South Blooming Grove, New York

South Blooming Grove, New York is a village inside the Town of Blooming Grove in Orange County, New York, USA. The village encompasses 4.98 square miles (12.9 km2) and has a population of approximately 3,234. It is part of the Poughkeepsie–Newburgh–Middletown, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York–Newark–Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area.

South Blooming Grove, New York
Village
Location in Orange County and the state of New York.
South Blooming Grove, New York
Location of South Blooming Grove within the state of New York
Coordinates: 41°22′24″N 74°10′42″W
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountyOrange County
TownBlooming Grove
Incorporated (village)2006
Area
 • Total4.70 sq mi (12.18 km2)
 • Land4.67 sq mi (12.10 km2)
 • Water0.03 sq mi (0.09 km2)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total3,234
 • Estimate 
(2019)[2]
3,155
 • Density675.59/sq mi (260.84/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code36-68610
GNIS feature ID2391145
Websitewww.villageofsouthbloominggrove.com

Robert Jeroloman was the village's first mayor. The Honorable James LoFranco was the second mayor. George Kalaj is the current mayor.

History

The idea for incorporating a new village came in 2004 when a group called the South Blooming Grove Homeowner's Association was concerned about the rapid expansion of the sprawling Satmar Hasidim village of Kiryas Joel and hoped to prevent unchecked annexation of land for high-density residential housing by incorporating a section of the large, unincorporated area known as Blooming Grove. After gathering over 1,000 signatures in favor of the new village, a New York State Supreme Court Justice put things on hold in January 2005. Finally, on June 29, 2006, incorporation passed overwhelmingly, 856 votes to 89.

A similar incorporation vote was held August 11, 2006 in the neighboring Town of Woodbury; it also passed by a wide margin.

On September 2, 2006, South Blooming Grove held its first board elections. The candidates for mayor (Robert Jeroloman) and four trustee seats (Garry Dugan, Jim Mulany, Dorine Sas and John Hickey) ran unopposed. All five have since been re-elected, again unopposed: Sas and Hickey in 2008 and 2012, and Dugan, Mulany and Jeroloman in 2010. In the 2014 elections, Mayor Jeroloman and Trustee Mulany were again re-elected, but Gary Dugan did not seek another term; James LoFranco was elected to Dugan's old seat.

in Sep 15 2020 Three candidates were elected mayor and trustees on Tuesday, ousting three incumbents and winning control of South Blooming Grove's five-member governing board

George Kalaj, a longtime resident endorsed by the UJC of Blooming Grove, beat Mayor James LoFranco by 113 votes - 546-433 - for a two-year term as mayor, according to a tally by the village clerk that included absentee ballots. A third mayoral candidate, Bertha Rodriguez-Toribio, received only three votes.

Trustee candidates Abraham Weiss and Yitzchok Feldman, who also were endorsed by the UJC, each won two-year board terms in a field of five contenders, with the next highest vote-getter trailing by 92 votes.


Demographics

"South Blooming Grove village"

Historical population
CensusPop.%±
20103,234—
2019 (est.)3,155[2]−2.4%
U.S. Decennial Census[3]

References
  1. "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
  2. "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". United States Census Bureau. May 24, 2020. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
  3. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.

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