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Greenstein and Aderhold spoke on behalf of the guests, expressing their honor to be part of the celebration and wishing everyone a Happy New Year.

Liang Zhang, praised the HXPCS for their leadership in various competitions and expressed high expectations for the upcoming recitation competition.

At the end of introductions, all the guests said “Happy New Year” in Chinese in unison, which brought the show to a new level of excitement and received a long applause from the audience.

The HXPCS Spring Festival Spectacular included 19 performances split into two halves, showcasing the cultural heritage of China. construction of the warehouse complex. The litigation, which was filed by Justino Gonzalez and Stacey Joy Fox, challenges the planning board’s approvals of the development and also the validity of an ordinance approved in Nov, 2020 by Township Council that rezoned the tract to allow the warehouses.

This annual event, which began in 2006, is an important celebration for the teachers, parents, children, and community. After a prolonged hiatus due to the pandemic, the 2023 Spring Festival Spectacular was highly anticipated and a success.

Through love and dedication for their heritage, the HXPCS teachers and students were able to pass on traditional Chinese culture to their adopted land. The history behind the Spring Festival and the beauty of Chinese culture were appreciated and celebrated with gratitude. Looking forward to a prosperous 2023!

In an effort to help clarify the township’s thinking on the issue, West Windsor & Plainsboro News editor Bill Sanservino—a veteran of West Windsor news coverage since 1987—sat down with Marathe to discuss the approval and complex issues associated with the issue.

An edited version of that discussion appears below.

WWP News: I know that to some extent the town was limited in it’s options, because the property owner had filed an affordable housing lawsuit that, if successful, would have allowed them to build a huge number of residential units to subsidize the affordable housing. What are your thoughts about the situation?

Hemant Marathe: I mean, I’ve been really honest. Even when I ran for reelection, I told people that (warehouses over residential housing) was my preference. That was my choice, simply not because I like warehouses, but I always say “I’m not a king. I don’t make the rules, I have to play by the rules.”

My job is to protect the township as best as I can, given the cards that I am dealt, and I have not been dealt very good cards, as you know.

What is unfortunate and disappointing is that everybody’s trying to address the symptoms but not the cause. It’s not just West Windsor. I mean, at least four or five towns in New Jersey are involved in various types of lawsuits.

All those mayors can be thinking the same way I do. I mean, they’re doing it because they see what their options are, and they’re doing what they feel is the best for their town long term. Unless somebody addresses the problem that’s causing it (affordable housing issues), there’s no point.

It’s very easy to yell at the mayor and the council, especially somebody like me, who responds, or who is approachable and who is willing to state what he truly believes in.

Since I became the mayor in 2015— and I was on the counsel before that— there’s not been a single discussion at the state level about affordable housing and how the state should manage it.

Instead of criticizing towns for their decisions, lawmakers would do a lot more service if they bring the issue up in the

Assembly chamber and get some bill passed so that this madness is stopped. Right now it’s just Russian roulette. If you lose an affordable housing lawsuit, you don’t know what number of houses you’re going to get. There’s no rhyme or reason.

In my capacity, in my good conscience, I couldn’t take that chance for the township, whether I’m the mayor or not. One of the things I always felt was that if some previous mayor had taken care of that property, I wouldn’t be in this situation.

The way I think is that I can’t impose the problem on the next mayor and say, “it’s your headache, not my headache,” because it’s going to happen, and you’re going to have 2,000 or 3,000 homes.

What people don’t realize is that the density now has increased significantly since Howard Hughes made the proposal for 1,900-odd homes.

If you look at this round there’s not a single-family home being built. I mean, at most it’s townhouses and apartments, which is far more dense. And so instead of 1,900, you’re probably looking at 3,000.

And there’s people who are worried about traffic? 3000 apartments will generate a lot more traffic and will be much worse than the traffic that will be generated by these warehouses.

WWP: And not only traffic, but you’re also creating a significant impact on the schools.

HM: Absolutely. The schools, the police, everywhere. We would probably need at least five or 10 more police officers. How many public works people to maintain that land? I mean, that land is bigger than some municipalities in New Jersey.

So that’s the hand I’m dealt, and in good conscience, I can’t say, “hey, I don’t have to worry about it, its somebody else’s problem.”

This was something that was acceptable to the developer, because at that time warehouses were in great demand. If we were doing a deal now, I don’t know if they would be as amenable to that settlement as they were at that time, because now the economy has changed.

So many people are building warehouses all over towns in New Jersey.

Amazon has said they have too many warehouses. Everybody was expecting Amazon to pick up some of those warehouses, so I don’t know if they will be willing to do it now.

And now as you get closer and closer to the next round of affordable housing (requirements from the state), the developer has less incentive to go ahead and do that.

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