Cosmetics giant Avon to close Suffern facility after 136 years in the village
The company plans to close at the end of 2024 and will begin laying off workers this coming February. There are currently 136 employees at the factory. At one point, there were more than 1,000 workers there.
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Nov 4, 2022, 9:45 PM
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Updated 546 days ago
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2ds agoThe Avon cosmetics conglomerate is shutting down its
facility in the Village of Suffern after 136 years.
The
company plans to close at the end of 2024 and will begin laying off workers
this coming February. There are currently 136 employees at the factory. At one
point, there were more than 1,000 workers there.
Mayor
Michael Curley says this might not necessarily be such a bad thing due
to the tax breaks that Avon receives on their property.
"They
made a deal years ago with the Village of Suffern, County of Rockland, school
district and the town,” said Curley. “They threatened to leave our neighborhood
unless we gave them a tax break. Our taxes we're receiving from this
property is $166,000. We should be receiving $620,000. So, the taxpayers
and the residents lost hundreds of thousands of dollars."
Whoever
ends up buying the piece of property will be required to pay the normal taxes.
