Mr. Spano goes to Washington

October

Westchester County Executive Andy Spano is in Washington, D.C. today to discuss the fate of the Montrose campus with officials from the Department of Veterans Affairs.

As many of you know, the county, most local officials and virtually all of the local veterans organizations have been pushing a plan to create a “Veteran’s Village’’ on the 184-acre Hudson River property. The idea is to renovate the facilities already there and to build affordable housing, a continuing care retirement community, temporary housing for the families of vets receiving medical care and other amenities.

Instead of embracing a plan that would benefit local veterans, the VA announced last month that it has decided to lease 100 acres to private developers who will almost certainly build luxury housing. They’re planning to hold an “industry forum” next week where developers will have a chance to pitch their bids for the project.

I’m hoping to talk to Spano after the meeting to find out if he made any progress in changing their minds. Look for my story Monday on Lohud.com and in The Journal News.

This entry was posted on Friday, October 10th, 2008 at 12:10 pm by Rich Liebson. |

One Response to “Mr. Spano goes to Washington”

joseph s cohen October 10th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
Rich hello it is about time all good people call their elected officals and tell them a veterans village would not only help the over 160,000thousand homless veterans in this country, but also to bring back the montorse va complet to where it belongs to the veterans not outside private contractors for private profit even if some monies would go back to the va Come on all good citizens help join in the fight by contacting your congress poeople and senators and ask for what is right help for veterans

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