Category: Climate Change
-
Golf Club with 75 Homes at Routes 117 and 9?
The Proposed Project would include the clearing of approximately 90 acres of currently forested lands. STORMWATER MANAGEMENT The Proposed Project would add new impervious surfaces, and increased stormwater runoff and erosion could result from site disturbance and construction of new impervious surfaces in the form of structures and roads. In addition, surface water and groundwater…
-
State of the Hudson
The Yonkers Wastewater Recovery facility (where our sewage goes) lost power and discharged sewage into the river on July 3. Westchester County passed on the New York State warning telling people not to use the river.Then heavy rains that weekend lead to potentially more storm and wastewater in the river. The county told people to…
-
Gas-Powered Leaf Blower Ban Passes with Phase-in Extended to 2029
The Board of Trustees voted to approve a gas-powered leaf blower ban on June 9. They voted to extend the phase-in period by another year. The full ban will now start in 2029. 2026 -Gas-powered leaf blowers or internal combustion leaf blowers will only be permitted after Labor Day and continue through January 1, 2027…between the hours…
-
Toxic Algae at Horan’s Landing
Similar Seen in Other Hudson River Coves The Village closed Horan’s Landing because of a confirmed Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) at Horan’s Landing June 12-14. This particular bloom is gone, but people have anecdotally reported these highly unusual blooms in coves along the Hudson this year, according to Sleepy Hollow resident and Riverkeeper president Tracy…
Sustainable Sleepy Hollow 