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And so it begins...
New Paltz Foundation purchases 40+ acres of land adjacent to the SUNY New Paltz Campus. -
Announcements are made
President Donald Christian announces university's desire to have an apartment-like housing with Whilmorite Inc. -
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Wilmorite owes Rochester
Wilmorite, who owes the city of Rochester $22 million in negotiated payments from its PILOT as of 2012, avoided responsibility for the payments through ownership by its subsidiary company Rochwil, LLC. Rochwil’s sole purpose was the acquisition of The Sibley Building, which is its only asset. Creditors of an LLC can only levy on the real estate owned by the company, according to a document published by James C. Mulder, Texas attorney concentrated in wealth transfer, tax and asset protection -
Impact Statement
Draft Environmental Impact Statement completed by Whilmorite. -
First Public Hearing
First Town Planning Board open hearing concerning Park Point. -
Second planning board meeting
Planning board decides to keep public comments open until Dec. 10 -
SA decides against student opinion survey
Student Association decides against administering a student-opinion survey for Park Point. -
Student Opposition
Students at the Nov. 25 hearing raised concerns that the current student population would not be able to fill the 700 beds allocated to students, and that students would not be able to afford the rent. Others at the hearing feared that highly priced rental units would create an “elite community” amongst the student population. -
SA speaks out
SUNY New Paltz Student Association (SA) President Manuel Tejada and Vice-President Zachary Rousseas spoke on behalf of student senate from a document drafted by the Student Association Executive Board at the Dec. 9 hearing. “We do not support the PILOT proposal,” said Tejada. “[We] ask Wilmorite to pay its full fair share of taxes.” “If our demands are not met, we will have to withdraw our support,” said Rousseas. -
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Park Point hearing
With over 50 residents in attendance at the hearing held on Dec. 9, the speakers primarily in opposition to the Park Point building project, the town planning board decided to extend the hearing to Dec. 16 at 7 p.m. -
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Cost increases over next 25 years
Because of factors not included in this estimation, the cost of emergency services could far exceed $300,000 over the next 25 years, according to Zimet. The New Paltz Police Commission estimated an increase of $12.5 million for policing Park Point over the next 25 years. An independent source hired by the town board estimated the increase of emergency services at about $3 million.