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Destiny of 2 towns lies in tiny Rye Neck
It all comes down to Rye Neck. Described as everything from an orphan to a crucial part of the puzzle, the 1-square-mile section of the Village of Mamaroneck could decide the fate of the Town of Rye.....
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Destiny of 2 towns lies in tiny Rye Neck
It all comes down to Rye Neck. Described as everything from an orphan to a crucial part of the puzzle, the 1-square-mile section of the Village of Mamaroneck could decide the fate of the Town of Rye.....
In one of the most complicated municipal configurations around, Rye Neck constitutes one-third of the Village of Mamaroneck. However, it is also part of the Town of Rye, but is cut off from Port Chester and Rye Brook, the two contiguous villages that make up the rest of the town....
....“It’s an absurd idea,” said Valerie O’Keeffe, the former Mamaroneck supervisor. “We want to dissolve villages into a town, not the other way around.”....
...However, the tax rate in the remaining part of the Town of Mamaroneck would rise by 42 percent, as a result of losing its village tax base....
....Former Mamaroneck village Trustee John Hofstetter called the CGR study “incomplete.”
“It does not fully explore all the options for the village. The best option would be to merge the Town of Mamaroneck with the villages of Mamaroneck and Larchmont,” Hofstetter said. “The idea is to get rid of a layer of government, not carve more municipalities into smaller ones.”
Rye Town Supervisor Joe Carvin said he lacked the support of the Port Chester, Rye Brook and Mamaroneck mayors....
....n Rye Brook, which would have to create a court function, a house of that value would see $22 in costs, for a net $3 annual savings....
“Mr. Carvin is wasting money with the study,” O’Keeffe said.
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....“It’s an absurd idea,” said Valerie O’Keeffe, the former Mamaroneck supervisor. “We want to dissolve villages into a town, not the other way around.”....
...However, the tax rate in the remaining part of the Town of Mamaroneck would rise by 42 percent, as a result of losing its village tax base....
....Former Mamaroneck village Trustee John Hofstetter called the CGR study “incomplete.”
“It does not fully explore all the options for the village. The best option would be to merge the Town of Mamaroneck with the villages of Mamaroneck and Larchmont,” Hofstetter said. “The idea is to get rid of a layer of government, not carve more municipalities into smaller ones.”
Rye Town Supervisor Joe Carvin said he lacked the support of the Port Chester, Rye Brook and Mamaroneck mayors....
....n Rye Brook, which would have to create a court function, a house of that value would see $22 in costs, for a net $3 annual savings....
“Mr. Carvin is wasting money with the study,” O’Keeffe said.
via Port Chester News http://www.topix.com/city/
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