Roger Hannigan Gilson reports in the Times Union that a developer wants to put a manufactured home park for 360 homes in the village of Coxsackie. For nearly two decades UMH Properties has proposed different version of this proposal. The village has long resisted the plans for Mountainview Estates, but court-approved consent decree may expedite the approval process. UMH Properties sued the village in October 2018 under the Fair Housing Act, claiming racial and familial discrimination against the likely residents of the park. In its lawsuit, UMH Properties said, "residents of the Village of Coxsackie mounted a full-scale campaign in opposition to the development. Village officials bowed to that." The consent decree required the village to pay UMH $275,000, and said that the lawsuit would be reopened if the village denies any part of the plan "for reasons other than UMH's inability to comply with a requirement contained in any law." Read more about this story in the Times Union.