Residents to Present Petition Calling for a Moratorium on Tear Downs and Subdivisions to Village Trustees

Community organizers who launched a petition calling on the Mayor of Scarsdale and the Village Board to adopt a resolution requiring a moratorium on development and teardowns will present their petition with more than 300 signatures at Tuesday night's meeting of the Village Board at 8 pm at Village Hall.

Jim Detmer, who led a group of neighbors to save a home on Woods Lane from demolition said, "This strong outpouring of support of the petition from the community exceeded our expectations and is a mandate for change".

Former Scarsdale Village Trustee Jonathan Lewis added, "This is an extraordinarily level of engagement by the community. Even better, the steps our village board needs to take to move this forward are straightforward and simple to implement. With instructions from the Mayor and the board on Tuesday, the Village attorney could prepare a short resolution that could be approved within 2 weeks".

Detmer and Lewis call for their neighbors to join them at Village Hall Tuesday night October 24th at 8pm. And there is still time to add your name to the petition.

Sign it here: