Stop The Overdevelopment
of Mamaroneck
Learn About The Hunter Lot Project
We Are NOT Against Affordable Housing
The Village of Mamaroneck has always been FOR affordable housing!
We are one of the few communities in Westchester County that is ABOVE our state mandated level. We just elected a Mayor who grew up in affordable housing and is FOR more, done responsibly.
DO NOT BE MISLED…
Not For Current Village Residents
Residents of Mamaroneck will NOT be prioritized.
The housing will be available on a LOTTERY BASIS to people meeting the financial criteria and who currently live in the 9 county area including Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, and Fairfield Counties and all five boroughs of New York City.
Net Loss Of Public Parking
Currently, there are approximately 206 parking spaces.
The revised proposal from Westhab plans to reduce this to just 103 public spaces. However, the updated Westhab plan involves constructing a three-level parking structure, partially underground.
The impracticality of Westhab's plan for underground parking is twofold: firstly, similar to the challenges faced during the library's renovation project, the presence of bedrock makes underground construction difficult. Secondly, there's a significant safety concern, as our volunteer firefighters have indicated potential difficulties in tackling fires in such a setup, especially those caused by electric vehicles or other sources.
Luna's proposal includes a total of 187 parking spaces, serving both residents and the public.
Our Schools are bursting at the seams
The "Enrollment Update" for the Board of Education as of September 5, 2023, underscores a significant trend of rising student numbers, particularly at the secondary level in middle schools and high schools like HMX/MHS, marking the highest increase in recent decades. This trend extends to the Mamaroneck Avenue School (MAS), notably zoned for the Hunter Lot area, where classrooms are now operating at full capacity.
The surge in student enrollment intensifies existing challenges in our already densely populated classrooms. Adding more students will strain resources further and impact educational quality. In such a crowded and resource-limited setting, maintaining and enhancing our children's educational experience becomes a significant challenge.
Economic Impact Uncertainty
There is almost no economic benefit to the Village giving up this valuable piece of land. There is a genuine concern that homeowner taxes will increase to foot the costs to expand our infrastructure to accommodate these new residents. We would also lose the revenue stream from the loss of parking spaces.
This development would receive tax abatements which could last up to 20 to 25 years. The expenses for extra police, ambulance, fire department, and sanitation services will need to be covered by the existing taxpayers, who are already burdened with heavy taxes.
The Village of Mamaroneck Ethics Board advised Trustee Emmanuel Rawlings to recuse himself…
February 2024:
The Village of Mamaroneck Ethics Board advised Trustee Emmanuel Rawlings to recuse himself from discussions, proceedings, and votes related to the Hunter Tier development project involving the Washingtonville Housing Alliance (WHA), due to his mother's previous legal issues with WHA, to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest. However, Trustee Rawlings has publicly advised that he will go against The Ethics Board’s Opinion and NOT recuse himself.
Read the full Advisory Opinion here.
