Moving on to the next item on the agenda. The, again, a referral from the board of trustees. This is, draft law five of 2026, to amend provisions relating to affordable housing to allow certain occupational preferences. Okay. So this is, this is interesting. I'm gonna defer to Josh on some of these things because it does get really technical when when you talk about, preferences. But I can say tha…

And what else on this before we go on to the CAFEAF? So this takes effect as soon as it's approved by the board. So it doesn't apply retroactively to Maple Commons or anything like that. As far as they they had a, what, a 6,000 waiting waiting list. My understanding is this this only impacts going forward, and that's how this would be handled. And to Steve's point, it it not only a a full on affor…

The Croton-on-Hudson Board of Trustees took a major step forward Tuesday night on the village’s largest affordable housing initiative, unanimously approving an agreement that could channel up to $6 million in Westchester County funding toward infrastructure for the 100-unit development at 1 Croton Point Avenue.

His argument: large affordable housing developments like Maple Commons, with 66 bedrooms, paid zero in parkland fees thanks to waivers, while his one house — built on a lot in the existing Harman Subdivision — gets hit for $12,000. "I'm paying into a future thing that I take no part in," he said. "I feel punished by it."

Yeah. So, Jeff, question on that. So e even with, private developer comes in and wants to put up a building and it triggers, you know, two or three or four affordable housing units, even though it's being privately funded, funded, not through any state agencies or programs, the inability to preference local citizens is still in force?

The board also authorized a project labor agreement for the publicly funded portions of the 100-unit affordable housing development at Lot A on Croton Point Avenue. The PLA covers infrastructure work — including a water main extension and new sewer line — funded through Westchester County's Housing Implementation Fund, but does not cover the building's general construction. Trustee Brian Pugh note…

So, this is quite a I don't remember the exact year, but quite a few numbers of years ago, Westchester wasn't meeting its quota when it comes to affordable housing, and they were kind of segmenting in the affordable housing that it stock that they had into certain communities. And bunch of lawsuits, the county got sued. They entered into a a consent decree. But since then, the county is encouraged…

guess it depends. And I know there was an affordable housing project being built. But what is the number of the people that are living there compared to the total population of the village? I don't know if it would overall affect it greatly. You know, I don't I don't think it would move the needle so much because the the number of people is not gonna be have enough of an effect on the total income…

The board also took a significant step toward the long-planned 100-unit affordable housing development at Lot A, the village-owned parcel at Croton Point Avenue and Veterans Plaza. By a 3-0 vote, with Trustee Slippen abstaining, the board authorized a Project Labor Agreement with the Building and Construction Trades Council of Westchester and Putnam Counties.

Sure. So in terms of the, lot a, the PLA, the funds are not they're not village funds. These are Westchester County funds that are made available for the express purpose of building affordable housing. Right? It's the housing implementation fund program, HIF. And so, developers from throughout the county can, apply to, Westchester County through the Department of Planning to get, access to these f…

from a, you know, a federal agency and whether it's gonna fly with them. Well, they they they actually administer a lot quite a lot of the grant money. So it depends on what what you're talking about. And they also condition some of their discretionary funds, not all not their regular funds, but their discretionary funds Mhmm. On having affordable housing laws that that apply. So I don't think tha…

additionally, additionally, whether they do or don't currently live within the village itself, this law would give them the ability to apply for the better for the affordable housing now that that they Assuming they meet the other assuming they meet all the other requirements. So they have that new avenue to, you know, fall under here. So it'd be a form of appreciation for what for what they do. B…

The second referral, Local Law Introductory No. 5 of 2026, would amend the village's affordable housing provisions to allow certain occupational preferences. The board engaged in a detailed discussion about implementation, questioning whether residents would need to stay in their qualifying jobs while living in the units and whether independently employed home health aides would qualify. The board…

Thank you for your presentation. The scorecard is very helpful because it shows the levers and how we're performing against each of these metrics. So one metric here under economy is called resident resident income ratio. My question is how might this be impacted if our population growth in the future starts shifting as we build more affordable housing And there might be less flexibility in certai…

how is it defined? I wanna add to that. Right. Right. I do have a strong feeling, and that is I really don't wanna limit it. You know, people that are working as a health aid for somebody, these people make nothing. Mhmm. They're they're Right. They're scraping by and probably working two other jobs. The last thing I wanna do is put any restrictions whatsoever on their ability to apply for afforda…