Each member's attendance at
the last Town Board meeting underscores the need to move forward as quickly as we can.
At
the last Town Board meeting in 2013, Walsh engineered Hassett's appointment to Gallagher's vacated seat, despite the fact that he had placed third in a field of four in the November elections, rather than allow the reconstituted board to offer alternative nominations come January.
Since I was unable to attend
the last town board meeting, I watched it on cable TV, and I couldn't believe what I was seeing.
Though the chastisement from the Board of Ethics wound up the current Zatz administration on a sour note, the year's
last Town Board meeting did not end without a round of applause from the audience and some warm words of appreciation for the outgoing public officials.
Not exact matches
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.
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.
CHESTERTOWN The Chester
Town Board has appointed Richard Konig as the Loon Lake safety officer, replacing the constable who resigned
last December.
Deputy
Town Attorney Frank Scalera said at last week's town board meeting that the initial payment was effectively a down paym
Town Attorney Frank Scalera said at
last week's
town board meeting that the initial payment was effectively a down paym
town board meeting that the initial payment was effectively a down payment.
Nicholas Deegan is a native of County Wicklow, Ireland, and ran unsuccessfully
last year for a seat on the Southold
Town Board.
Last week, Hempstead appointed two new
town board members to fill vacancies.
The
Town Board last July voted down the development after tenants of the nearby Bryant Woods Office Park raised concerns about student misconduct and traffic safety.
Hempstead
Town Councilwoman Erin King Sweeney said she intends to sue Hempstead Supervisor Anthony Santino to challenge an income cap contained in an ethics package the town board passed last w
Town Councilwoman Erin King Sweeney said she intends to sue Hempstead Supervisor Anthony Santino to challenge an income cap contained in an ethics package the
town board passed last w
town board passed
last week.
A special Southampton
Town Board meeting was held
last Thursday to consider extending the current moratorium on new planned development districts.
With a vote
last Thursday, the East Hampton
Town Board approved the $ 4 million purchase of an additional layer of development rights over almost 30 acres of farmland in Wainscott, allowing restrictions to be placed on the land that will permit its...
The East Hampton
Town Board approved a management and stewardship plan for properties acquired with the community preservation fund at its meeting
last Thursday, a plan that includes an estimated $ 850,000 for the restoration of studios on Neck Path...
A controversial project that would include a golf course as well as houses, it is the
last such district to come before the Southampton
Town Board, which recently repealed a law allowing for such applications.
The
town board last week unanimously set a Jan. 10 public hearing for the proposal, which would have given residents who bought the premium permit guaranteed parking near the entrances of the Bethpage, Hicksville, Massapequa and Syosset LIRR stations.
East Hampton
Town will purchase a second property on Squaw Road in Springs, near Three Mile Harbor, after the town board held a hearing on the acquisition last Thursday ni
Town will purchase a second property on Squaw Road in Springs, near Three Mile Harbor, after the
town board held a hearing on the acquisition last Thursday ni
town board held a hearing on the acquisition
last Thursday night.
The stage may have been set
last week for primary bids for East Hampton
Town Board nominations in advance of the November election.
The Hampton Hopper shuttle bus service in Montauk, underwritten by East Hampton
Town with a $ 100,000 state grant, was successful in attracting riders last summer, but the company lost money providing the service, Derek Kleinow, Hampton Hopper's owner, reported to the town board on Tues
Town with a $ 100,000 state grant, was successful in attracting riders
last summer, but the company lost money providing the service, Derek Kleinow, Hampton Hopper's owner, reported to the
town board on Tues
town board on Tuesday.
Again, thank you Joanne Pilgrim, for another excellent report in
last week's East Hampton Star of the ongoing saga of discussions about East Hampton Airport at the
town board meetings.
Fred Havemeyer's name was stricken
last week from the September primary ballot in Southampton
Town after two Suffolk County
Board of Elections commissioners denied petitions that would have allowed him to challenge Supervisor Jay Schneiderman for...
The Southold
Town Board appointed Denis Noncarrow
last week to a $ 74,000 newly created government liaison position without even going through an interview process.
The New Paltz
Town Board held a special meeting
last week to discuss parking concerns near the Mohonk Foothills.
Neighbors on Butterville, Cragswood, Woodlot, Gatehouse, White Oaks and Canaan roads and Lenape Lane met with the New Paltz
Town Board last week, talking about issues dealing with parking concerns near the Mohonk Foothills.
Epstein noted in a memo to the
Town Board last week that his efforts are being assisted by the town's own cul - de-sac crew, the Parks and Recreation Department and the DEC's Operations Departm
Town Board last week that his efforts are being assisted by the
town's own cul - de-sac crew, the Parks and Recreation Department and the DEC's Operations Departm
town's own cul - de-sac crew, the Parks and Recreation Department and the DEC's Operations Department.
