highlight the architectural incompatibility and inappropriateness of the Project as proposed. We sincerely hope the CDRC engages in a legitimate and professionally rigorous review.
Director of ROSA, Suzanne Mitchell says, “Clearly the Judge’s decision is a victory for ROSA.” Mitchell points out, “Nonetheless, simply because the Town of Ramapo has been directed to have the CDRC review the Patrick Farm project, this procedural necessity in no way ensures the project will undergo the significant changes necessary for it to become a suitable and safe addition to the community for which it is proposed. ROSA must continue to be vigilant, and we will.” The battle over this enormous, community changing, environmentally unsafe and aesthetically inappropriate project is not over. ROSA will continue to take whatever legal action is necessary to ensure public safety, aquifer and wetland protection, and compliance with all local, state and federal laws.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Suzanne Mitchell, Director ROSA (646)-470-7672