Rockland RLUIPA resolution has (at least) two more hurdles
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- February
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Legislator Joseph Meyers’ resolution to request that Congress review and amend the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000, also known as RLUIPA, has passed on Legislature committee and has one more to go before going to the full body.
The resolution, which does not request legislators take a stance on the merits of the law, was unanimously approved at this week’s Planning and Public Works Committee meeting, chaired by Legislator VJ Pradhan, D-Nanuet. In two weeks it’ll go before the Multi-Services Committee, chaired by Legislator Phil Soskin, D-Monsey. If approved there, it will go before the full Legislature for a vote, likely at its March 18 meeting.
The law itself has been controversial in Rockland, especially in Pomona where where Congregation Rabbinical College of Tartikov sued the village to build a college with housing for nearly 5,000 people on a 130-acre site off routes 202 and 306.
Meyers promised during last year’s campaign for the Legislature seat that calling for a review of RLUIPA would be the first thing he did if elected. And it was. Meyers has, in the past, called for the law to be taken off the books entirely.
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on Thursday, February 28th, 2008 at 12:36 pm by Sarah Netter.
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Sarah
Your information is incorrect. Joe Meyers stated numerous times during his campaign that he wanted RLUIPA repealed. There is a big difference between repealed and reviewed. He is not fulfilling his campaign promise.