Sentences with phrase «southold town board»

Meeting for Montauk parking lot paving proposal flooded with Joni Mitchell references The East Hampton Town Board is weighing whether to pave over a dirt parking lot serving Ditch Plain Beach.

For roughly a decade, it invited local Christians — and only Christians — to offer prayers opening its Town Board meetings.

In a 5 - 4 decision written by Kennedy, the Supreme Court allowed Greece, New York, to continue hosting prayers before its monthly town board meetings - even though an atheist and a Jewish citizen complained that the benedictions are almost always explicitly Christian.

As I see it, the U.S. Supreme Court is not going to outlaw prayer in the U.S. Congress or in town board meetings.

So if the citizens of Greece, New York, want to continue to hear before their town board meetings that Jesus Christ is «our savior,» they are going to have to line up some Hindu priests willing to tell them that Krishna is «our Lord.»

The issue is public prayer at her local town board meetings, another contentious case over the intersection of faith and the civic arena.

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a New York town board's tradition of opening monthly meetings with prayer is unconstitutional because the town should have tried harder to find non-Christian speakers — even if that required recruiting beyond the town's borders.

Washington (CNN)- A dispute over public prayers at town board meetings will be taken up by the Supreme Court in coming months, another contentious case over the intersection of faith and the public arena.

However, it's very easy for a five member town board or village board to override the cap, which requires a 60 % vote.

The Boston town clerk embroiled in controversy for more than a year has resigned, citing «retaliation» by the town supervisor, who is her husband's brother, and other Town Board members.

The Oyster Bay Town Board could approve a new agreement to remove $ 20 million loan guarantees extended on behalf of jailed restaurateur Harendra Singh as soon as May 24, Town Supervisor John Venditto said.

EMILY»S List, a powerful fundraising political action committee for Democratic women candidates, has endorsed North Hempstead Town Board member Anna Kaplan in the five - way Democratic primary for retiring Rep. Steve Israel's NY - 3 seat.

Before a room full of cameras and reporters last night, Dan Courtney of Hamlin became the first atheist to deliver a secular opening invocation before the Greece Town Board.

He also referenced the fact that Alexander and the rest of the Democratic field, which includes Tuxedo Park Mayor Tom Wilson, cardiologist and Cortlandt Town Board Member Richard Becker, and Times Square street vendor Duane Jackson, have been out - fundraised by Maloney.

Democrats did win the Mayor's race in Tonawanda, gained control of the Hamburg Town Board, and held onto Town Boards in Tonawanda and Cheektowaga.

Through the first quarter, Maloney was outraised by Cortlandt Town Board Member Rich Becker by more than $ 40k, though $ 125k of that came from Becker's own pocket.

«It's important that Democrats turn out on Tuesday and vote for Latimer, along with other Democrats running across Westchester, including the wave of New Castle business women, from Kristen Browde for New Castle Town Supervisor to Ivy Pool and Gail Markels for New Castle Town Board.»

According to Benninghoff, Becker, who was elected to the Cortlandt Town Board in 2007, «never anticipated running for Congress,» but felt «compelled» to participate more aggressive and speak up due to the extreme direction national politics has taken in recent years.

The Hempstead Town Board voted unanimously to raise the legal age for purchasing smoking products to 21 from 18, making it the second town in Nassau County to do so.

But, what has impressed me most of all is Richard Becker's resourcefulness and creativity evidenced by his role while a member of the Cortlandt Town Board in bringing about the innovative Cortlandt Heating Oil Plan (CHOP), which at the height of the economic crisis provided both heating oil discounts as well as conservation tips and energy audits to help local residents afford to heat their homes at a time when many were risking their health by living in homes that were too cold because they couldn't afford the high cost of heating oil.

The town board member, Edward Ambrosino, is alleged to have been paid $ 1.5 million while he worked as a general counsel for the Nassau County Industrial Development Agency, a post he never reported on financial disclosure filings.

At 11 a.m., Reclaim New York will hold a press conference with Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino to announce the town is the first to adopt the vast majority of Reclaim's comprehensive new online transparency practices, Town Hall East, Town Board Room, 54 Audrey Ave., Oyster Bay, Long Island.

The Hempstead Town Board is to vote tonight to terminate the employment of two members of former Supervisor Anthony Santino's inner circle during the first town board meeting under new Supervisor Laura Gillen.

