Fallsburg's Growth Pits Old vs. New

Loch Sheldrake - FallsburgWatch wants a building moratorium to ban the 10 bungalows per acre allowed in this town of 12,000 that explodes to 60,000 in the summer. They see the thousands of new homes planned for this town and say "not so fast." while Fallsburg writes a new plan for the growth.

But developers and workers who build those homes – along with some longtime residents – say a moratorium is wrong, especially in a town where some 40 percent of the property is off the tax rolls. And besides, said a builder, who's built 1,200 homes for Orthodox Jews and Hasidim, his developments aren't bungalows. They're year-round homes with cathedral ceilings and oak floors that are mostly used two months per year. The owners pay taxes – although some pay less because the homes are condos.