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Planning board accepts lead‑agency role and continues hearing on proposed yeshiva and dorms at 2–3 Fosse Court after intense public comment
Summary
The Airmont Planning Board declared itself SEQR lead agency for a proposed yeshiva and dormitory at 2–3 Fosse Court and continued the public hearing to March 27, after hearing detailed testimony from the applicant, technical staff, and dozens of public commenters supporting and opposing the plan.
The Airmont Planning Board declared itself lead agency for State Environmental Quality Review (SEQR) and continued the public hearing on a proposed yeshiva and accessory dormitory at 2 and 3 Fosse Court, scheduling the next hearing for March 27.
Applicant presentation and project scope: Attorney/representative Robert Brown (identified in the meeting as the applicant’s presenter) described the project as a religious/educational use consisting of two existing houses reconfigured as a school building and a dormitory with parking and a small outdoor recreation area. The applicant said the school would serve a compact population — “a maximum of 30 students” — with dormitory rooms distributed across the two buildings and limited on‑site outdoor recreation (a…
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