Have you noticed our new neighbor smack dab at the entrance to our community? This guy:
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| Oh, the irony of dumping this trash pile next to a "No Dumping..." sign, about ten feet from a NYS Class I wetland. |
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| This pic is about 4 days old and the pile of trash has grown. Feel free to add to it? |
Yes, we are welcoming people to our community with a giant metal bin overflowing with trash. Imagine if we lived in Yorktown and they passed a law that regulated where these piles of garbage could be located. Oh, wait, we technically live in Yorktown. Oh, hey, the Yorktown Town Board actually did pass a very good law requiring permits for the placement of said metal monstrosities and garbage piles, but we live in Mohegan Lake so perhaps there is an exemption carved out in the law for this part of the Town of Yorktown.
Below is the Town meeting minutes of the meeting where the public hearing on the law was closed and, presumably passed. Good work Town Board.
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Since the official Town meeting minutes are so sparse, below are former Town supervisor Siegel's notes on the meeting (link to same for legibility); she's much more thorough on meeting notes than the Town (ed. note: that's probably by design on the part of the Town):
So, you're saying to yourself: "Save Mohegan Lake, but I'm only one person, there's no way I can affect positive aesthetic change in my neighborhood. There's no way to fight against our new overlord/giant metal bin overflowing with trash--even if it's placed in a protected wetland without a permit; the goggles NYS Department of Environmental Consulting does nothing."
That's not true. Here are three concrete actions you can take to attempt to remedy this situation:
- Write to the Town of Yorktown inquiring as to whether or not a permit was applied for and obtained to dump the clothing and shoe bin that recently appeared across the street from 3500 Mohegan Avenue. Email: gbernard@yorktownny.org, tdiana@yorktownny.org, elacterman@yorktownny.org, mgrace@yorktownny.org, vpatel@yorktownny.org, building@yorktownny.org, jtegeder@yorktownny.org, townclerk@yorktownny.org (Yes, do include all of them on your email)
- Wait for a reply; this may take some time. If the response is "no, there is no permit for the pile of garbage at the entrance to your community," then email this person, who is supposed to enforce the Town code, the Town code enforcement officer: jzeif@yorktownny.org
- Email YorktownCode@Gmail.com with your results.
It's that simple.
