Controversy Section I just cut the following from the page since it seems outdated and the citation is dead It s posted here for archiving purposes For the last 8 years the exhausting review of Dean Gitter s proposed Belleayre Resort has overshadowed the future of the entire area This controversial golf ski hotel timeshare shopping mall real estate project has drawn intense opposition from local residents on environmental economic and legal grounds Last year Governor Eliot Spitzer brokered back door public private negotiations offering up to 75 million in taxpayer money to expand the state run ski area to benefit the resort State budget shortfalls make this increasingly unlikely to happen A second round of Public hearings will be scheduled soon giving skiers and residents an opportunity to participate in the SEQRAState Environmental Quality Review Act review process