Kiryas Joel, NY – The Village Board of Kiryas Joel has officially gone on record with a “Nay” vote against a proposed casino in Woodbury, citing traffic and environmental issues as the reasons why it stands in opposition.
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MIDHUDSONNEWS.com (http://bit.ly/PJ2mlU) reports that the board drafted an April 4 resolution that says a casino and resort would only add to the existing traffic problems which have been caused by expanding commercial and retail outlets, and that it would exacerbate existing concerns by local residents on well water and waste treatment.
The resolution states that Kiryas Joel is “a wonderful place to, work and raise a family, and we as the elected village board want to preserve and protect these qualities of life so that the future generations born and raised in the village may also enjoy them.”
The board also noted that, to date, no environmental impact study has been conducted, and that, as a neighboring community, Kiryas Joel should be included as an “involved agency” if the casino developers seek to access the Orange County Sewer District No. 1.
I am very happy with this very honest statement from the village board.
Not to mention pawn shops, loan sharks, armed thugs, call girls, street walkers,etc.
Stop fighting the world. There will be casinos in the area. Tell your chassidim to stay away or else. Let the rest of the world enjoy what they want.
Almost every casino I’ve been at, there are always chassidim in Yankee baseball hats. Maybe if they wore a Texas hat it wouldn’t be so conspicuous.
And why isn’t the same “Family Values” given to the new Zali village ? Why are they considered Anti-Semitic because they too also don’t want traffic and commercial crap in their quite area?
Why don’t they deserve the same courtesy without being called names? Thank you for understanding!
Aren’t they using the same excuses monroe-woodbury is using not to let them annex extra land to build?
I see many Frum men at the Yonkers casino in baseball caps. They think the world doesn’t know they are frum.