Septenber 9, 2025 - Residents send emails to County Exec Sue Serino and Minority Leader Yvette Valdes Smith and Majority Leader Will Truitt.
August 2025 - Developers request tax exemption, community outraged (again).
March 5, 2025 - Clearing of property started.
December 2024- Residents respond to developer's request for a tax break to develop property.
February 15, 2024 - Planning Board Meeting for the Village of Fishkill (Thursday 2/15) - the developer has been asked to respond to the letters that the public sent in at the end of December 2023
December 31, 2023- Over 20 letters were sent to the VOF elected officials asking that they reconsider these apartments based on the out of scale proposal currently in front of the village.
September 21, 2023 - Standing room only at public hearing for Jackson & Main development.
October 19, 2023- A letter was written by the Village Trustees to the Planning Board requesting that the buffer be increased (it was increased from 10' to 20')
October 3, 2023- KFB volunteers met with Mayor Martin, Trustee Ruggerrio, VOF Building inspector and at this meeting we were advised that the plan is now 100% residential
September 25, 2023: Town Councilmembers Wrye, Istvan, Forman send letter of support of residents fighting Jackson & Main development.
September 21, 2023: Town Council Member Danielle reads an email in support of residents fighting Jackson & Main at VOF public hearing; this letter was signed by Town Supervisor Ozzy Albra.
July 2023 - Keep Fishkill Beautiful volunteers noticed that there was a public hearing for a site plan application for Jackson/Main and alerted the community. The community mobilized to oppose the out of scale project.
November 15, 2021- Bill C-2021 was passed into Law 4-2021
September 27, 2021- according to minutes from 9/7, the public hearing was to be continued on the 27th, however the minutes don't show any comments, only that it was closed.
September 7, 2021- VOF Board met to discuss proposed Local Law Bill C-2021
July 15, 2021 - VOF Planning Board meeting discusses zoning changes.
February 3, 2021 - Mayor Miccio announces VOF Comprehensive Planning Committee (current Mayor Kathy Martin was chair of this team)
ONLY ONE MEETING MINUTES OF THIS COMMITTEE IS ON RECORD after this date
January 19, 2021 - VOF Trustees meeting - passed the moratorium (local law 1-2021)
December 21 2020- Mayor Miccio set a public hearing for January 19 2021 to set a building moratorium for six months
December 7 2020 - VOF Trustees meeting, the FCON project died on the floor when the project was not advanced to the planning board.
January 2022
Church again approached the Village of Fishkill, now with plans that reflect the changes to the comprehensive plan. There are now no variances to request; only a zoning change.
November 15, 2021
In Local Law 4-2021 Changes were made on the Village’s Comprehensive plan. These changes allow for 40 foot structures to be built in lots west of Jackson Street that are zoned as business.
December 2020
The Village Board of Trustees do not provide the necessary votes to advance the FCON project forward to a public hearing for further consideration. In essence, killing the project.
Zoom call held in Village hall, no comments permitted. 45 people showed up holding signs on video.
Town Councilmember Louise Danielle sends a letter to the Village of Fishkill Board Members urging them to “listen to the concerns of the residents in the Town and Village” and to disprove the project.
July 23 2020
Public comment session held by village of fishkill via zoom
January 2020
town and village are approached for variances
KFB creates petition, starts bringing awareness
February 2020
Protest held in front of van Wyck hall
Met with town officials regarding the project.
Town residents hang banners and posters around town opposing the project
2015
Church of the Nazarene approaches Town and the Village of Fishkill. Multiple variance requests as well as a zoning change are requested in their application.
*2022 DOCUMENTS
The Wesley Residence application submitted to the Village of Fishkill can be found here.
The Wesley Residence layout and diagram can be found here.
Wesley Residence website can be found here.