A proposal to subdivide a wooded parcel on Mount Airy Road drew a crowd of opposition at the Zoning Board of Appeals meeting on February 17, with 45 residents signing a letter urging the board to reject two lot-width variances.

Claire Hilbert of 60 Mount Airy Road read a letter from Stuart and Karen Greenbaum of 48 Mount Airy Road South that raised a long list of objections: tree removal, disturbance to natural rock formations, wildlife habitat loss, traffic safety, and pro…

Board Chairman James Tuman noted that multiple written opposition letters and a car accident report for that stretch of Mount Airy Road had been submitted for the record. The board declined to close the public hearing, instead requesting a steep slop…

=== HEADLINE === ZBA pushes subdivision plan to planning board after tree removal clash === SUMMARY === The Zoning Board of Appeals referred a controversial two-lot subdivision at 52 Mount Airy Road to the Planning Board after residents and board me…

=== EXECUTIVE BRIEF === • ZBA voted to refer the 52 Mount Airy Road subdivision application to the Planning Board for further environmental and engineering analysis • Public hearing remains open; all testimony from the March 17 session enters the off…

That blunt assessment from a Zoning Board of Appeals member summed up the tension at Tuesday night's hearing, where the team behind a proposed two-lot subdivision at 52 Mount Airy Road struggled to defend cutting roughly 30 trees along a steep slope …

Thank you. My name is Gabriela Mirabelli. The residents here tonight are not the ones who need to make a case. A variance is a legal exception to existing zoning, and the burden of justifying that exception rests entirely with the applicant, not with…

Hello. My name is Ruben Dahlia. I live at 67 Mount Airy Road South directly across from 52 Mount Airy South, and I am here to speak on the ecology of the project, which the developers don't seem to be interested in. So section two zero eight twenty t…

Hello. My name is Ori Daily. I live at 67 Mount Airy Road South right across the street from 52 Mount Airy. And I do have to say, I wasn't going to speak tonight, but, a couple things came up that I just wanted to reiterate and, and repeat that, ther…

Hi. My name is Ashley Steele. I live at 56 Mount Airy Road, is right next door to what's going on here. I live there with my husband David Steele and my children, Tallulah and Nico, and we moved to Mount Airy thirteen years ago. And my kids were two …

Hi. My name is David Steele. I'm at 56 Mount Airy Road, which abuts the 52 Property. I submitted a letter to the board, and I spoke at the last meeting. And I wasn't intending on speaking again, but I just wanted to, respond to a few things that were…

=== HEADLINE === Neighbors warn 1838 stone house at risk as Mount Airy subdivision advances === SUMMARY === The Zoning Board of Appeals grilled the applicant behind a proposed two-lot subdivision at 52 Mount Airy Road over tree removal, steep slope …

=== ARTICLE === Stuart and Karen Greenbaum have lived at 48 Mount Airy Road for forty years. In that time, they've watched cars lose control on the hairpin turn near their home, crash through their wooden fence, and land in their front yard. So when …

Thank you. Good evening, everyone, and, welcome to the, 02/17/2026 meeting of the Croton on Hudson zoning board of appeals. Before we start, case of emergency, there's two exits, one in the front or at the back, one in the front. Tonight, we only hav…

Sure. Good evening. For the record, Corey Salome from Zarin and Steinmetz here tonight on behalf of the applicant. Here with me is Andrew Cortese who You're the attorney. I'm the attorney. Okay. I have Andrew Cortese who's the the applicant. Okay. Mi…

are the on the current leg of the property that goes up from Mount Airy Road South Mount Airy Road. I'm curious what the current grade is and what it's gonna have to be to for the finished driveway.

you just show me so that I can Yeah. So so you go on. I'm just pointing to the as you're driving up Mount Airy Road and as you're making a right into the new driveway, before you build the driveway, before you do anything to the property, I'm curious…

Hello. I am Claire Hilbert, and I live at 60 Mount Airy. And, I'm going to read, this letter on behalf of the neighbor who lives at 48 Mount Airy. Stuart Greenbaum and his wife Karen had had prepared for the last meeting, and he and he has to be, out…

Hello. My name is David Steele. I live at 56 Mount Airy Road, which abuts the property.

I'm not gonna read from a I think you've received a lot of letters from neighbors. I do wanna go on the record to say that our first, hearing, we had about 20 neighbors here, and the applicant, wanted to move it. We moved it. This date is a school va…

I'll do this. I am gonna read from prepared letter because it has the weight of 45 signatures behind it, and these are folks who are, who are off on vacation because of the rescheduling. Can you please state your name and address? Oh, yeah. I'm sorry…

A last-minute adjournment at the January 20 Zoning Board of Appeals meeting left neighbors of 52 Mount Airy Road seeking answers about construction activity at the site, while the Board unanimously approved a minor variance for a detached cottage on …

The 52 Mount Airy Road application was pulled from the agenda after the applicant requested a delay via email late that afternoon, rescheduling the matter to February 17. Several residents in attendance asked whether any movement on the project could…

Residents with concerns about the 52 Mount Airy Road project can submit written comments to the ZBA ahead of the February 17 meeting. The next Zoning Board of Appeals meeting is scheduled for February 17, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. at Village Hall.

=== HEADLINE === Neighbors Alarmed as Trees Fall Ahead of Mount Airy Road Hearing === SUMMARY === The Zoning Board of Appeals granted a door variance for a Riverview Trail accessory cottage but faced heated concerns from Mount Airy Road neighbors ov…

=== EXECUTIVE BRIEF === • Approved variance allowing a front door on the street-side facade of an accessory cottage at 43 Riverview Trail • Adjourned the 52 Mount Airy Road application to the February 17 meeting at the applicant's request • Approved …

That was the tense scene at Tuesday night's Zoning Board of Appeals meeting, where a handful of Mount Airy Road neighbors learned that the hotly anticipated 52 Mount Airy Road application had been adjourned until February 17—after they had already sh…

**What to watch for:** The 52 Mount Airy Road application returns February 17 at 7 p.m. at Village Hall. A site visit is likely before any vote, which would push final consideration to March. Written comments submitted ahead of Tuesday's meeting are …

Thank you. Good evening, everyone. Welcome to the Tuesday, 01/20/2026 meeting of the Croton, on Hudson zoning board of appeals. Before we start, Just so everyone, in case of an emergency, we have two exits, one there and one there. We have two origin…

that's involved, particularly 48 Mount Airy Road, is is very, very concerned about and eager to provide whatever input I can on the seventeenth. But prior to that, I think, rather than I have some photos which I will give to you if that's appropriate…