Nassau County's 1,100 churches, temples and mosques could be eligible to build up to 50 units per acre, five stories each.
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. -- Nassau County town and village leaders are blasting Albany's latest affordable housing proposal, calling it an attack on suburbia.It would allow religious institutions to bypass local zoning and build dense housing on their land, something advocates say is a needed solution to the housing crunch.'Another one-size-fits-all proposal coming from Albany,' said North Hempstead Supervisor Jennifer DeSena said.
'The police are short and then you have volunteer firemen, so who is going to go there when the bell rings?' East Hills Mayor Michael Koblenz said.School officials say already over-taxed homeowners will pay the price.'We don't know how we would deal with the influx of students from up to five-story buildings,' said Larry Ortolani, of the Coalition of New York State School Board Members.'One new classroom is $1 million. Imagine how many new classrooms we would need.
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