December 16, 2011
by Christine Yeres
In her last meeting as Supervisor, Barbara Gerrard cheerily announced on Tuesday that, to her “great pleasure and disbelief,” Westchester County legislators had voted the night before to accept the town’s petition for Random Farms, Riverwoods, Yeshiva and a portion of Chappaqua Crossing to be admitted to the Saw Mill River sewer district. Visiting at town hall, Mike Kaplowitz, New Castle’s representative on the board of legislators, characterized it as “an overnight success—after 14 years!”
Gerrard outlined next steps: to work with neighborhoods to put together grant, financing and other funding requests and have the $10 million meant for the project released finally. She proffered congratulations all around—to Kaplowitz, Clinton Smith and Jerry Faiella—for making “this environmentally sound decision happen.”
It was “a victory for the environment,” said Kaplowitz. Once the 293 parcels are connected to sewers, their effluent will no longer enter the Croton Watershed. After an 11-6 vote to approve to petition, it remains for County Executive Rob Astorino to approve it.
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