Politics & Government
Dissolving South Nyack: Village Board Calls Special Session
With a referendum looming, there are many questions and issues to deal with.
SOUTH NYACK, NY — The South Nyack village board will meet in a special session Monday morning.
The only item on the agenda is a proposal to hire a consultant to provide professional services regarding village dissolution. Residents who want to end the village-level layer of local government, leaving just the town of Orangetown, filed a petition with enough signatures to force the referendum.
The meeting is open to the public via Zoom, however, there will not be a public comment session. The usual open session will take place at the next regularly scheduled Board of Trustees Meeting on Sept. 8.
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The success of the petition drive put the trustees on a timetable set by state law. SEE: South Nyack Residents To Vote On Dissolving The Village.
A similar process is going on in Dutchess county, where the village and town of Pawling are considering consolidation. Benjamin Syden, the consultant in that process, told Pawling residents in a presentation Aug. 25 that 21 villages in New York have dissolved themselves since 2010, when legislation was passed in Albany to make it easier.
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