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Hawthorne council schedules special meeting to object to state affordable-housing allocation
Summary
Town attorney said the borough will ask the council to adopt a resolution challenging Department of Community Affairs numbers and will file suit; a special meeting was scheduled to consider the objection and related resolution.
Hawthorne officials said they will seek to challenge the Department of Community Affairs(DCA) allocation of the borough—s affordable-housing obligation and could file suit after the council adopts a resolution.
At the council—s Jan. 22 meeting municipal Attorney Michael Pasquale said outside counsel John Sabo is preparing an objection to the DCA—s assigned number and that the borough intends to adopt a resolution and then file within the 48-hour window required to press the challenge. "What we've seen in the DCA numbers is reliance on old maps," Pasquale said, adding that parklands, ball fields and…
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