FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BONDAR RELEASES PROPOSED LAND USE MORATORIUM, FAULTS CURRENT
ADMINISTRATION FOR CLARKSTOWN’S OVERDEVELOPMENT CRISIS
Proposal Would Pause Approvals in Hamlet Center Zones the Town Rezoned Without Traffic Studies,
Environmental Review, or Developer Impact Fees
NEW CITY, NY (June 2, 2026)– Eugene Bondar, a New York and New Jersey attorney and candidate for Clarkstown
Town Supervisor, today released a proposed local law as part of his campaign platform, faulting the current administration for advancing high-density rezonings without the studies the Town’s own Comprehensive Plan required.
The proposal, Proposed Local Law No. __ of 2027, would enact a twelve-month temporary moratorium on development applications in the Town’s Hamlet Center zoning districts. Bondar has committed to introducing it on the first day of his administration if elected.
Districts Covered– The moratorium would apply to the Hamlet Center districts the current administration created or amended in 2023 and 2025, including the New City Hamlet Center Zones (H1 through H4) and the Hamlet Center
Zones for Congers, Valley Cottage, and West Nyack.
“Clarkstown’s overdevelopment crisis didn’t happen by accident,” said Eugene Bondar. “The current administration rezoned four hamlets for dense development and skipped the traffic studies, the environmental review, and the impact fees our own Comprehensive Plan required. They created the problem. I intend to fix it.”
Five Documented Deficiencies– The proposed law identifies five failures in how the rezonings were advanced. First, the Town issued a Negative Declaration rather than the hard look at cumulative environmental impacts required by the 2021 FGEIS and 6 NYCRR 617.10(d). Second, it enacted high-density zoning with no comprehensive, cumulative traffic study of the hamlets together. Third, it left design standards for architectural character, scale, and buffering weak and largely unenforceable. Fourth, it established no developer impact fee framework, leaving taxpayers to fund the infrastructure new development demands. Fifth, it conducted no Housing Needs Assessment.
A Plan to Do the Homework– During the twelve-month pause, the proposed law would direct the Town to complete a supplemental SEQRA review, commission a comprehensive traffic and infrastructure study, draft enforceable design standards, develop a fair developer impact fee system, and conduct a formal Housing Needs Assessment. It includes a hardship exemption for any property owner who would otherwise lose all economically viable use of their land.
“Smart growth protects taxpayers, preserves community character, and still gets projects built. Just ones that follow the rules,” Bondar added. “Clarkstown deserves leadership willing to do the homework the current administration skipped.”
Read the Proposed Law– Residents are encouraged to review the full text of the proposed local law at
voteforbondar.com/proposed-laws-and-policies.
Best,
Eugene Bondar
Candidate for Clarkstown Supervisor
voteforbondar.com | 845.200.3992 | eugene@voteforbondar.com