The latest plans, for the Pendell Commons project, would add 48 workforce family subsidized housing units and 24 senior citizen units in the district.

That, said Doxsey, would certainly overload the over-taxed fire department.

“The Town of Poughkeepsie is already currently bringing a lawsuit against the Dutchess Community College for building their dorms,” he said. “I don’t understand how the Town of Poughkeepsie Planning Board can continue to allow development to occur without addressing the life-safety factors first.”

Doxsey said Pendell Commons could add another 100 plus students to the school district, which would increase the cost of education by as much as $400,000. to Hyde Park and Town of Poughkeepsie residents.