Town OKays Cablevision Agreement

Sets Public Hearing on Forest City Daly Extension

by Harriet Kline

(February 28, 2008) The Mamaroneck Town Board met on Wednesday February 20th to renew its franchise agreement with Cablevision and to schedule a public hearing to consider extending Forest City Daly’s special permit to construct an apartment building on Madison Avenue.

Cablevision Franchise Agreement

Spurred by the entrance of a competitor (Verizon) into the Mamaroneck/Larchmont area, Cablevision has now reached agreement with the Tri-municipal Cable Board of Control on terms of renewing its franchise.

Mamaroneck’s representative to the Cable Board, Councilman David Fishman, was unavailable to guide the Town Board through the next step (it was school vacation week). In his stead, Larchmont Village Trustee Jim Millstein was at the meeting to explain the agreement and urge the Town Board to sign it. He said that the Cablevision agreement was a “clone of the Verizon contract” with identical financial arrangements and continuing support of the local access LMC-TV channels. (See: Larchmont Joins TOM & VOM to OK Verizon TV Franchise.)

The board voted unanimously to approve the agreement and Supervisor Valerie O’Keeffe signed it immediately. The Villages of Larchmont and Mamaroneck were expected to sign the agreement in time for presentation to the March 19 meeting of the New York Public Service Commission.

Forest City Daly (FCD) Apartment Project: Where is It?

On October 18, 2006 the developer Forest City Daly Mamaroneck was granted a special permit by the Town Board to construct an eight-story apartment building on Madison Avenue. (See: FCD Apartment Gets Board Approval.) Part of the agreement was FCD’s promise to build a two-level parking garage on Myrtle Boulevard.

So far, neither building has materialized, and the special permit is due to expire in April. FCD has proposed that the permit be extended for a three-year period. The Town Planning Board has evaluated the proposal and recommended an extension.

In response, the Town Board scheduled a public hearing to consider an amendment to extend the special permit. The hearing will be held on Wednesday March 5, at 8:15 pm in the Town Center Court Room.

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