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Clinton board approves stipulation tied to 6 Senses access dispute after hour-plus public comment
Summary
The Town of Clinton Town Board voted to authorize its attorney to sign a stipulation of settlement in litigation involving CECNY Holding LLC (doing business as 6 Senses) and Hyde Park, a procedural move residents said strips the town of leverage and undercuts volunteer boards.
The Town of Clinton Town Board voted to approve a resolution authorizing Town Attorney Shane J. Egan, Esq., to execute a stipulation of settlement in litigation involving CECNY Holding LLC (doing business as 6 Senses) and the Town of Hyde Park, during its March meeting.
The settlement resolves a dispute over whether a Hyde Park zoning denial could block CECNY’s proposed access across a Hyde Park parcel to a Clinton parcel intended for a conference-center use. Several residents who spoke during a lengthy public comment period urged the board to reject the stipulation, calling it a one-sided concession to a multinational developer.
The stipulation, identified in the board materials as Resolution No. 14 of 2025 (Index No. 2024-53500), follows Hyde Park’s adoption of local law No. 1 of 2025, which the town attorney said retroactively nullified a prior Hyde Park ZBA resolution that had denied access. Town Attorney Shane J. Egan…
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