Greenburgh range loses lease after stray-bullet mishap
Elizabeth Ganga
GREENBURGH – An outdoor shooting range on Ardsley Road that became a focus of criticism after a stray bullet grazed the leg of a woman in a neighboring yard will be shut down after Con Edison decided to cancel its lease.
The Westchester County Police Revolver and Rifle League has held the lease in a buffer area to a transmission right of way since 1957, according to a Consolidated Edison spokesman. The woman was hit June 12 in the yard of a home on Birch Hill Road in a Toll Brothers development called Ardsley Chase that was recently built next door to the range.
After the incident, neighbors called for the range, which is not affiliated with any police agency, to be shut down and town officials began considering legislation to regulate outdoor ranges. Con Ed spokesman Sidney Alvarez said the lease will be terminated in 30 days.
Greenburgh Supervisor Paul Feiner said he was pleased because he felt an outdoor range was unsafe in that location.
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