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‘Citizens’ Due

For Reprise At

Oneonta Council

Objecters Ignored In Final GEIS,

Email Says. But Mayor Disagrees

At the crowded public hearing in March, Hartwick College undergrad Will May urged Common Council to follow AOC's "Green New Deal" in planning the city's future. (Ian Austin/AllOTSEGO.com)

By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com

ONEONTA – Unhappy Concerned Citizens of Oneonta are expected back at tomorrow’s 7 p.m. Common Council meeting.

Common Council is expected to act on the GEIS – generic environmental impact statement – on the D&H railyards redevelopment, and Citizens’ email sent out Sunday says it “dismisses every single comment brought by the public.

“No changes were made at all.  And the city is now trying to plow ahead,” it states.

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