BY ALEX MITCHELL
The realty fi rm contracted
by a property owner
to sell an Allerton property
that has the neighborhood
up in arms stated that a deal
is not imminent.
A purchase offer from
drug treatment center operator
Carnegie Hill Institue is
one of many offers the seller
is considering, the agency
claims.
The Manhattan-based
drug treatment counselling
service, presented plans to
Community Board 11 on
Tuesday, September 10 regarding
its intention to open
a drug treatment clinic in
the brick, one-story corner
property at 2500 Williamsbridge
Road between Hone
and Mace avenues.
However, in a recent
statement the realtor, EXIT
Realty said, “All we can say
is that the owner has not accepted
any offers at this time.
Offers have been coming
in and the property is still
available for sale,” wrote EXIT’s
president, Sonny Vataj.
“This property has been
shown to multiple potential
buyers thus far, and multiple
offers have been presented
through this time,”
he continued, confi rming
that the property is listed for
$1,000,000.
Community Board 11
chairman Al D’Angelo confi
rmed that EXIT Realty
on Allerton Avenue hasn’t
closed on the property with
Carnegie Hill.
“I think (the real estate
fi rm) is trying to do the right
thing for the community,”
D’Angelo said. The board
sent a letter to EXIT discouraging
the transaction, he
added.
“I believe that if they get
other buyers to match (Carnegie
Hill’s offer) then it won’t
become a clinic,” the chairman
continued.
Vataj’s statement arrived
the same day as another
community rally and petition
drive was held in opposition
to the proposed drug
treatment facility’s opening
at the Williamsbridge Road
location on Monday, September
30.
Assemblywoman Nathalia
Fernandez joined minister
Irene Estrada and other
east Bronx community
members in showing public
disapproval of Carnegie Hill
Institute’s plan to convert
the unoccupied corner property
into an 822-licensed,
NYS-funded drug treatment
program.
“I do not support this location
for a multitude of reasons,”
the assemblywoman
said, as she pointed to P.S.
89’s schoolyard which is located
directly across from
the proposedl facility, expressing
concerns of needles
and other drug paraphernalia
winding up on its
grounds.
“There are many other
schools in the immediate
surrounding area as well
as nursing homes too,” Fernandez
mentioned, saying
that her district already has
adequate drug treatment facilities
at Waters Place and
Jacobi Hospital, as well as
other locations.
She also sent a letter
to the NYS Offi ce of Alcohol
and Substance Abuse
Services, recommending
against the facility receiving
state approval.
“This is not to fear monger
or stigmatize against
treatment facilities. Our
reasons for opposition are
very clear,” Fernandez
said.
Estrada has collected almost
1,000 signatures from
local residents against the
facility’s siting, explaining
that the treatment center is
in close proximity to P.S. 89
and nearby St. Lucy’s, along
with other ones.
“The community was
not notifi ed at all. To put a
facility like this near children
without talking to us
(fi rst) is unacceptable,” Estrada
said.
Palush Palushaj, who
owns Dardania European
Grill directly across from
P.S. 89 on Mace Avenue,
while signing Estrada’s petition,
said that the facility
would be inappropriate so
close to young children.
He pointed out a possible
double standard in the law
if Carnegie Hill is allowed
to open at that location.
“I am not allowed to
have a liquor license because
of how close I am to
the school,” he said.
“But this facility would
be only a few feet away and
dispensing drugs? That isn’t
right,” Palushaj continued.
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Assembly Member Nathalia Fernandez (2nd r) also stated her opposition to the proposed drug clinic
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