As previously commented by RFR in a prior story by Danny LoPriore Supervisor Feiner promised Greenburgh taxpayers that he would enforce the installation of a pedestrian sidewalk in front of the new Greenburgh Health Center and the Preserve at Greenburgh along Knollwood Road just south of Route 119. The Health Center has installed only half of the sidewalk and Feiner says the health center is not going to install the balance of the sidewalk. The Preserve at Greenburgh has totally ignored the requirement for a sidewalk. Supervisor Feiner has not kept his committments to taxpayers on pedestrian sidewalks. It should also be noted that the new Greenburgh Health Center facility at 295 Knollwood Road is a newly constructed building partially funded by federal taxpayer funds. As a federally funded facility, it must have an ADA compliant sidewalk along the entire front lot line of its building. Half a sidewalk does not satisfy federal standards. Robert Reninger, Chairman Broadview Civic Association Robert Reninger, Chairman Broadview Civic Association View Comment

Sup[ervisor Feiner promised Greenburgh taxpayers that he would enforce the installation of a pedestrian sidewalk in front of the new Greenburgh Health Center and the Preserve at Greenburgh along Knollwood Road just south of Route 119. The Health Center has instaaled only half of the sidewalk and Feiner says the health center is not going to install the balance of the sidewalk. The Preserve at Greenburgh has totally ignored the requirement for a sidewalk. Supervisor Feiner has not kept his committments to taxpayers on pedestrian sidewalks. Robert Reninger, Chairman Broadview Civic Association View Comment

Dear OnlyInGreenburgh, The issue of "not built as approved" currently may also exist with the new Greenburgh Health Center at 295 Knollwood Road. There are actually two different site plans allegedly both approved by the Planning Dept.. There are also two other site plans approved by the HRSA and the NYS DOH. How can a Greenburgh resident decide whether the facility is atually built as approved by the Town ? The Town Code requires that an "as built" survey be submitted for all new structures before a certificate of occupancy is issued by the Building Inspector. The Building Inspector allegedly maintains that the "as built" survey depict only the foundation of the structure and need not depict other significant aspects of the newly built structure. Broadview recently filed a FOIL application for the "as built" for 295 Knollwood Rd. and was provided with a copy which was illegible. Both the Bldg. Dept and the Town Clerk have requested a fee of $20. for a legible copy. OnlyInGreenburgh could such a rediculous situation occur. Robert Reninger, Chairman Broadview Civic Association View Comment

During the preconstruction public hearings and before construction was started on the Library, the Broadview Civic Association repeatedly advised Supervisor Feiner, the Library Board and the Town Board that geothermal as a method for HVAC was ill advised for this site. Even Feiner's own advisors on various committees told him to get a backup boiler. Feiner, as the Chief Executive of the Town, allowed the Library Board to proceed with geothermal HVAC without any oversight. Does anybody realize that these actions by Supervisor Feiner were a total waste of taxpayer dollars ? Supervisor Feiner continues to allow the Library Board to spend taxpayer dollars without adequate oversight. Because the Library Board is not elected by the taxpayers, this is a gross example of taxation without representation. Greenburgh taxpayers urgently need new representatives at Town Hall and on the Library Board, and new administrative executives to direct the daily operations of the Greenburgh Public Library Robert Reninger, Chairman Broadview Civic Association View Comment

The Daily Greenburgh today reports on Paul Feiner's comments about a sidewalk along Knollwood Road in the vicinity of Westchester Community College. Why hasn't the Town required the Greenburgh Health Center to build a sidewalk along the entire front lot line of their newly constructed facility at 295 Knollwood Road ? Why hasn't the Town required the Preserve at Greenburgh to build a sidewalk in front of their property at 275 Knollwood Road ? The Greenburgh Planning Board mandated sidewalks at both sites but Supervisor Feiner refuses to endorse the clear and very specific mandates of his own Greenburgh Planning Board. The Town Board needs to take whatever actions are necessary to insure the both sites have adequate sidewalks. It is extremely unsafe for pedestrians to walk along this area of Knollwood Road. Robert Reninger, Chairman Broadview Civic Association View Comment

The Town has experienced constant problems with the HVAC system at the TDYCC indoor pool. The situation is so bad that the pool outside doors are kept open even during outdoor cold weather conditions. Keeping pool doors open is a violation of NYS Health Department regulations.There have been numerous complaints about poor control of the water temperature of the pool water itself. The Town needs to correct these conditions, but has failed to seek input from pool patrons. View Comment

