AIRMONT - To Scrutinize Proposed Airmont Yeshiva

AIRMONT - The village's Planning Board has begun the process of determining how a yeshiva with housing for students and faculty will affect a single-family neighborhood.

The plans of Congregation Michknois Lavier Yakov to create a religious community on Hillside Avenue near the New Jersey border will be weighed against residents' concerns that development threatens water supplies and increases dangers of sewage overflows.

At a meeting last week, the board listened to planning consultants, engineers, attorneys and about 20 residents.

After receiving an environmental impact statement containing the concerns of the board and residents, the congregation will address the issues.