Letter To The Editor: Resident Says Game On Lease Not Legal

It has just come to my attention that the proposed for 715 Dobbs Ferry Road (aka Frank’s Nursery) is illegal. Section 283.611 of the Westchester County Code (Purchase and Sale of Tax Lien Property) states that the Town Supervisor shall (meaning “must”) sell any property acquired by the town by reason of any tax lien. 

As such, the land cannot be leased. This would be illegal. It is unbelievable that the Town of Greenburgh’s Town Attorney Tim Lewis, Community Development Commissioner Thomas Madden, and other lawyers such as Town Supervisor Paul Feiner and Town Councilman Ken Jones were not aware of this law (or chose to ignore it) and were about to sign an illegal lease.

Even more shameful is the amount of time and money that was wasted on an invalid RFP process and numerous lease negotiations/drafts over these past 18 months. This is truly another Feiner Fiasco to be added to his resume of Taxter Ridge, Valhalla WestHelp and the upcoming $5 million uninsured lawsuit to Fortress Bible. 

Here is a link to the Westchester County Code:http://www.ecode360.com/13186132#10143174  

Simon Cohen

www.HelpBurstTheBubble.com