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Ridgewood residents accuse council of reopening Kensington housing plan; council says process followed state and court steps
Summary
Residents at the Sept. 10 public meeting accused the council of re‑inserting Kensington into Ridgewood’s affordable‑housing plan after a court denied intervention; council members and the manager said Kensington later re‑intervened, the council defeated the developer’s ordinance and the town is working to meet state deadlines.
At the Sept. 10 Village Council meeting, residents pressed the council over its handling of a contested Kensington development and the town’s affordable‑housing plan. “You put them back into our plan after the court already said no,” resident Kalyn Tomaszewski told Mayor Baglanos and the council, saying the council’s actions exposed Ridgewood to renewed litigation and legal expenses.
Tomaszewski urged elected officials to explain why Kensington was included in the municipality’s housing element and fair‑share plan after, she said, the Superior Court denied Kensington’s motion to intervene. “We, the…
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