YONKERS PUBLIC MEETING TO BE HELD ABOUT
THE DOWNTOWN/WATERFRONT
DEVELOPMENT PLANS
Three community associations (Hudson River Community Association, Ludlow Homeowners Association and the River Communities Coalition of Yonkers) and the Yonkers Committee for Smart Development will host a general meeting to discuss the proposed Yonkers downtown and waterfront redevelopment. The meeting is scheduled for Thursday, January 31 at 7:30 pm at the Chema Center, 435 Riverdale Avenue, just south of Radford Street in Yonkers.
The city’s current plans, including the SFC proposal and the Alexander Street Master Plan envision residential high-rises and commercial and public space redevelopment along the Yonkers waterfront from the southern Ludlow neighborhood at the Riverdale border to the JFK Marina at the northern end of the Yonkers waterfront. These plans, which include building heights up to 30 stories, represent a radical departure from the City’s original 1997 Downtown/Waterfront Master Plan, which restricted building heights to 8 stories.
This meeting is intended as an opportunity for Yonkers neighborhood leaders & residents to come together as a community to identify and address shared concerns.
Agenda items will include:
An overview of the projects
Proposed building heights and public waterfront open space
Attainable housing: will I be able to afford the “new” Yonkers waterfront?
Police, sanitation, fire and public schools: how will municipal services be affected?
Required public infrastructure upgrades & contaminated site (“brownfield’) cleanup: who will pay for them?
Increased Traffic, pollution and sewage: consequences on public health and the environment
Taxes, TIFS, and how development projects may impact your wallet
The Yonkers Committee for Smart Development is a coalition of Yonkers residents and community associations from throughout the city. YCSD is carefully following the Yonkers proposed development projects, which will have far-reaching environmental, social and economic impacts on the future of the entire city of Yonkers. YCSD intends to hold additional community forums and to present the city with extensive public input on these plans as they undergo review.
