Palm Tree, New York

Palm Tree is a town coterminous with the village of Kiryas Joel in Orange County, New York, United States. New York's first new town in 38 years,[2][lower-alpha 1] it came into being on New Year's Day 2019 as the result of a referendum that came about due to zoning and other conflicts between residents of the village of Kiryas Joel, inhabited by the Satmar Hasidic community, and the municipality to which it belonged, Monroe.[2] The population of Palm Tree was 32,954 at the 2020 census.

Palm Tree, New York
Town
Kiryas Joel view
Kiryas Joel view
Official seal of Palm Tree, New York
Seal
Location in Orange County and the state of New York.
Location in Orange County and the state of New York.
Palm Tree is located in New York
Palm Tree
Palm Tree
Location within the state of New York
Palm Tree is located in the United States
Palm Tree
Palm Tree
Palm Tree (the United States)
Coordinates: 41°20′24″N 74°10′2″W
Country United States
State New York
CountyOrange
Government
 • SupervisorAbraham Wieder (REP)[1]
 • Council MembersJoshua Blumenthal (CON)

Morris Steinberg (DEM)

Isaac Glanzer (REP)

Gerson Neuman (DEM)
Area
 • Total1.50 sq mi (3.89 km2)
 • Land1.47 sq mi (3.81 km2)
 • Water0.03 sq mi (0.08 km2)
Elevation
842 ft (257 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total32,954
 • Density22,000/sq mi (8,500/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code845
FIPS code36-39853
GNIS feature ID0979938

History

The village of Kiryas Joel was created in the early 1970s at the behest of Satmar rebbe Joel Teitelbaum, whom the village was named for, as a semi-rural retreat for his Williamsburg, Brooklyn-based community. Over time, the need to annex additional land in order to accommodate Kiryas Joel's burgeoning population created zoning conflicts with the town of Monroe.[3] These conflicts were eventually solved with a referendum, which passed overwhelmingly on November 7, 2017, that resulted in an amicable split from Monroe and the creation of the town of Palm Tree, which was to be coterminous with Kiryas Joel.[4]

On June 14, 2018, special legislation was passed that moved up the target date by one year. The bill was signed by Governor Andrew Cuomo on July 1.[5][6] The town became official on January 1, 2019, with officials elected in November 2018 being sworn in on that date. No candidates were elected as town justice in the 2018 or 2019 elections.[7]

Etymology

The name "Palm Tree" is a calque (translation) of the surname/family name of Joel Teitelbaum. In Yiddish, teitel (טייטל) means "date palm" and baum "tree".

See also

Notes
  1. since the village of East Rochester became a coterminous town and village in 1981

References
  1. "Election Results: 2018 Local and State Races". recordonline.com. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
  2. "845 Confidential: Town of Palm Tree takes root in Orange County". recordonline.com. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
  3. Foderaro, Lisa W. (November 19, 2017) "Call It Splitsville, N.Y.: Hasidic Enclave to Get Its Own Town", The New York Times. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
  4. McKenna, Chris. "Kiryas Joel's split from Monroe overwhelmingly approved". recordonline.com. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
  5. McKenna, Chris. "State OKs forming Town of Palm Tree one year earlier". recordonline.com. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
  6. "NY State Senate Bill S7861A". NY State Senate. April 13, 2018. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
  7. McKenna, Chris (September 18, 2019). "Neighboring towns forced to handle Palm Tree court cases". Times Herald-Record. Retrieved January 16, 2020.


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