Unprecedented public discord appears to be growing on the Republican - controlled Hempstead Town Board even after Nassau GOP chairman Joseph Mondello and former U.S. Sen. Alfonse D'Amato urged unity at a recent Republican fundraiser.

Changing technology has the Amherst Town Board considering a moratorium on the installation of new cell towers, including newer «small cell» systems on utility poles.

The East Hampton Town Board plans to issue a request for proposals for a 30 - bed seasonal housing structure to be situated on town - owned property at Montauk Harbor.

Two town board members voted against the appointments, saying to fill all of the jobs with white men did not reflect the diversity of Huntington.

On the heels of having received Deepwater Wind's environmental and permitting assessments of its proposed 15 - turbine offshore wind farm and transmission cable, the East Hampton Town Trustees agreed to ask the town board for an environmental review...

However, town officials say the town board never approved a resolution hiring the firm — a requirement for contractual agreements.

Ambrosino remains on the town board and has recently aligned himself with town board members Erin King Sweeney and Bruce Blakeman on some matters on which the duo has opposed the supervisor.

Chair Rob Keihm and John Bory handed in their letters of resignation because they indicated they lost faith in the Town Board after they forced a third vote to get Brenda Baird to the ethics board.

The East Hampton Town Board renewed the push to regulate takeoffs and landings at East Hampton Airport at its meeting on Tuesday, as an attorney described the potential ways to restrict, or even ban, aircraft deemed noisy, including helicopters.

The Amagansett - Springs Aquifer Protection group and other residents have implored the East Hampton Town Board to act quickly to preclude additional development atop the Stony Hill aquifer in Amagansett.

The Oyster Bay Town Board tabled a resolution to increase parking permit fees at commuter lots Tuesday following public criticism of the proposed hike and disagreement among board members at a board meeting.

On Wednesday, Lansing Town Board members struggled to incorporate public concerns into a final draft of the Comprehensive Plan revision...

Town Board member Mark Cuthbertson at a news conference in Huntington Station on Nov. 29, 2017.

After Newsday's reports on Terry's taxes, the North Hempstead Town Board reformed its ethics laws, requiring contractors who advise town boards to file financial disclosure forms and anyone who files the forms to identify family members who work for the town.

For its August meeting, the Indian Lake Town Board paid its annual visit to the Hamlet of Blue Mountain Lake Fire Department.

Oyster Bay Town Board postpones vote on parking permit fee hike The Oyster Bay Town Board postponed a vote on a parking permit fee hike at its Feb. 6, 2018, meeting.

The literature — a door hanger with a photograph of Saladino and Town Board member Thomas Hand — appeared on Hand's Facebook page and lists the three accomplishments as checked boxes under the words «New Honest Leadership.»

But the town board under Venditto last year passed a major revision of its ethics code, including the creation of a new ethics board, and adopted new financial disclosure forms.

Town officials also say the town board never approved a waiver for Harris Beach to simultaneously represent both Singh and the town.

Northeasters in the latter half of the winter caused «some significant damage to the bluff trail» at Shadmoor State Park in Montauk, an official with East Hampton Town's Land Management Department told the town board on Tuesday.

CHESTERTOWN The Chester Town Board has appointed Richard Konig as the Loon Lake safety officer, replacing the constable who resigned last December.

Harvey Weisenberg (D - Long Beach), the GOP Thursdayendorsed Avi Fertig, a Lawrence resident who works as an aide to the GOP Hempstead Town Board.

Sheehan said the so - called «E23 project» was, in the developers opinion, not financially viable, and the developer is looking at Rensselaer - where will be a town board public hearing at Genet Elementary School at 7 p.m. and public comment will be heard regarding the proposed «East Greenbush Casino» that has the backing of Saratoga Casino and Raceway.

The plan also would end the practice of offering free «green» parking permits to the owners of hybrid and alternative fuel vehicles that began in 2007 under a town board resolution to encourage their use.

The Riverhead Town Board recently appointed Bryan Carroll to the newly created position of town budget officer and terminated the employment of current Deputy Town Supervisor Jill Lewis.

A community benefits package hangs in the balance as the East Hampton Town Board and town trustees prepare to host a joint hearing next Thursday on Deepwater Wind's plan to construct a 15 - turbine wind farm approximately 36 miles east of Montauk.

MILTON - Two members of the town's ethics board resigned in disgust Wednesday night after the Town Board went against the ethics committee's recommendation and appointed a politically active woman to the ethics» group.