In 2017, the brokerage sold homes to movie and TV personalities and business leaders from Upper Nyack to Snedens Landing. “This area has almost always been an artistic getaway of sorts for a lot of creative types from New York City and, to a lesser extent, from LA,” he said. “We have been fortunate to help several cultural icons find their homes,” said Richard Ellis, owner of Ellis Sotheby’s International Realty in Nyack, New York, who has sold homes in the region for 33 years, including the former childhood home of actress Angelina Jolie. Tuxedo Park, Warwick, Highland Mills and other parts of Orange County have always attracted actors and other notables. Whatever the reason, the market continues to attract buyers who are at the top of their fields in film, television, creative and financial industries. Perhaps it is the privacy and sense of community it affords with easy access to New York City. Perhaps it is the bountiful, bucolic scenery and views of the Hudson River that has long inspired actors, artists, musicians and dancers. In the meantime, lawmakers say they could vote to approve a bid on the project at their next session in two weeks.There is something about the Lower Hudson Valley, particularly the west bank that has attracted widely known residents for decades. LP Ciminelli, which placed the second lowest bid for the project, argued Scrufari's bid should be thrown out.Īttorneys for Scrufari did not attend the hearing and were not available for comment. The lawmakers voted not to award the bid to Scrufari. "My concern was the county (unintelligible) where you have 72 percent of that form not being in place or it not being filled out, and also concern that once the subcontractor is named that the option to change that contractor is at the discretion of the developer," said Betty Jean Grant, D-Buffalo. What's even more concerning lawmakers learned that bids submitted by developers are often incomplete and missing critical information. That is a huge problem," said Lorigo, R-West Seneca. "There are requirements for Minority Women Business Enterprises in every bid, this is a statutory requirement, and what I learned today, for the for time being, in the legislature for nearly five years, is that, that requirement is essentially ignored all the time. MWBE, which stands for Minority Women Business Enterprise, helps to guarantee minority and women participation on major county development projects.Ĭounty legislator Joe Lorigo says the project, initially awarded to Scrufari which submitted the lowest bid, raises some major questions about the bidding process. This bid should be deemed non-responsive. "It's a very important component of the job, almost 32 percent, and Scrufari omitted that. The bid specifications require you list your MWBE contractors that you are working with," said Guy Agostinelli, on behalf of LP Ciminelli. "Scrufari's bid should be rejected because it was not responsive to the bid's specifications. Their argument: Niagara Falls-based developer Scrufari Construction failed to comply with county requirements to win the bid. The future of the proposed Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) Building on Erie Community College's North Campus remains in legal limbo, as Thursday county lawmakers heard from attorneys for developer LP Ciminelli, questioning the bidding process.
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