Ramapo's approvals of Bluefield Extension housing plan upheld
The Bluefield Extension housing on Union Road receives a major court victory after a decade of land-use hearings and two negative court rulings
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The Bluefield Extension housing on Union Road receives a major court victory after a decade of land-use hearings and two negative court rulings
CUPON is opposing, for the third time, Ramapo's approval of the Bluefield Extension high-density housing plan in a residential area along Union Road.
Susan Shapiro, attorney for Citizens United to Protect Our Neighborhood, known as CUPON, and homeowner Sharon Doucette, said the judge rejected the approvals on procedural grounds. She said the town had ample opportunities to properly access the project over the years. The judge's ruling called the town's decision “jurisdictionally defective” because the required time for public notice for an environmental review hearing was not provided. “The myriad of Bluefield Extension applications over the past seven years paints a sordid history of the past abusive decision-making by Ramapo for...