Chair Factory

Approved

In plain words

Chair Factory is a housing project in Haverstraw, at 30 Liberty St, Haverstraw waterfront. Approved. Building has not started yet. It would bring ~450 homes, 68% income-restricted per ESD memo (300+ income-restricted; application said over 60% at 30-130% AMI). The full record and full history are below.

Address: 30 Liberty St, Haverstraw waterfront
Jurisdiction: Village of Haverstraw (not mailing address)
Town: Haverstraw

Status: Site plan + preliminary subdivision approved; not under construction
Status date: 2026-09 (Momentum Fund award reported); PILOT supported 2026-02-02; MDA 6th amendment 2026-06-29

Plans, designs and renderings

Images from the proposal itself, not stock photos. Captions give the source document and sheet.

Chair Factory waterfront trail rendering from the Haverstraw DRI plan. Rendering, not a dimensioned plan sheet. Source: Haverstraw DRI Strategic Investment Plan, p.94 (rendering).

Haverstraw DRI area map (area-wide context, includes the Chair Factory and Village Square area). Area map, not a project-specific plan. Source: Haverstraw DRI Strategic Investment Plan, p.10 (area map).

Chair Factory site plan diagram, Exhibit A: Lots 1-3 residential parcels, Lot 5 hotel parcel (latter phase), Lot 6 parkland. Diagrammatic only, NOT dimensioned: no heights, stories, elevations, dimensions, setbacks, lot areas, parking layouts, or road names. Gives lot/footprint positions only. Source: ESD Board Meeting Materials, 2026-02-19, master p.211, Dattner Architects, Project 2415, Dwg EX. A, scale 1" = 200', dated 02/02/2026, marked DRAFT.

Chair Factory waterfront rendering: multi-building residential development on the Hudson peninsula. Rendering, not a dimensioned plan sheet. Source: Governor's office, Mid-Hudson Momentum Fund awards announcement, September 2026 (image file HaverstrawChairFactoryProject.jpg).

Full record

Units: ~450 homes, 68% income-restricted per ESD memo (300+ income-restricted; application said over 60% at 30-130% AMI)

Stories / height: Overlay: 5 stories / 65 ft (Standard 1), 6 stories / 85 ft (Standard 2), street-wall + 7-ft stepback

Site: ~19.61 acres, former Empire Chair site, vacant since early-2000s demolition, partly Brownfield Cleanup

Parking: ~503-574 depending on version

Applicant / engineer: The Haverstraw Community Chair Factory LLC; site plan diagram by Dattner Architects, Project 2415, Dwg EX. A, DRAFT, 02/02/2026, 1in=200ft

Plan set: ESD Exhibit A is diagrammatic only: Lots 1-3 residential footprints, Lot 4 village corridor, Lot 5 hotel (latter phase, surface parking meantime), Lot 6 village parkland. No heights, dimensions, setbacks, parking layout, or labelled trail on that sheet.

Gaps: Building-by-building footprints/elevations from Village site plan / GPP appendices still needed for full 3D model.

Next check: Construction start; Village site-plan elevations (not ESD diagram)

Blogable: YES - lead

Plan / packet (public source) Public source

Infrastructure, paths and parks

Verified items only, from this project's plan set, conditions, or board record. A category with nothing listed here means nothing verified yet, not that the project has none.

Roads: Lot 4 public right-of-way (ESD memo, Exhibit A)
Paths / trails: Waterfront multi-use trail (FEIS, Mar 2024)
Paths / trails: 3,000 linear ft walkway, DRI trail extension item supporting Chair Factory reuse ($4,000,000, DRI list)
Parks / open space: 4.2 acres public open space (FEIS, Mar 2024)
Parks / open space: Lot 6 village parkland (ESD memo, Exhibit A)
Other: Shoreline stabilization (FEIS, Mar 2024)

History — old statuses are kept, never overwritten

2024-03-05 — FEIS accepted (FEIS accepted) source
2024-03-18 — SEQRA findings adopted (SEQRA findings adopted)
2024-04-01 — PDD overlay adopted (Overlay adopted)
2026-02-02 — PILOT supported, Res. #31-2026 (PILOT supported)
2026-06-29 — Master Development Agreement 6th amendment (MDA amended)
2026-09-01 — $10M Mid-Hudson Momentum Fund award reported - month approximate, Sept 2026, for ~$300M plan (Funding award reported)

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Words used on this page

SEQRA: SEQRA is the state environmental review law. A project goes through this review before a board can approve it.
FEIS: FEIS means the final environmental review document. DEIS means the earlier draft version.
PDD: PDD, and overlay, mean a special zoning area made for one site, with its own rules.
overlay: An overlay is a special zoning area laid over the normal zoning, with its own rules for that site.
PILOT: PILOT is a tax payment deal. Instead of normal property taxes, the project pays an agreed amount.
AMI: AMI means area median income. Homes described this way are priced for households earning a share of the local median income.