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Cedarhurst planning board grants preliminary approval for Pearsall Rock subdivision of up to 98 units
Summary
The Village of Cedarhurst's Planning Board granted preliminary approval July 15 to Pearsall Rock LLC for a subdivision enabling condominium ownership of up to 98 units after the Nassau County Planning Commission issued a SEQRA Negative Declaration; public commenters raised privacy and construction concerns.
The Planning Board of the Village of Cedarhurst on July 15 granted preliminary approval to a subdivision application from Pearsall Rock LLC that would enable condominium ownership of units in a new development.
On a motion by Trustee Israel Wasser, seconded by Trustee Myrna Zisman, the board closed the public hearing and granted preliminary approval for "a subdivision of up to 98 units," according to the meeting record. The county planning commission, acting as lead agency under the State Environmental Quality Review Act, issued a Negative Declaration and a unanimous local determination that were filed with the village and described by Mayor Benjamin Weinstock as binding on the village.
Pearsall Rock LLC was represented at the special meeting by counsel William Bonesso and project principals including Tommy Lieberman; consultants from IMEG and traffic expert Rebecca Goldberg also joined the presentation. The applicants told the board the subdivision is intended to allow condominium ownership rather than continued rental ownership. The presentation noted that converting the project to condominiums would prevent the project from qualifying for Industrial Development Agency tax benefits — a change the transcript indicates could affect local school funding.
Residents attending the meeting raised concerns tied to the approval. Danny Mancini of Fair Oaks Place expressed privacy worries about overlooking from the new units; Deputy Mayor Eric G. Brown responded to residents during the hearing. The transcript records additional public comments about construction dust, rodent control, traffic impacts and overnight water pressure that town officials said they would follow up on.
The meeting record does not include a roll-call vote tally; the motion as recorded was adopted. The transcript does not specify the next procedural step required for final subdivision approval or any specific dates for further village review beyond the preliminary action recorded at the July 15 special meeting.
