[MEDIA ADVISORY] Ball: Keep Montrose for Vets, Not Condos

***MEDIA ADVISORY***
FOR THIS FRIDAY,
DECEMBER 18TH 
 
VETERANS ROUNDTABLE: KEEPING MONTROSE FOR VETS NOT CONDOS 
 
The Montrose VA Hospital has been a vital resource
for Westchester and Putnam veterans for decades, but the Department of Veteran Affairs has begun a series of
service cuts as it plans to sell the hospital to a
condo developer. 
Local veterans are working hard to find a way to keep Montrose for vets. 
Assemblyman Greg Ball is hosting a roundtable discussion
to find a solution that preserves the critical services
Montrose provides to local vets.
 
Ball is sponsoring two resolutions in the New York
State Legislature that would call on Congress to keep
the VA in Montrose. 
The first resolution would seek for Montrose to receive
National Historic Site status from Congress, preserving
the facilities and services. 
The second resolution would call for the federal government
to allow the Town of Cortlandt to use portions of the
Montrose campus in exchange for maintenance fees, a
proposition many Cortlandt officials support. 
The VA hospital would continue to run with the same
facilities and level of service.
 
The effected veterans and local elected leaders will
consider the proposed plans to preserve Montrose.
 
The details for FRIDAY’s press conference are as follows:
 
WHO:                        
Assemblyman Greg Ball (R, C, I - Patterson)
                                   
County and local elected officials from Westchester
and Putnam Counties
                                   
Concerned veterans residing or receiving care at Montrose                                   
 
WHAT:                      
Veterans' roundtable to discuss the efforts to stop
the closing of the Montrose VA
 
WHEN:                      
11:00 a.m., *THIS FRIDAY*, December 18th
 
WHERE:                   
Montrose Campus, New York State Veterans' Home
                                   2090 Albany Post Road, Montrose, NY 10548
 
CONTACT:              
Assemblyman Ball’s District Office, (845) 279 5301
 
ALL MEDIA INVITED AND ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND
EXCELLENT PHOTO AND INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE
 
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