The Clarence
Town Board voted
last week to spend $ 125,000 to repair its leaking senior center roof and remove what it called improperly installed solar panels.
Last Wednesday night, several of the groups, including the Real Rent Reform Campaign — made up of organized tenants, labor organizations and community groups that advocate for «progressive» pro-tenant legislation — held a well - attended
town hall meeting in Brooklyn (they estimated the crowd at about 200 attendees) while the
board of the influential Tenants PAC met separately and decided on endorsements for state legislative races.
Prior to the
town board meeting
last Wednesday, councilperson Leeanne Thornton presented the awards to Madelyn Jabs (11 years old), Amelia Wood (9 years old) and Sophie Sujo (11 years old).
The abolition of two positions in the East Hampton
Town Sanitation Department, leaving two town employees without jobs, prompted comments at a town board meeting last Thursday fro
Town Sanitation Department, leaving two
town employees without jobs, prompted comments at a town board meeting last Thursday fro
town employees without jobs, prompted comments at a
town board meeting last Thursday fro
town board meeting
last Thursday from...
In an effort to create more affordable housing options in Southold
Town, the
Town Board passed a local law
last Tuesday that would permit up to six «moderate income» rental units near village centers.
Comments at an East Hampton
Town Board hearing
last Thursday on the proposed rezoning of the Wainscott Post Office site...
But Genovesi dropped out of consideration when she was appointed
last week as a member of the
town's newly formulated ethics
board.
Saladino
last week told former
town board candidate Robert Freier that he was blocked from writing on Saladino's Facebook page because of repeat violations of posting policies.
The Republicans will have an opportunity to field such an alternative in November, when David Lys, who was appointed to the
town board last month to fill the seat vacated by Councilman Peter Van Scoyoc, who was elected supervisor, will stand for election.
During
last week's meeting of the Peru
Town Board, Town Clerk and Tax Collector Kathy Flynn brought up the new town insurance requirement that calls for all youth commission coaches to go through a sexual offender screen
Town Board,
Town Clerk and Tax Collector Kathy Flynn brought up the new town insurance requirement that calls for all youth commission coaches to go through a sexual offender screen
Town Clerk and Tax Collector Kathy Flynn brought up the new
town insurance requirement that calls for all youth commission coaches to go through a sexual offender screen
town insurance requirement that calls for all youth commission coaches to go through a sexual offender screening.
At
last week's
Town of Ulster Workshop meeting, we learned that the
Town of Ulster
Town Board as Lead Agency did not submit the Final Scope to Glidepath (the applicant) to make the April 2nd deadline.
Hempstead
Town Supervisor Tony Santino holds this year's
last board meeting on Tuesday.
The Hempstead
Town Board voted Tuesday to approve 18 personnel matters and entered into at least nine contracts, a day after Supervisor - elect Laura Gillen wrote asking Supervisor Anthony Santino, whom she defeated
last week at the polls, to refrain from doing so.
The resolution failed to get enough votes at
last week's
town board meeting, although Mondello said he had urged Santino, D'Esposito and Dunne to cooperate with the incoming supervisor.
In a four - to - one vote
last night, the East Hampton
Town Zoning
Board of Appeals quashed the Broadview Property Owners Association's application to remove and replace a crumbling dock.
«My service over
last the four years on the
town board and nine years on the school
board has proven my dedication to this community and understanding of this community,» she said at the debate.
With these next 14 months likely being Helsmoortel's
last at the helm of
town government, we'll see whether the
town board working in harmony without interjecting politics in appointments continues after the next
town election.
Mr. Van Scoyoc got more than 60 percent of the vote, according to the
board of elections website, and Ms. Burke - Gonzalez was the top vote - getter in the
town board race, with a nearly 15 - point lead over her nearest Republican challenger, Paul Giardina, a nuclear engineer who retired
last year from a post at the Environmental Protection Agency.
Unofficial results
last week showed Republican incumbents in Oyster Bay won all three open
board member offices,
town clerk, and receiver of taxes by comfortable margins.
According to the New York State
Board of Elections, the East Hampton
Town Republican Committee filed its
last report in July.
A standing - room - only crowd that spilled over into the hallway descended on East Hampton
Town Hall
last Thursday night to demonstrate the strength of public support for beach - access rights, and to ask the
board to...
The
town attorney's office recommended
last month that the planning
board amend the resolution granting Carolyn Snyder and her late husband, Harold, approval to divide seven acres behind the family's farm and stand on Three Mile Harbor Road into four new commercial lots.
INDIAN LAKE The Indian Lake
Town Board last week honored a beloved community member who passed away in June.
At
last night's
Town of Ulster
Town Board meeting,
Town of Ulster citizens made a consistent request of their
Town Board (who is Lead Agency in SEQR for the proposed Lincoln Park Grid Support Center, a gas - fired power plant project in the
Town of Ulster) for a 90 day public comment period during the Scoping process.