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Legal Threat Stymies Proposed Ramapo Housing Development

RAMAPO, N.Y. -- Environmental activists, concerned about the potential effects of a massive housing project near Pomona on local water supplies, have thrown another monkey wrench into the works, according to a report by lohud.

Plans for the development of Patrick Farm, outside of Pomona, are being opposed by several community and environmental groups.

Plans for the development of Patrick Farm, outside of Pomona, are being opposed by several community and environmental groups.

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An aerial view of Patrick Farm in Ramapo taken by photographer Lee Ross.

An aerial view of Patrick Farm in Ramapo taken by photographer Lee Ross.

Photo Credit: Courtesy of photographer Lee Ross

Following Wednesday’s Planning Board approval of site plans for a 479-unit development known as Patrick Farm just outside Pomona, the group announced it would file an Article 78 petition challenging the decision, lohud reported.

Representatives of Ramapo Organized for Sustainability and a Safe Aquifer, or ROSA, say they are worried about wetlands that supply drinking water, the project’s nearness to a natural gas pipeline and the sheer size of the development itself, the lohud story said.

To read lohud’s story, click here.

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