The Broadview Civic Association commends Supervisor Feiner for promoting the rights of disabled Greenburgh individuals. Broadview recommends that Supervisor Feiner and the entire Greenburgh Town Board take whatever steps are necessary to insure that an ADA compliant sidewalk is installed at the 295 Knollwood Road site of the Greenburgh Health Center before it opens for business. Currently it is doubtful that a pedestrian sidewalk will be installed in the public right of way to the 295 Knollwood road site. SIDEWALK ISSUE • The majority of health center clients will reach the MVNHC via public transportation. • The New York State Department of Transportation (NYS DOT) has announced that NYS DOT will not fund or construct a sidewalk from Route 119 to the 295 Knollwood Road site of the MVNHC. • Lack of a sidewalk from public transportation facilities on Route 119 presents serious safety risks to both clinic clients and motor vehicle operators on Knollwood Road. • The Town of Greenburgh could incur significant municipal liability for anyone injured due to lack of safe pedestrian access to the health center site. • Lack of safe pedestrian access to the site could be a serious problem to solve even if eminent domain is used by the Town of Greenburgh. • The proposed multi modal pedestrian facility is a very unsafe alternate solution, and will not be approved by NYS DOT due to the recent enactment of the “Safe Streets” law. • The MVNHC has not filed for and obtained a NYS DOT highway work permit for the proposed multi-modal pedestrian facility ? Why has the Town issued a building permit without requiring the MVNHC to obtain a NYS highway work permit ? • Shuttle ambulet buses are not an economically viable alternative. • The Town needs to take whatever actions are necessary to insure safe pedestrian access before it allows the MVNHC to open its doors to patients. • The Town cannot grant the MVNHC a permanent certificate of occupancy if the MVNHC does not actually construct an ADA compliant sidewalk from Route 119 to the southern boundary of 295 Knollwood Rd. before the facility opens for business ? Robert F. Reninger, Chairman Broadview Civic Association View Comment

The Journal News Tax Watch blog has reported that Supervisor Feiner is engaging in emails with the Mayfair Knollwood Civic Association about this proposal. Does Supervisor Feiner intend to involve other civic associations in this discussion ? Several years ago Supervisor Feiner excluded other interested civic associations from the discussions about the WestHelp lease. Does Supervisor Feiner ever learn from his mistakes ? Robert Reninger, Chairman Broadview Civic aswsociation View Comment

RFR Paul Feiner and the Town Council need to follow the reasonable requirements of the Greenburgh Zoning Ordinance. This has not happened with reference to several land use projects including Fortress Bible, WestHelp, Westhab, convenience store/gas stations, Frank's Nursery etc.. Last but not least, Feiner and the Town Council continue to ignore the fact that the Mount Vernon Neighborhood Health Center still has not finalized plans for installation of an ADA compliant sidewalk at their site currently under construction at 295 Knollwood Road. NYS DOT has told the Town that NYS will not build the sidewalk before the health center opens for business. Under these circumstances the Town is required to take whatever actions are necessary to insure that a sidewalk is actually provided from Tarrytown Road up to and including the front lot line of the health center. Feiner and the Town Council have taken no action to remedy this potentially very dangerous situation. Feiner and the Town Council continue to ignore the repeated requests from Broadview residents for a meeting to discuss the urgent need for a sidewalk at the site before the health center opens for business Robert Reninger, Chairman Broadview Civic Association View Comment

The current status of the WestHelp project is another example of Feiner's very poor land use decisions. The previous writer did not mention the very dangerous situation Feiner has created by allowing the Mount Vernon Neighborhood Health Center to potentially open for business at 295 Knollwood Road without installing an ADA compliant sidewalk. Feiner has also proposed allowing the Greenburgh Housing Authority to take over operation of the WestHelp site. Has the Greenburgh Housing Authority paid the Town of Greenburgh for all police services rendered to the Greenburgh Housing Authority at its current facilities ? Robert Reninger, Chairman Broadview Civic Association View Comment

Dear Starry Night, Term limits would be a step in the right direction. A Paid Professional Town Manager, similar to the current appointed positions in many other NewYork State Towns and Villages, could perhaps produce better management of taxpayer assests. The current positions of Supervisor and Councilperson could be reduced to a ceremonial and legislative function at a minimun salary. Also "Open Government" is really not functioning in Greenburgh: Public Meetings are held at times inconvenient to the public, resolutions are posted late, are incomplete or are substantially changed etc; FOIL requests are routinely denied for frivolous reasons, when appeals are filed, a written answer is not given to the appellant; the Records Access Officer is not following the requirements of Chapter 360 of the Town Code "Freedom of Information". Based on your celestial name "Starry Night", I presume you know "Sunshine". Could you arrange for significantly more "Sunshine" in the daily activities of Greenburgh government operations ? Thank you. Robert Reninger, Chairman Broadview Civic Association View Comment

The previous commentators have accurately and adequately stated the many valid concerns about the management of Town government by Mr. Feiner and the entire current and past members of the Town Board. In addition to these concerns, the Broadview Civic Association has been unable to obtain answers from the Town about the lack of a safe pedestrian ADA compliant sidewalk in the plans for the Federally funded health center currently under construction at 295 Knollwood Road. Federal law requires all newly constructed health centers to have barrier free pedestrian access to their sites. The Town of Greenburgh needs to deny the Mt. Vernon Neighborhood Health Center a certificate of occupancy until such time as the MVNHC firmly commits to building a sidewalk to the site. The MVNHC must not be allowed to open their clinic until a safe pedestrian sidewalk has been actually constructed. Robert Reninger, Chairman Broadview Civic Association View Comment

