Thursday, August 15, 2019

‘Keep the Hasidic Out’: A Small-Town Housing Showdown


In a peaceful corner of the Hudson Valley, a broad expanse of land sits at the ready for hundreds of homes ranging between 2,500 and 3,400 square feet, with views of the surrounding hills. There will be a recreation center and tennis courts, and nearly half of the development’s 117 acres will be kept as open space.

they most have read Joe Orlow's comment

Let's put this in perspective.
If I gave you a choice to take a walk at night unescorted through an American neighborhood filled with an overwhelming majority of White people, or through a neighborhood in any inner city neighborhood in America with a minority of White people, which would you choose?

1 comment :

  1. Headline is wrong.

    The town is not anti-Chasidic. It's anti-development using techniques employed by some Chasidim to do an end run around the letter and/or spirit of the law and sensibilities of longterm residents.

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