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» Articles from January 2007

Words Worth Repeating

“Every man holds his property subject to the general right of the community to regulate its use to whatever degree the public welfare may require it.”

– Theodore Roosevelt, 1910

Study Suggests Greenport Retail Center
Could Deliver a Surge in Crime Calls

A nationwide survey of the costs of providing local police services to large shopping centers raises some thorny questions about the proposed Widewaters mega-mall in Greenport and casts doubt on the town’s assurances of “minimal” tax and crime impacts from the project.

The 2006 survey cites widespread evidence that Wal-Mart stores, particularly the newer 200,000-square-foot “super-centers” of the kind considered for Greenport, lead to much more crime and place far greater demands on local police than mall developers or town planning officials usually anticipate. Read more

Balanced Housing for a Smart Region

Millbrook Fiscal Impact Study

Prepared for a citizens’ group in Millbrook, NY, this study quantifies the large property tax increases likely to result from the proposed 100-lot subdivision on the former Bennett College campus.

Affordable Housing & Open Space Protection

Large Lot Zoning and Land Values

A compelling example of the growing evidence that restrictive zoning does not reduce land values and is not, therefore, a confiscation of private property rights. Contributed to LTV by reader and Tivoli Village Mayor Marc Molinaro.

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