For several years Greenburgh residents have expressed concerns about the 295 Knollwood Road site chosen by the Mount Vernon Neighborhood Health Center as the site for its Federally Qualified Health Center. The most recent proposal to establish a satellite clinic on the Greenburgh Central School District #7 Woodlands campus presents additional public safety issues. Unfortunately the Greenburgh Town Board has ignored the many concerns of residents; however, the Town Board did incorporate some special conditions in the approvals granted by the Town Board, the Planning Board and the Zoning Board of Appeals. These conditions are contained in various approval letters, approved construction plans, permits etc. issued by the Town prior to the start of actual construction at the 295 Knollwood Road site. Currently, it appears that actual construction at the 295 Knollwood Road site is not proceeding in accordance with the construction plans as approved by the Town. The Broadview Civic Association has notified the Town, but again the Greenburgh Town Board has ignored the concerns of Broadview residents. The Mount Vernon Neighborhood Health Center needs to follow the construction plans as originally approved by the Town or seek new updated approvals from the Town for any changes in the approved plans. The Town Board also required that the Mount Vernon Neighborhood Health Center construct an ADA compliant sidewalk on their own property and on adjacent properties, thereby providing safe pedestrian access from public transportation facilities to their site at 295 Knollwood Road. An ADA sidewalk is needed because a majority of their patients will use public transportation to reach this medical clinic. Broadview understands that the Mount Vernon Neighborhood Health Center has recently requested NYS DOT to substitute a non ADA compliant sidewalk only in the shoulder of the roadway, and only partially in front of their own site. The Mount Vernon Neighborhood Health Center will not build a sidewalk on adjacent properties, thereby effectively making their own sidewalk a “sidewalk to nowhere”. Knollwood Road is a narrow heavily used NYS highway, and locating the sidewalk in the existing roadway is a serious hazard to clinic patients and motor vehicle operators using Knollwood Road. The Mount Vernon Neighborhood Health Center must provide an ADA compliant sidewalk from adjacent public transportation facilities to their facility at 295 Knollwood Road. The Federal government, the Town of Greenburgh and various New York State agencies, such as the NYS DOT and NYS DOH must take whatever steps are necessary to insure that safe pedestrian access is provided to the FQHC at 295 Knollwood Road before the Mount Vernon Neighborhood Health Center is allowed to operate a medical clinic at this site. Robert Reninger, Chairman Broadview Civic Association View Comment

Before the Town grants the Mount Vernon Neighborhood Health Center even a temporary certificate of occupancy, either the Town or the MVNHC must construct an ADA sidewalk on private property and not in the very narrow shoulder of the NYSDOT roadway. An ADA compliant sidewalk must be built from Tarrytown Road (Route 119) up to and including the entire front property line of the health center at 295 Knollwood Road because the health center estimates that the majority of the clients will reach the health center by public transportation. NYSDOT has declined to build the sidewalk as originally promised. The Broadview Civic Association has repeatedly requested Supervisor Feiner and the Town Board to initiate construction of the sidewalk now so that safe pedestrian access will exist when the health center opens for business. The Greenburgh Town Board has not answered or addressed our request for a sidewalk before the center opens. The failure to install safe sidewalks in a timely manner will create enormous safety problems for both pedestrians and motor vehicle operators. If anyone is injured walking on an obviously unsafe sidewalk, the Town of Greenburgh and its taxpayers will be exposed to significant municipal liability. Robert Reninger, Chairman Broadview Civic Association View Comment

Wanda Dunlap has expressed the often repeated legitimate concerns of both Broadview and other Greenburgh residents about the 295 Knollwood Road site chosen by the Mount Vernon Neighborhood Health Center as the site for its Federally Qualified Health Center. Unfortunately the Greenburgh Town Board has ignored many concerns of residents; however, the Town Board did incorporate some special conditions in the approvals granted by the Town Board, the Planning Board and the Zoning Board of Appeals. These conditions are contained in various approval letters, approved construction plans, permits etc. issued by the Town prior to the start of actual construction at the 295 Knollwood Road site. Currently, it appears that actual construction at the 295 Knollwood Road site is not proceeding in accordance with the construction plans as approved by the Town. The Broadview Civic Association has notified the Town, but again the Greenburgh Town Board has ignored the concerns of Broadview residents. The Mount Vernon Neighborhood Health Center needs to follow the construction plans as originally approved by the Town or seek new updated approvals from the Town for any changes in the approved plans. Robert Reninger, Chairman Broadview Civic Association View Comment