Hi everyone,

A quick but very important update: all public comments opposing the Elkay development must be submitted to the Town of Newburgh Planning Board by tomorrow, December 1st.
Please take a moment to send your comments to: planningboard@townofnewburgh.org

If you have any concerns at all about this project, big or small, please make sure to email the Planning Board with every concern you have before the deadline tomorrow. Even brief comments matter, and the more issues the Board sees, the stronger our position becomes.

Here are just a few examples of topics of concern you can comment on:

• Traffic congestion and unsafe road conditions
• Stormwater runoff and flooding risks
• Wetlands, streams, or protected habitats on/near the site
• Soil erosion or contamination
• Air quality concerns during construction and after
• Noise pollution from construction or added traffic
• Incompatible density next to single-family homes
• Increased risk for fire, EMS, and police response times
• School overcrowding
• Loss of neighborhood character
• Impact on property values
• Strain on water pressure and summer water levels
• Sewer infrastructure concerns
• Emergency services already stretched thin
• Environmental impacts 
• Lack of enforceable senior-housing restrictions
• No benefit to residents or the neighborhood
• Nearly 400 new apartments already coming from other developments
• The developer being a foreign, non-local company
• Setting a dangerous precedent for future overdevelopment

Feel free to write about any issue that matters to you, every comment counts.

Your voice truly matters, and every email adds weight to our community’s position.

In just under 10 days, our petition has now surpassed 500 signatures, showing how strongly our community feels about protecting our neighborhoods, our roads, and our quality of life. Thank you to everyone who has signed and shared so far, this momentum is powerful.

We are now organizing the next steps as a community, including door-to-door outreach, research, expert reviews, and coordinated communications. If you are interested in helping or if you previously emailed and didn’t hear back, please reach out (or email again) to: protectnewburgh@gmail.com

We’re building something strong together. Let’s finish this push by ensuring every voice is heard before tomorrow’s deadline.

Thank you again for standing with your neighbors.