Board of Trustees Work Session
Trustees Build Zoning Defenses as State Pares Back Environmental Review; Riverside Zone Floated for Cannabis
Jul 22, 2026
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With New York's new budget exempting many housing projects — including those on most sites in Croton — from SEQR review, the Board of Trustees walked through code amendments meant to preserve local scrutiny of development, leaned toward steering cannabis dispensaries into a defined Riverside-area zone, and reached consensus to raise the income limit for senior and disabled rent relief in the village's rent-regulated buildings.
Chapters
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Consider authorizing the Village Manager to reject the bids received under Bid No. 22-2025 for Trade Labor Services - HVAC.
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Discussion on increasing the income limits for Rent-Regulated Property Occupied by Certain Senior Citizens or Persons with Disabilities.
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Key Actions & Decisions
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Authorized the village manager to reject all bids under Bid No. 22-2025 for HVAC trade labor so the changed scope of work can be re-bid
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Reached consensus to raise the income limit for senior citizen and disability rent increase exemptions in the village's five ETPA buildings, with a public hearing expected to be called Aug. 19
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Reviewed code amendments preserving local environmental review after state SEQR exemptions; referrals to the Planning Board, WAC and county planning expected at the Aug. 19 meeting
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Village manager to meet with the planner and village attorney on a zone-based approach to cannabis dispensary locations
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Agreed to add an "animal-related uses, general" category to commercial zoning districts while leaving kennels unlisted, and therefore prohibited without a zoning amendment
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Appointed Carolyn Whiting chair of the reconstituted ad hoc HEART Committee, reappointed its members, and reappointed Whiting to the Police Advisory Committee