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» Purchase Town Hall Meeting: Privatization of Westchester Airport

Mon, Jun 5, 2017 •

Join Us for a Purchase Town Hall Meeting regarding the privatization of Westchester Airport on Tuesday, June 6, 2017 at 7 PM at Purchase Community House (3095 Purchase Street, Purchase, NY). Bids for privatization of the Westchester Airport are underway. Will privatization lead to airport expansion? Michael Tokarz, PEPA Chairman will moderate a panel discussion on potential impacts and consequences for our community. Panelists include: Martin L. Rogowsky, Former County Legislator and PEPA Consultant David Gelfarb, Westchester County Legislator Jack… Read More

» Westchester County Airport News

Mon, Feb 27, 2017 •

PEPA continues to monitor issues surrounding the Westchester County Airport Privatization Program proposal as it wends its way through the Board of Legislator's committees. Earlier this week on February 21, 2017, a panel discussed the Airport Privatization deal on the Purchase College campus. Journal News Tax Watch columnist David McKay Wilson focused on the financial implications of the plan. Carolyn Cunningham, a board member of the FCWC (Federated Conservationists of Westchester County), spoke on the history of community involvement in… Read More

» Meeting Notice: Privatizing Westchester County Airport Panel

Mon, Feb 20, 2017 •

Journal News's Wilson and FCWC's Cunningham to speak Feb. 21 on airport privatization deal PEPA continues to monitor issues surrounding the Westchester County Airport Privatization Program proposal as it wends its way through the Board of Legislator's committees. We are writing to today to inform you of an important panel discussion about the pilot program. The Perils of Privatization: How Leasing Westchester County Airport is Bad Public Policy February 21, 6pm Humanities Theater at Purchase College 735 Anderson Hill Road… Read More

» Airport Overview: Special Edition PEPA Perspective

Wed, Jan 18, 2017 • Westchester Airport

Proposals for significant changes at the Westchester County Airport have been in the headlines for over one year now. In November 2016, Executive Rob Astorino surprised the Westchester County Board of Legislators by proposing a long term operating lease of the Westchester County Airport by a private company (Oak Tree Capital Management). Subsequently, the Westchester Board of Legislators embarked on an evaluation of the proposed lease through its various committees. To assist the Board in its deliberations, PEPA was invited… Read More

» ARCHIVE: Trinity Presbyterian Church Letters

Thu, Oct 27, 2016 • Trinity Presbyterian

In 2003 Trinity Presbyterian Church first announced plans to build a new church on a 526 – 530 Anderson Hill Road in Purchase. Since then the application has gone through several incarnations. For those 18 years PEPA has been contesting this application. The current application calls for using a 6,800-square-foot 1927 Tudor manor home that already exists on the site as well as building a 19,200-square-foot building. The site plan calls for 130 parking spaces with access to and from… Read More

» Protect Our Community from this MASSIVE PROJECT!

Mon, Sep 5, 2016 • Trinity Presbyterian

On September 27 the Harrison Planning Board will consider and possibly decide on a matter of the utmost importance to the Purchase community - the Trinity Church application. Our consultants and attorneys will continue to urge the Planning Board to require the applicant to consider and study a truly reduced scale alternative & reduced parking alternative more in-line with the neighborhood. Your attendance at this Public Hearing is essential to communicate with Town policy makers and demonstrate our unified opposition… Read More

» Update Trinity Church Application

Thu, Jul 7, 2016 • Trinity Presbyterian

The Town Village Harrison Planning Board heard the Trinity Presbyterian Church application (House of Worship/Building Addition 526-530 Anderson Hill Rd) at their meeting on July 5, 2016. We are writing to provide you with a summary. Trinity Presbyterian' legal counsel made a short presentation explaining that Trinity was seeking a Site Plan and Special Exception Use Permit. Trinity's counsel also explained that the project was back before the Planning Board after receiving a height variance from the Zoning Board of… Read More

» Trinity Church - Important Meeting Notice

Wed, Jul 6, 2016 • Trinity Presbyterian

The TVH Planning Board Meeting, will meet on two specially designated days during the month of July: July 5th and July 19th at 7:30 PM in the Municipal Building, 1 Heineman Place, Harrison. (There will be no meeting held on July 26th) The upcoming meeting on July 5th 2016 has several important items, including Trinity Church: Trinity Presbyterian Church – House of Worship/Building Addition 526-530 Anderson Hill Rd. (Trinity Application) The Trinity Church Application is second on the July 5th… Read More

» RSVP – PEPA Annual Meeting

Thu, May 5, 2016 • Meetings

You are cordially invited to the Annual PEPA Members Meeting on Wednesday, June 8, 2016, from 5:30-7pm, at the Neuberger Museum of Art Purchase College,735 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase NY. AGENDA 5:30pm: Annual Members Meeting & Refreshments 6pm: Town Hall Meeting & Refreshments Thomas Schwarz, President of Purchase College will address the proposed senior residences at the college. Our local County Legislator David B. Gelfarb, will also speak on the proposal to modify the Terminal Use Agreement at the Westchester… Read More

» 2016 Annual Membership Meeting

Tue, May 3, 2016 • Meetings

PEPA's 2016 Annual Membership Meeting will be be held on Wednesday, June 8, 2016 at 5:30 PM at the Neuberger Museum of Art — Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase, NY. The current PEPA membership has two (2) classes, a voting class and a non-voting class, as follows: Class A Members: Class A Members will have the right to vote on the election of PEPA's Board of Directors and other matters requiring the approval of PEPA's Membership in accordance… Read More

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