Advocacy

The Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct advocate for the Old Croton Aqueduct and Tunnel, fighting to preserve the integrity of the park and to protect it from encroachments by private landowners. Please find below examples of our work.

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The Friends are active in View Preservation and its impact everywhere on the 26 miles of the trail. We know how important views of the Palisades and the Hudson River are to walkers.

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Thank you to all who have written to the Ossining Zoning Board of Appeals supporting enforcement of the required 25-foot buffer between the Aqueduct property and the 4-story building proposed for 49 Spring St.

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Update on 49 Spring St., Ossining, New Building Proposal

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Thank you to all who have written to the Ossining Zoning Board of Appeals supporting enforcement of the required buffer between the Aqueduct property and the 4-story building proposed for 49 Spring St.

(The April hearing has been cancelled)

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The Aqueduct trail from Maple Place looking toward Waller Ave, October 2018.  The 4-story rear wall of the proposed building at 49 Spring St. would be at the right edge of the photo.

 

The Old Croton Aqueduct and the 49 Spring St. project, Ossining