A state judge has refused to hear new arguments from the village of Tarrytown in its bid to overturn neighboring Sleepy Hollow”™s approval of plans by General Motors Corp. to redevelop for mixed uses its vacant automotive assembly plant site on the Hudson River.
Acting Supreme Court Justice James W. Hubert in September denied Tarrytown”™s petition to annul the Sleepy Hollow village board”™s approval of Lighthouse Landing, an estimated $800 million redevelopment of GM”™s 96-acre Beekman Avenue property that was first proposed about a decade ago. The Detroit automaker is doing a state-required environmental cleanup of the contaminated site.
The approved project would include 1,177 residential units, 35,000 square feet of office space, 135,000 square feet of retail, cinema and restaurant space and a 140-room hotel. Tarrytown officials in their failed petition last year claimed their municipal neighbor did not adequately address the project”™s impact on traffic and parking and alternative development proposals.
Tarrytown officials sought to reargue the case, claiming “new facts” surfaced after the judge”™s decision last fall. They claimed a Sleepy Hollow trustee posted an open letter on a Facebook page and in an online publication stating the court”™s ruling did not require Sleepy Hollow to use funds to mitigate traffic congestion in Tarrytown.
In a Feb. 15 order, Hubert said the trustee”™s “opinion” about the court”™s decision does not constitute a new fact that would be a basis to renew arguments in the case.
General Motors has not yet announced a developer for the project.
