GOSHEN—The county will no longer be selling land around its Valley View Center for Nursing Care and Rehabilitation after longtime Goshen Town Board Member and now County Legislator, Phil Canterino (R,C,I–Goshen) convinced fellow legislators that selling would not be in the Town or County’s best interest.
In his state of the county address in March, County Executive Steven Neuhaus pitched a plan to sell or lease about 10 acres of open land around Valley View for two assisted living facilities and a medical facility that would put the land back on the tax roles.
He proposed a law that would create a committee to vet prospective developers with the option to lease or sell the land.
Canterino said that while the Town, which surrounds the property, would be okay with development there, if the property were sold to a company that became a non-profit, that land would again be off the tax rolls because nonprofits do not have to pay property taxes.
With leasing, if the tenant did become a non-profit, the county would still be able to charge the equivalent of the taxes for the land.
