“The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to consider an appeal involving a Hasidic Jewish congregation’s 13-year-old plan to build a rabbinical college with apartments for students and their families amid 130 acres straddling routes 202 and 306. [Read more…]
Documentary “America’s Holy War” Now on Amazon Prime
Filmed in Ramapo, the documentary tells the story of the RLUIPA law and it’s consequences. It’s now available online with Amazon Prime. (View trailer here and for the Amazon catalog listing, click here.)
RLUIPA (2000): No government shall impose or implement a land use regulation in a manner that imposes a substantial burden on the religious exercise of a person, including a religious assembly or institution, unless the government demonstrates that imposition of the burden on that person, assembly, or institution, is in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest; and is the least restrictive means of furthering that compelling governmental interest.” [Read more…]
Tartikov seeks $5.2M in legal fee reimbursement from Pomona
“The Congregation Rabbinical College of Tartikov is seeking $5.2 million in reimbursement for its legal fees, based on a federal judge’s ruling that the village’s zoning discriminated against it.
The village, which has a 2018 budget of $2.8 million, already has spent more than $5 million since 2007 trying to prevent the congregation from building a dormitory-style school in a wooded area along the Route 202-306 corridor. [Read more…]
CUPON Mahwah hosts RLUIPA Documentary Film
Please note that an RSVP via email is necessary because there is limited seating space at the Library. The film, by London-based Moondance Films, focuses on the impact of the RLUIPA legislation in Ramapo, NY.