HIGHLAND MILLS – Eight
Orange County municipalities have executed a municipal cooperation agreement
authorizing a law firm to commence litigation challenging the 507- and
164-acre annexation petitions of land in the Town of Monroe to the Village
of Kiryas Joel.
Both Monroe and Kiryas Joel boards have approved the annexation of the
164 acres.
Municipal group spokesman Brendan Coyne, the mayor of the Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson,
said the communities share common concerns regarding the impact of the
annexations on local resources, including among others, water and sewer
resources and what they believe are deficiencies in the environmental
review that was conducted in connection with the annexations.
To date, municipalities that have signed the municipal cooperation agreement
are the villages of Cornwall-on-Hudson, Harriman, Monroe, South Blooming
Grove and Woodbury, and the towns of Blooming Grove, Cornwall and Woodbury.
The municipalities have authorized the New York City law firm of Bryan
Cave to challenge the annexation.
