Halt Freightway Redevelopment To Protect Our Schools And Taxpayers

No more apt should be built. Keep the garage until we have better solution.

The area is already extremely congested by traffic and it would cause more of a hazard if we have to accommodate for school children crossing and school buses It is a very bad idea !!!

Objection to the project

The main concerns are overcrowded schools and heavier traffic.

Besides having a potential negative impact on our schools, the proposal to build residential apartments will have a detrimental effect on our already overcrowded village; adding to existing heavy traffic, causing environmental issues and a strain on natural resources.

45 Weaver St, Scarsdale NY 10583

We are strongly against to build more residential property due to concerns of influx large number of school age. For the families don’t want to buy houses. Suggest to build recreational, educational and child care facilities.

Unless sound and validated financial modeling shows the the project generates property tax reduction for existing singe-family homeowners under all plausible short- and long-term demographic and economic scenarios it must be rejected.

The whole process was not transparent enough to taxpayers. Scarsdale neighborhood are searching outside third party to check this work plan to avoid any interest conflicts related to all village financial employees including Scarsdale mayor and trustees. Before they get cleared out the interest conflict check out, any development plan should not be passed. Taxpayers are keeping the right to submit a lawsuit against current mayor and trustees if they can’t provide them having no interest conflict with this development program. Sincerely Min Luo

We don’t need more stores or people crowding the schools and the village. Previous “improvements” lowered the quality of living in the community. For example, the bridge on Popham road has turned Scarsdale into a transition town between the Hudson river and the sound towns, with all sorts of trucks and buses crossing town. This is not what we should strive for, this is not progress, and at the end it lowers properties prices and village’s appeal.

Homeowners need to go before the Board of Archictectural Review and show their neighbors the stones used for retaining walls, and yet the plans for a large residential building are not being opened for review and discussion. This does not pass the “sniff” test.

Please reconsider freightway development.

I oppose developing the Freightway parking garage with residential rental units. The proposals will increase the tax burden on existing homeowners by overcrowding schools and causing significant wear and tear on other community infrastructures such as roads, recreational facilities and the library. Now is not the right time to be taking actions that will result in increased taxes to pay for such impacts.

We don’t want school to be overcrowded.

Opposed to Freightway. Village is clueless on how many kids could be added in schools

I am opposed to any plan that would potentially increase the current student:teacher ratio. The Village is in need of more parking spaces and should focus on resolving this issue first and foremost.

We moved to the suburbs to get out of the city. The traffic in and around town is already difficult. The scale of this project must be significantly reduced.

I’m concerned that the new apartments will lead to overcrowding of schools and our property taxes going up since the apt residents will be paying less than their fair share of taxes. I’m also concerned that Avalon Bay is one of the likely property managers. They have a reputation for cutting corners (e.g. Edgewater NJ fires) and penny pinching their tenants which leads to more transient tenants (usually 1-2 year stays) that have little incentive in caring for the town.

The assumption made by the developers on the residential units Is highly questionable. The redevelopment project will put the schools and tax payers at a high risk.

I am a resident in fox Meadow. After watched town hall meeting video, I strongly oppose this project. With about 285 units plan to be built it will bring in ~280 families into scarsdale. On average each family has one child, We expect ~280 students will influx into our schools. Each student costs scarsdale about $30K/year, With 280 students, it roughly cost over $8 million ado each year!!!!! For anyone who knows simple math can see how much impact this will be for each existing resident of scarsdale!!! More tax!!!! This project will put burdens to our school and be paid be each resident!!!!