A Haverstraw planning board meeting Wednesday was reportedly bursting at the seams as concerns over a home that a Jewish Congregation is looking to convert into a house of worship has residents of Thiells concerned. Haverstraw supervisor Howard Phillips won’t give an opinion about whether the applicant’s request for variances should go through, but he says he is completely supportive of the planning board…
A speaker at a similar meeting last November was condemned for making anti-Semitic remarks. There were no reports of any similar outbursts at Wednesday’s meeting.