On Wednesday, the Guilderland Planning Board began its site-plan review of New York Oncology Hematology’s proposed Western Avenue regional cancer center.
At issue is the town’s decision to change providers from CDPHP to Humana, which Anne Tucker Rose, Guilderland’s supervisor for a period in the 1990s, said no longer allows her to see her pulmonologist of 30 years.
In a press release drumming up business last week, Hamilton Parc, which has received millions in town-approved tax breaks, sought and received publicity for single-room apartments with a starting low of $2,475 per month and two-room units at the high end for nearly $4,000 a month
Acting county Supreme Court Justice David Weinstein in December determined Crossgates’ own appraisal for 2019 and 2020 was the “most consistent” analysis of the property’s value, and ruled in the Crossgates’ favor, ordering that the Guilderland’s “assessment rolls are to be corrected accordingly, and any overpayments of taxes are to be refunded with interest.”
NEW SCOTLAND — Local news out of New Scotland this year took on a decidedly national tone, with two major stories garnering media attention from outlets across the country.
Much as in 2017, the town is getting its regulatory ducks in a row because it’s “been approached by a couple of possible projects,” New Scotland Supervisor Douglas LaGrange said during the town board’s November meeting.
The increase, the first since 2009, raises minimum New Scotland senior household eligibility requirements from $29,000 to $50,000, and from $37,400 to $58,400.
The latest changes, approximately $150,000 in total, were approved by the town board during its Dec. 13 meeting. But New Scotland taxpayers won’t be on the hook for overages, according to Councilman William Hennessy.
In October, an Albany Court judge signed off on an order authorizing the Utica National Insurance Company to pay Stephanie Remmert $16,183.97, and her lawyers, Harding Mazzotti LLP, $6,316.07.
