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Haverstraw Supervisor Defends Court Case Settlement with Congregation Looking to Have House of Worship in Thiells

February 17, 2023 by Jeff Lewis

Haverstraw’s supervisor is defending the town’s decision to settle litigation with a homeowner who wants to convert a private home in Thiells into a house of worship. The home’s owners, an Orthodox Jewish congregation, are using the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, known as R-LOOPA, in their quest to convert the Riverglen Drive home into a synagogue. Haverstraw supervisor Howard Phillips says their lawyers said it would be very hard, and costly, to fight the case…

The congregation still faces a court challenge by the home’s neighbors. The settlement reportedly includes the town paying the congregation’s $235,000 in legal fees and a slight reduction in the synagogue’s size. Neither side would admit to any wrongdoing.

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