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1.6B development in Yonkers up for hearing
By Len Maniace
The Journal News • April 26, 2008
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YONKERS - The Struever Fidelco Cappelli development proposed for Yonkers is so big that almost everyone seems to have an opinion on it.
At a public hearing Tuesday, residents will get their chance tell the Yonkers City Council what they think about the $1.6 billion development. The meeting is a required part of the state's environmental review process for the plan.
The SFC plan is actually several projects in one, the biggest of which is Hudson Park Center. It consists of two 50-story residential buildings and a 6,500-seat minor-league baseball stadium, sitting atop an 11-story parking, entertainment and retail complex which would rise on the city's Chicken Island parking lot.
Next are Palisades Point - two 25-story apartment towers on the Hudson River, south of the Yonkers Pier - and Cacace Center, a city office building that would include a hotel and a new fire headquarters, which would rise across Nepperhan Avenue from City Hall.
Included in the overall plan, but in need of its own additional funding, says SFC executive project manager Joseph Apicella, is uncovering the Saw Mill River at Larkin Plaza.
Supporters such as Mayor Phil Amicone say the SFC development would provide a huge economic boost for Yonkers, a city that continues to face financial trouble.
Among its more controversial aspects, however, are the size of the waterfront towers, the overall size of the Hudson Park Center, and the city's plan to tap the development's future property taxes to pay for infrastructure needed to service the huge complex.
More details on the plan - some 4,000 pages worth - are contained in its draft environmental impact statement, available online at www.sfcyonkers.com/deis.
Tuesday's public hearing is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at the Yonkers City Council Chambers on the fourth floor of Yonkers City Hall, 40 S. Broadway.
The public will get a second opportunity to speak about the plan directly to City Council members at Roosevelt High School at 7 p.m. May 13. That is also the final date that people can submit written comments to the city on the development.
Reach Len Maniace at lmaniace@lohud.com or 914-694-5163.
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Hudsonstreeter wrote:
as a resident that owns an apt a block or so from where 2 towers on the hudson will be built,I would rather some tall towers with a smaller footprint and leave more open space for the public..kayak ramp maybe,the neighborhood could use a childrens playground
4/28/2008 1:18:53 PM
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TheRealYonkers wrote:
Towers are a lot better than razor wire, bus terminals, and contaminated sites leaching chemicals and pcbs into the Hudson. Maybe YonkersEarth should take a walk down to the river sometime and look at the reality of it.
4/27/2008 6:22:56 AM
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shakespeare wrote:
These guys couldn't get a fifty-dollar parking meter working, but they'll vote on a 1.6 million dollar project. Maybe they'll get lucky. Maybe they'll drown all of us. All aboard!
4/27/2008 2:04:13 AM
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YonkersEnth wrote:
Development of towers that high on the banks of the Hudson will impact the property values of existing homes by blocking views, an amenity that adds value. Why not built those towers on Nodine Hill where they won't block anyone? Besides the land they want to put two 25-story towers on is landfill. Who knows if that land can support buildings of that size?
4/26/2008 1:27:24 PM
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