Bloomingburg, NY – Judge Plops Down Restraining Order On Hasidic Residences’ Certificates At Chestnut Ridge

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    Rt 17 West shows the exit sign to Bloomingburg NY. on Nov. 24, 2014 (Shimon Gifter/VINnews.com)Bloomingburg, NY – On Friday, a Sullivan County Court judge granted a temporary restraining order on 24 certificates of occupancy granted earlier this month to developers of the controversial Chestnut Ridge Hasidic community in Bloomingburg.

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    RECORDONLINE.com (http://bit.ly/1KCrnV0) reports that the restraining order was in response to a petition filed late Thursday by the Town of Mamakating stating that, according to its expert, the roads inside the Chestnut Ridge development are in violation of local fire codes and would endanger residents.

    In issuing the order, Judge Stephan Shick set a September 9 hearing date on the matter.

    Steve Mogel, attorney for the village of Bloomingburg—who has been locked in a month-long court battle over the certificates with neighboring Mamakating—said the village’s inspector previously cleared the streets for use.

    The architect of the Hasidic community, developer Shalom Lamm, said lawyers for his company Sullivan Farms are set to file an appeal on Monday.


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    goldstar
    goldstar
    8 years ago

    what a shame , reminds of Rev. steven weiss, Judge shick nice man ……………………………………..

    Longwave
    Longwave
    8 years ago

    With all the lawyer fees adding up, Lamm must be making a tremendous profit selling homes to impoverished chassidim. One only wonders if it was worth risking all the ensuing anti-semitism and negative publicity to get so much money

    Abba_S
    Abba_S
    8 years ago

    Lam is just a figurehead Satmar is behind this and footing the legal bills. Once they get Certificates of Occupancy for the houses Satmar can take over Bloomingburg. The town has only 425 residents, add 396 new houses with at least 2 eligible voters per house they have 792 voters who vote as a block ..

    Judge Schick issued his ruling upon hearing only one side, the Town of Mamakating. Lamm is presently suing both Bloomingburg and Mamakating in Federal court for discrimination and although the federal judge did dismiss some of the claims, the remaining claims were severe enough that the.judge found that some officials will be personal liable if found guilty.

    Judge Schick was also the judge that put the stop work order, stopping the building of these houses, which was overturned on appeal. It seems that the Town of Bloomingburg considers the road wide enough as it issued the Certificate of Occupancy but the Town of Mamakating holds the road is not wide enough.
    The fire trucks used in Bloomingburg are standard pumpers not the hook and ladders that we have in NYC, so if it’s a two lane street there should be more than enough room to get into and around the development.

    8 years ago

    How dare they take such action against this vital housing needed by the frum tzibur and developed by the son of one of the greatest roshei yeshivos of modern times.