It’s About Time

ABG has maintained along with others that the Town is in violation of the County-Town contract regarding the WestHelp Housing Facility property on the Westchester Community College Campus. The intentional (mis)direction by The Paul to cause the 108 Apartment Facility to fall into a aggravated state of disrepair is nothing short of criminal. To that end, the Westchester County Legislators began finally talking about taking action against the Town and removing the Town as the lessee for the WestHelp property! The shame of this entire catastrophe is that people in need of housing are being pitted against the developmentally disabled by The Paul and his Town Board, all without any of our legislators exhibiting any moral conscience.

ABG asserts that the root of The Paul’s actions against maintaining the WestHelp Facility has nothing to do with his desire to help the developmentally disabled. If he did want to help them, he would have offered the former Frank’s Nursery property at 715 Dobbs Ferry Road as a credible site for them. They need six acres of relatively flat land and 715 Dobbs Ferry Road is about seven acres. But he didn’t offer it, proving his insincerity. ABG believes this was always about The Paul buying votes from Valhalla’s Mayfair-Knollwood School District residents. His illegal payments to the Valhalla School Board was reversed via a lawsuit filed on behalf of the Town against the Valhalla school district. ABG also believes there is complicity on the part of Republican County Executive Rob Astorino, his Communications Director Ned McCormack, Republican County Legislator Michael Smith and Matt Richter, who also is employed by the County Executive.

After fighting a growing tide of resistance from other politicians, three County Legislators have maintained their position of contractual violation against The Paul, the Town of Greenburgh and the County Legislators. While the tide might have been finally shifting to favor what ABG believes is the only correct stance they have taken, it had appeared to be an uphill battle. The Paul’s media outlet confidantes continue to not only drink, but distribute The Paul’s Kool-Aid. They also endorse and condone his corrupt viewpoint of destroying existing and viable housing to gradually force the need to tear it down and offer the property to the Ferncliff School.

Now that it’s safe to change her position, County Legislator Judy Meyers has decided she is against tearing down the WestHelp housing and wants to continue it’s use for housing homeless and low income people. How nice. Why the shift in position? Why didn’t she easily recognize the violation by The Paul and the Town? We need legislators willing to stand up for what is right and not simply ride the wave of their respective party. Meyers jumped on the Democratic surf board to “hang ten”. That’s all happened here. And when it looked like The Paul and Ferncliff might be the wrong side, she headed for the other shore. Is this the best we can do or will can we someday get better representation? We can only hope.