PARKMOBILE ZONE CHANGES TO MUNICIPAL PARKING LOTS EFFECTIVE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 2023!

The Village is renumbering municipal parking lots for easier use: in a continuing effort to make parking as convenient as possible in Nyack, the signs for the Riverspace lot (by Fresh Market), the Veterans lot (by the gazebo) and the Village lot (by Artopee Way) will be changed from 7550 to 7544 on Wednesday, March 15, 2023 to make them more easily distinguished from the 7500 code used for on-street parking.

This change does not affect parking cost, hours or allowable duration of parking. For more information about Nyack’s Parking regulations click here. Thanks for your cooperation.

RAND WRAP-UP!

A summary of the Village Board of Trustees Work Session and regular meeting held on Thursday, March 9, 2023 by Trustee Joe Rand:

Work Session on Emergency Tenant Protections Act

Alejandra Silva-Exias, Esq., the Tenant Representative on Rockland County Rent Guidelines Board, spoke on the ETPA, explaining the program.

The ETPA provides for rent stabilization for buildings built before January 1, 1974 that have 6 or more units in areas that have vacancy rate under 5% (which is measured by a study). Some municipalities have chosen to raise that unit limit – e.g., to 12 units.

To adopt the law, Nyack would have to complete a vacancy study to prove that vacancy is 5% or under. Nyack would then have to determine where to set the limit for the number of building units for which the ETPA would apply.

Other protections from ETPA:

• Landlords are required to provide essential services: heat, repairs, etc. If landlord doesn’t maintain those services, tenants can apply to Rent Control Board for rent reduction.

• Tenants are entitled to lease renewals.

• Tenants cannot be charged surcharges or fees. For example, if tenant is paying electricity, landlord can’t charge for an air conditioner.

• Succession rights: people living with them can keep the lease if the original tenant leaves.

• Special exemptions from rent increases for disabled and senior citizens.

What the Village of Nyack has done so far:

• Census of all buildings that would qualify as being built before 1974 and having 6 or more units.

• Met with Department of Home and Community Renewal.

• Researched issue with local municipalities.

• Researched vacancy rate studies, because in Kingston the vacancy rate study was challenged as insufficient (partly because a first study did not find a sub-5% vacancy rate. The vacancy rate study would need to be completed before the law could be adopted. We’re not certain, and are going to find out, whether the vacancy study is for all buildings, all buildings with 6 or more units, or only all buildings that have the number of units that our proposed law sets as a minimum.

REGULAR MEETING

1. We tabled the proposal to extend the mayoral term from 2 to 4 years. Most of the discussion was about the feasibility of having the issue decided by a referendum set by the Village Board (not requiring petitioning) and voted on by the people of Nyack.

2. We had a presentation Klaus Wimmer, Regional Manager, Homeland Towers, regarding the proposed lease for a cell tower construction at a water treatment plant, and authorized the Village Administrator to pursue the lease at the most favorable terms.

3. We also approved the 21^st Annual “A Day in the Life of the Hudson” in Memorial Park on October 5, 2023, which is an outing for elementary school students to study the Hudson River watershed to gather scientific data on water quality and wildlife.

4. We resolved to apply for a federal grant from the Federal Community Fund Program to renovate the Senior Center.

5. Village Administrator updates from Andy Stewart:

• Work on the puddling area on First Avenue and N. Broadway begins at the end of March.
• Evaluation of tree guards for the tree pits on Broadway, which are good for tree safety as well as beautification.
• The Building Department will be implementing a software program that will help residents get information on the zoning regulations that apply to their property.
• Discussion of the RFP for the Hotel Tourism Grants, and decided that the RFP should be a for a two-year term, and that the responsibility for overseeing the process would be in a revamped Nyack Business Council.
• A discussion of parking issues at the section of the River Space Lot facing the new Fresh Market, and are considering adding short term metered parking to make it easier for people to do drop-in shopping.
• Update on 8 new charging stations: A contract has been signed, and we are waiting for the vendor for fulfillment. We don’t have an exact date, and it won’t be right away, but should be done by summer.

6. Big news: We are changing the Park Mobile App Zone for the Municipal Lots, which is currently “7550”, a number that is sometimes confused with the code for street parking: “7500.” So the new code for the lots is going to be “7544" effective on Wednesday, March 15, 2023.

You can contact us at (845) 358-0548, or visit www.Nyack-NY.gov.