HUDSON VALLEY- Four landowners in Putnam and Dutchess counties received $390,178.60 from the federal government after filing claims over the taking of their property for a 41.1-mile recreational hiking and biking trail that crosses their land.
The landowners’ property ran along the abandoned Metro-North railway section that stretches from the Beacon waterfront through Patterson and Southeast to the Connecticut border.
The property was seized in February 2024 under the National Trails Act, which allows abandoned rail lines to be converted into public parks.
Lewis Rice’s Federal Takings & Rails to Trails Practice Group filed a claim for compensation on behalf of the landowners.
“There are hundreds of others in Putnam and Dutchess counties who still have the right to file a claim for the just compensation the federal government owes them,” said attorney Lindsay Brinton.
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