Town Board Declares Eminent Domain for Indian Brook Road Bridge
“The Philipstown Town Board last Wednesday took the rare step of invoking eminent domain for easement access to a historic Indian Brook Road property and begin long-awaited replacement of an inadequate culvert-bridge over the brook, near the intersection with Route 9 in Garrison.
By a 5-0 vote June 25, the board authorized the town’s law firm to commence eminent domain procedures, including getting an appraisal to determine the amount to pay the owners, Ron and Barbara DeSilva, for easement rights to the strips of land at stake.
In other action, the board briefly recapped plans for selling the VFW building. Before adjournment, Supervisor Richard Shea and other Town Board members also lashed out at the Putnam County News and Recorder over a headline in the June 25 newspaper alleging board dithering on the Butterfield Hospital project, currently under review by the Village of Cold Spring, not the Town of Philipstown.”
Armstrong, Lisa Schevtchuk. Philipstown.info 1 July 2014.