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Affordable-housing demand should boost, not hurt, Ferncliff's proposed move, backers say

Special education teacher Molly Conway, 33, helps Justin

Photo credit: Elizabeth Daza | Special education teacher Molly Conway, 33, helps Justin Irizarry, 17, play a tambourine and sing along during class at the School for Adaptive & Integrative Learning at Ferncliff Manor in Yonkers, (Dec. 13, 2012)

Because students from low-income families live at Ferncliff Manor, the school for developmentally disabled children, the school should be able to relocate from its aging campus in Yonkers to a county-owned site designated for affordable housing in Greenburgh, proponents say.

"There's 10 to 15 percent affordable housing in most projects," said Legis. Michael Smith (R-Greenburgh), who said most...

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