Town of Ossining to Appraise N. State Police Station

While a television crew kept the North State Road police station in use for some time recently, the Town of Ossining continues to seek a permanent buyer for the structure.

At its March 26 meeting, the Town Board voted to contract R.P. Hubbell and Company of Poughkeepsie to appraise 507 North State Rd. at a fee of $2,900.

Councilman Peter Tripodi noted, "It is a step in the process to eventually sell the building. It's a mandatory step, obviously, to have it appraised properly so we can get whatever fair price for it."

Following the merging of the Town's police force with Westchester County's in 2011, police were operating out of 507 North State Rd. for some time.

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Last year, Town Supervisor Susanne Donnelly announced that the Town had offered to sell the building to Westchester County. In a Supervisor's update published May 23, 2012 on Patch, she wrote,

"We have told the County that, while we would love for them to purchase the police station on North State Road, we understand if they have determined that they do not need the space. We have asked them to eliminate the portion of the contract that allows them to use the building, and we have removed all equipment and shut down all services to the building (except for Con Edison). The County response was that they understood our desire to sell the building to relieve the tax payers of a large debt, and that the officers would be moved to Hawthorne and the aforementioned section of the contract would be removed; the lawyers are working on the language as we speak."

Donnelly said the building was "currently being paid for with capital debt."

The Town also previously reached out to the Village of Briarcliff Manor about possibly purchasing the building for use as its police headquarters.

When asked by Patch about the offer in 2012, Briarcliff Manor Village Manager Philip Zegarelli replied, "I think part of it is—though I really can't speak for the mayor and the board—but it is outside the village."

The structure has a Briarcliff Manor address, but is within the Town of Ossining.

Zegarelli said the village would likely only consider purchasing the building "when and if the issue of annexation comes up."

The Town, therefore, continues to seek a buyer for the station.

Said Tripodi, "I would just like to say that I am very happy we are making this next step to sell the building. Hopefully we can get it sold soon."