C.U.P.O.N. of Chestnut Ridge is an inclusive group of concerned residents allied in our shared commitment to keep our community safe and preserve the character of our neighborhood by stopping overdevelopment and illegal building activity in the Village of Chestnut Ridge.   

 Key Objectives:  

 1) Hold Chestnut Ridge elected officials and village administrators accountable for the consistent enforcement of all building codes, zoning laws and permit approval processes   

2) Inform and educate village residents about issues that affect our neighborhood   

4) Ensure all residents have a seat at the table and that our voices are heard before village d3) Keep residents engaged and mobilized for positive change and action   ecisions are made    

Hello  Cupon of Chestnut Ridge members. 

On November 19 Steve Mogel, the attorney representing CUPON of Chestnut Ridge in  the Article 78 preceding challenging the House of Worship Law passed by the  Village board in the early winter of 2019, served the Village of Chestnut Ridge  with another action regarding the Article 78 along with filing the action before  the Supreme Court of New York.   This service on the Village and the Court was  Steve's response to the Court's response to a portion of the Article 78  originally filed in April,2019.

Essentially, in the first filing of the Article 78 Steve identified 6  issues regarding the House of Worship Law . The Judge let stand 3 of the 6  arguments and challenged 3.  Steve has served the Village a new complaint  focusing only on the 3 issues the judge essentially disregarded.  I am certain  the Village Board and our esteemed Village Attorney did not expect this action.   They will have to answer this action as well.

Steve is still working on his submission to the Judge's October response to  the other 3 Items and expects to file this response in the very near  future.

This additional service can only put more pressure on the Village.  I have  great confidence in Steve's legal expertise and in his dedication to the matters  that are of utmost importance to CUPON of Chestnut Ridge.

Please read the filing just posted for yourself and feel free to refer to  the original filing and the Judge's response for clarification.

Please continue to watch for illegal contractors and anything else that  does not look right.  As they say in the world where i used to work- IF YOU SEE  SOMETHING< SAY SOMETHING!!!

Thanks, Hilda Kogut/CUPON of CR chair

NEW COMPLAINT FILED

NEW SUMMONS FILED

PREVIOUSLY 

Hello CUPONers.  Attached is the  Court's decision regarding our Article 78 . We have much to be proud  of!!!  Our hard work paid off!!!!  Now the Village of Chestnut Ridge must  determine its next step.  The Village Board has been put on notice that its  effort to subvert the process and assume that the residents of this wonderful  and diverse community would sit by and allow the Village government to author  and pass a law that is in violation of the environmental statues of the State of  New York fell on its face.  

We MUST continue to address issues that are not balanced and fair in the  great community or in violation of laws.  Remember IF YOU SEE SOMETHING SAY  SOMETHING.

Best Wishes, Hilda Kogut

 CUPON members and residents,The  five supervisors of Rockland are having a public meeting with all interested  residents. This is a follow-up meeting to ‘bring the communities together’  following the attack on the rabbi’s residence a few weeks  ago.
  I’m sure we are all appalled at that incident, and that  violence is NOT now and will NEVER be condoned no matter what the situation  might be. I believe the main theme of this meeting will be preventing violent  acts in the Jewish neighborhoods as the governor and others have made abundantly  clear.
    This is well understood but to bring the communities  together will require dialogue and agreements from all involved. We must show up  and participate!
  This could be a contentious meeting if they  do not get into analyzing the cause of the growing resentment and the recent  violence by a misguided few, or it could be a ‘whitewash’ public stunt if the  secular community is underrepresented.

 We  have compiled a summary of some issues related to CUPON’s mission that must be a  key part of any discussion. For those of you that can attend the meeting this  Thursday 1/23 at 1pm at the Crown Plaza hotel, please contact me for a logistic  discussion. 

Its my opinion that CUPON must  bring to the attention of these supervisors’ the distress and anger caused by  the obvious favoritism our Ramapo officials and Land Use Boards display on  behalf of the materialistic builders, and slumlords. Some of the causes related  to CUPON’s mission are:

-Irresponsible  development that displaces secular residents (mainly people of color) with   newcomers to Ramapo;
-Discriminatory buying and rental  practices in new developments;
conversion of single-family homes  into multi-family dwellings, in single family  neighborhoods;
-Passage of local laws to enable multi-family  dwellings, in single family neighborhoods;
-Spot zoning in  certain neighborhoods;           
-Slumlords that demand cash  payments in substandard housing;
-Code violations of illegal  properties that are granted C/O’s after