Cortlandt Planning Board Agenda: Hotel, Hudson Institute, Danish Home

CORTLANDT, NY — Several controversial projectsare on the Cortlandt Planning Board agenda for Tuesday, including plans for the Danish Home on the Cortlandt-Croton-Ossining border, a proposal to put an addiction treatment facility at the old Hudson Institute, and plans for a 93-room hotel on East Main Street.

The Hudson Ridge Wellness Center project on Quaker Ridge Road has been before town officials for years, as its owners seek to turn the old Hudson Institute, once home to a conservative American think tank now based in Washington, D.C., into an elite rehab center. Neighbors have been skeptical, forming Citizens for Responsible Hudson Institute Site Development. In 2015, the center sued the town alleging it was being illegally blocked. Since then it has moved forward slowly.

Also on the agenda: the Gurdjieff Foundation of New York bought the Danish Home for the Aged on the border of Cortlandt and Ossining after it closed post-pandemic. The nonprofit

wants to use the facility at 1065 Quaker Bridge Road East for a variety of workshops and programs.

Also on the agenda, Site Development Plan approval and Steep Slope, Tree Removal and Wetland Permits for a proposed 5-story, 93-room hotel at 2054 East Main St. The building would include 91 rooms, an indoor swimming pool, fitness center, professional conference center, and a full bar and grill. The applicant intends this to be branded or flagged as a Courtyard by Marriott.

The meeting is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. at Town Hall in the Nyberg Meeting Room with a work session to discuss the agenda. The formal meeting starts at 6:30 p.m.

You can also join it online. To join the webinar:

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Here's a look at the agenda. Find it here.