Moving on to the next item on the agenda. The, again, a referral from the board of trustees. This is, draft law five of 2026, to amend provisions relating to affordable housing to allow certain occupational preferences. Okay. So this is, this is interesting. I'm gonna defer to Josh on some of these …

And what else on this before we go on to the CAFEAF? So this takes effect as soon as it's approved by the board. So it doesn't apply retroactively to Maple Commons or anything like that. As far as they they had a, what, a 6,000 waiting waiting list. My understanding is this this only impacts going f…

The Croton-on-Hudson Board of Trustees took a major step forward Tuesday night on the village’s largest affordable housing initiative, unanimously approving an agreement that could channel up to $6 million in Westchester County funding toward infrastructure for the 100-unit development at 1 Croton P…

His argument: large affordable housing developments like Maple Commons, with 66 bedrooms, paid zero in parkland fees thanks to waivers, while his one house — built on a lot in the existing Harman Subdivision — gets hit for $12,000. "I'm paying into a future thing that I take no part in," he said. "I…

Yeah. So, Jeff, question on that. So e even with, private developer comes in and wants to put up a building and it triggers, you know, two or three or four affordable housing units, even though it's being privately funded, funded, not through any state agencies or programs, the inability to preferen…

The board also authorized a project labor agreement for the publicly funded portions of the 100-unit affordable housing development at Lot A on Croton Point Avenue. The PLA covers infrastructure work — including a water main extension and new sewer line — funded through Westchester County's Housing …

So, this is quite a I don't remember the exact year, but quite a few numbers of years ago, Westchester wasn't meeting its quota when it comes to affordable housing, and they were kind of segmenting in the affordable housing that it stock that they had into certain communities. And bunch of lawsuits,…

guess it depends. And I know there was an affordable housing project being built. But what is the number of the people that are living there compared to the total population of the village? I don't know if it would overall affect it greatly. You know, I don't I don't think it would move the needle s…

The board also took a significant step toward the long-planned 100-unit affordable housing development at Lot A, the village-owned parcel at Croton Point Avenue and Veterans Plaza. By a 3-0 vote, with Trustee Slippen abstaining, the board authorized a Project Labor Agreement with the Building and Co…

Sure. So in terms of the, lot a, the PLA, the funds are not they're not village funds. These are Westchester County funds that are made available for the express purpose of building affordable housing. Right? It's the housing implementation fund program, HIF. And so, developers from throughout the c…

from a, you know, a federal agency and whether it's gonna fly with them. Well, they they they actually administer a lot quite a lot of the grant money. So it depends on what what you're talking about. And they also condition some of their discretionary funds, not all not their regular funds, but the…

additionally, additionally, whether they do or don't currently live within the village itself, this law would give them the ability to apply for the better for the affordable housing now that that they Assuming they meet the other assuming they meet all the other requirements. So they have that new …

The second referral, Local Law Introductory No. 5 of 2026, would amend the village's affordable housing provisions to allow certain occupational preferences. The board engaged in a detailed discussion about implementation, questioning whether residents would need to stay in their qualifying jobs whi…

Thank you for your presentation. The scorecard is very helpful because it shows the levers and how we're performing against each of these metrics. So one metric here under economy is called resident resident income ratio. My question is how might this be impacted if our population growth in the futu…

how is it defined? I wanna add to that. Right. Right. I do have a strong feeling, and that is I really don't wanna limit it. You know, people that are working as a health aid for somebody, these people make nothing. Mhmm. They're they're Right. They're scraping by and probably working two other jobs…

PACE Land Use Law Center, where you've been, Steve Mhmm. And, the Housing Action Council. These are people who are deeply involved in affordable housing, throughout Westchester County in the 99 county region. And they went off and looked at these professions Mhmm. In Westchester County and this adjo…

go to the top of the list. Because the lottery was only triggered by the source of funding in that instance with Maple Comets because there was a certain entity that state law required to open up to all the residents of Lower Hudson Valley. That's why you had a lottery. This, as I understand it, wou…

Ashton just scrolled up. Yeah. So this this helps. So this has some more information back of the, EAF. Village court has been studying the possibility of adding occupational preferences for new affordable housing units to the village code for some time. The occupations that were studied were those i…

helps also people not get priced out of the community is the idea. Yep.

Croton's Planning Board spent its February 24 meeting weighing in on two significant proposed zoning changes that could affect everything from backyard chicken coops to who gets priority for affordable housing in the village.