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The Chestnut Ridge CUPON Monthly Meeting will be held Monday, April 9th @7PM at the Finkelstein Library, 24 Chestnut St, Spring Valley, NY 10977
We apologize for the location change, at this time the Firehouse is no longer available to our group—we are working on a closer, more suitable location. [Read more…]
An important Chestnut Ridge Zoning Board of Appeals meeting will be held at the Chestnut Ridge Middle School at 7:30 Monday night March 19. Here’s the message from CUPON: [Read more…]
Claudia Gollub of Chestnut Ridge speaks during a public meeting on blockbusting at Rockland Community College on Sept. 21, 2016. (Photo: Peter Carr/The Journal News)
The state has proposed creating a cease-and-desist zone in the village of Chestnut Ridge to protect homeowners from overly aggressive real estate sellers and home buyers.
A ruling from New York State’s Department of State comes more than a year after a hearing at which dozens of residents complained of being harassed and threatened to sell their homes. Some cited the rapid expansion of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community as a driving force behind the pressure they felt to sell.
Some speakers described the tactics as “blockbusting,” the practice of pressuring homeowners to sell by threatening that home values will drop as their neighborhoods change. [Read more…]
The first CUPON meeting of the new year will be held tonight, Wednesday Jan. 31 at 7pm at the Hillcrest Firehouse, 374 North Main Street, Hillcrest.
Items on tonight’s agenda include:
1. Overdevelopment— Bluefield Extension, 9 Northbrook Rd. Updates
2. Illegal housing and Code enforcement—updates
3. In the news, items of interest
4. Look ahead for 2018
“The continuation of the ZBA hearing for 3 Spring Hill Terr and the illegal apartment at 10 Pine Knoll Ct will be held this Monday 1/29/18 @ 7:30 PM at the Chestnut Ridge Middle school Auditorium. [Read more…]
Hello all. This is a reminder of the last Hillcrest CUPON meeting of the year. Come out, meet some old friends and neighbors, make some new friends, have some light refreshments and learn what is happening with housing in the immediate area. I hope to see you there! 7pm at the Hillcrest Firehouse.
Micheal Miller
CUPON members and all other interested parties are invited to the last meeting of the year for the Chestnut Ridge CUPON–Monday, December 4 at 7:00pm at the South Spring Valley Firehouse, 26 Red Schoolhouse Road.
The agenda includes: 1) Updates on current issues; 2) Participation in CUPON activitiies and action items; and 3) Fundraising efforts, present and future.
The monthly meeting of the Chestnut Ridge CUPON will be Monday November 6 at 7pm at the South Spring Valley Fire Department, 26 Red Schoolhouse Road. There will be updates on all ongoing issues and more. And don’t forget to vote Tuesday Nov 7, and make some phone calls to friends and relatives–this election is critical.
There’s a CUPON Hillcrest meeting Tuesday night, 7pm, at the Hillcrest firehouse, 374 North Main St, Hillcrest.
Agenda items for this meeting include:
1) Northbrook – Planning Board meeting update
2) Bluefield Extension – Update
3) The County Rental registry – submissions update
4) Town of Ramapo – Code Enforcement submissions update
5) CUPON BINGO night update
6) “In the News” items
Please come out, greet neighbors, and learn what is happening that will affect you and your neighborhood. Join us and help preserve and improve our community.