Feiner and Board Caught In Another Lie

After several months of covert and detailed investigative detective work, numerous residents and civic associations were able to uncover that the Town of Greenburgh does not have clear title for the property at 715 Dobbs Ferry Road. It explains why Mr Feiner and his Board were anxious to lease the property to GameOn 365 instead of selling it. However, without clear title to the property, Mr Feiner’s illegal lease or a sale simply could not be executed. The threat of yet another lawsuit from community leaders stopped the originally scheduled illegal lease and gave pause to the sale.

Dorrine Livson, President of the Worthington Woodlands Civic Association, along with Ella Preiser of the North Elmsford Civic Association, worked tirelessly to uncover the facts. What they uncovered after digging through Westchester County Clerk’s files was amazing. “It took a lot of sleuthing and detective work,” said Livson, “it was just a charade to keep us from finding out the town didn't have clear title. And then they kept piling on more schemes to keep it covered up.” In a separate conversation with Livson, she stated there were many people who helped. “Of course, Ella Preiser, Tom Bock from Fulton Park, Bob Bernstein from Edgemont and a few others helped.” She explained that her sole motivation was to keep a commercial entity out of a residential neighborhood. The revelation of this information lends itself to a possible investigation from both the Westchester County and the New York State Attorney General offices. There is the possibility of criminal conduct under the New York State Penal Code by both town officials and GameOn of bribery and official misconduct. Time will tell.

ABG has detailed through numerous articles what has transpired with the meetings between the Town and GameOn 365 regarding the property at 715 Dobbs Ferry Road. Unbeknownst to Mr Feiner while he was craftily trying to broker a deal with GameOn 365, the Town thought they took possession of the Frank’s Nursery property. But, as this newly uncovered information reveals, they never had clear title for 715 Dobbs Ferry Road. Once they learned of this, however, their legal, ethical, moral and fiduciary duty to the taxpayers was to admit the mistake they accepted from their title search company and cease moving forward with this sweetheart deal for GameOn 365. We’re sure Mr Feiner’s spin will be that this was not their fault.

The community spoke in volumes this past Wednesday night that they do not want a recreational overlay zone, a sports bubble or a sports megaplex in their neighborhood. GameOn 365 only had three people speak on their behalf and they were financial partners. At this past Tuesday’s work session, there were four Board members in attendance, Morgan, Jones and Feiner, along with Thomas Madden, extolled the positive aspects of the bubble. At one point they included Town Assessor Edie McCarthy on a cell phone who discussed generalities with regard to property values, tax assessments and what the Town could make by building 7 homes on the Frank’s Nursery property. But that was not the property in question. Mr Sheehan stated that one of the issues brought up by residents was that the Town could make better tax income by building thirty or so million dollar homes on the residentially zoned property. He also stated that the residents were clear with their opposition to an overlay zone and a sports bubble/megaplex. Regardless, Mssrs Feiner, Morgan and Jones continued pushing for the GameOn 365 proposal.

The issue is not whether the Town wants a company who will only charge for using their facility in the Town or not. Nor is it about them being a ‘for-profit’ company. The issue of where it belongs and ultimately where it goes is what is being ignored by some Town officials. When the correct decisions are made for the right reasons, the right thing happens. This is not the right thing for Dobbs Ferry Road. At this point, we’re not sure its right for the Town. When our elected leaders realize this, we hope they will do the right thing and stop this convoluted scheme. Only then will we have A Better Greenburgh.