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Council hears lengthy briefing on affordable-housing numbers and state mediation; attorney urges regional challenge
Summary
Borough counsel and special counsel updated the council on ongoing affordable-housing litigation and mediation, criticizing New Jersey’s methodology for assigning municipal quotas and describing procedural developments including a mediator assignment and the involvement of planners and the Builders Association.
Borough special counsel provided an extended update on ongoing affordable‑housing litigation and mediation, arguing that state agency methodology and court processes are producing obligations that do not match available buildable land.
Attorney Michael Pezois (council counsel) said a New Jersey Builders Association filing and responses from Fair Share Housing had prompted new analyses. Pezois described work by planner David Kinsey, retained by Fair Share Housing, who reviewed Hawthorne’s calculations and — while agreeing the borough’s math…
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