by Richard Kavesh

With Spring right around the corner, it’s a good time to think green. Next weekend begins daylight savings time, Spring begins in two weeks and Nyack’s April 18-25 Earth Day follows shortly thereafter.

It’s a good time to act green, too. Nyack residents can get in on the ground floor of a new effort to make our village the greenest community in Rockland County by attending the initial meeting of Nyack’s new Environmental Advisory Committee on 3/8 at 7p in Village Hall.

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by the Village Board of Nyack

Nyack is embarking on its first tangible step toward the potential redevelopment of the downtown Superblock, the 3.7 acre area that encompasses the Helen Hayes theater building, the M&T bank lot, village owned Veterans Memorial Park and the Village Urban Renewal Agency owned parking lots.

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The Village Board is meeting this evening (yes, it’s on, snow and all)  and the biggest item on the agenda is the approval of a Request For Proposals (RFP) for a feasibility study on the SuperBlock.  You can find the draft RFP document on the Village homepage under “Recent Documents,” or you can go to the direct link by clicking HERE.

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Nyack, Feb 25, Updated 12:15p — The Village of Nyack is closing First Avenue to parking on both sides of the street between Gedney St. and North Franklin St. until further notice due to the snow storm. Also until further notice, no parking tickets will be issued in the village parking lots to the east, west, and the south of Riverspace.

Meters on the following streets have been “bagged” by the Nyack Parking Authority, meaning no parking until further notice: Continue reading →

Nyack, Feb 20 — Having a carbon monoxide detector is no longer a good idea. As of this week, it’s the law.

Amanda’s Law requires every private residence in New York state to have a carbon monoxide detector. It’s named for an upstate teenager whose death last year was caused by a lethal CO leak from a basement boiler while she slept.

All homes built after January 1, 2008 are required to have a carbon monoxide alarm hard-wired into the building. Homes built prior to this date are permitted to have battery-powered CO alarms.

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The Village Board’s meeting had several highlights.

• The Village Board passed a resolution to put the Streetscape Plan out to BID.
• The Treasurer was directed to purchase a bus stop to be placed at Artopee Way and Franklin
• The Superblock Request for Proposals will be issued on Feb. 25 at the next Board meeting.
• A new Environmental Committee will be established, chaired by Deborah Turner.

by Richard Kavesh

The Nyack Village Board will hold its regular meeting tonight, February 11th, at 7:30 in Village Hall, preceded by our usual workshop at 6:30. Both, of course, are open to the public.

Items on the agenda include: a special presentation on the progress of the downtown streetscape; a presentation regarding the village’s newly proposed Environmental Committee; a proposal to reduce the village’s affordable housing requirement to 10% on new residential developments; and the RFP (Request for Proposal) for the “superblock.”

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by Richard Kavesh

Nyack, Feb 10 — Due to today’s snow emergency, Village Hall will close today at 1p. We will reopen for business at our usual time tomorrow, February 11.

Employees or those with village business or questions can call me during or regarding the storm at (914) 954-5100 (c).

Richard Kavesh is mayor of Nyack, NY

The Nyack Marketing Committee, a newly formed public-private group to help promote and brand Nyack, is collecting demographic information on local businesses to help us make informed decisions.  If you own a business in the Village, please click here to take the survey: www.surveymonkey.com/s/KGXDL93.

It is only 9 questions, very easy to take (mostly multiple choice) with text areas to make your comments. But it is time sensitive.  Please fill it out by tomorrow (Tuesday) at 11pm.

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by Dave Zornow

Nyack, Feb 1 — Nyack’s Superblock downtown redevelopment vision is taking two tiny steps forward. The village will hire an outside consultant to write a Request For Proposal (RFP) authorizing a feasibility study for a Superblock project. More importantly, village officials have identified a source of funding for the study. Riverspace, with the help of South Nyack resident Rosie O’Donnell, will fund the proposed $80,000 Superblock feasibility study.

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