Sentences with phrase «space preservation»

Money spent on open space preservation is not money wasted, as some officials believe, the supervisor said.

The fund comprises one of several dedicated revenue streams created by the sales tax — another being open space preservation, for example — which is one - quarter of one percent.

It's solar power versus open - space preservation in a bill that Cuomo must sign or veto in a matter of days.

Steve Bellone, supervisor of a West End town, came east over the weekend to declare his belief that East End open space preservation pays economic dividends all across Suffolk County.

At the time, he said, 95 percent of the county's land preservation dollars spent through the Drinking Water Protection Fund --- a 0.25 percent sales tax that Suffolk County voters approved in 1987 to tax themselves — went toward open space preservation as opposed to farmland.

Randy praised the many cooperative farmland and open space preservation efforts in the region, saying such efforts «make it affordable for a young person like myself to start a farm.

«That's why we've seen the public has consistently supported funding for farmland preservation and open space preservation because they think that's important and we only have a limited time to do that.»

«Mr. Losquadro worked hard to fight the MTA payroll tax, and for open space preservation,» he added.

The costs of all the space preservation projects total more than $ 20 million, state officials said.

In his opening and closing remarks, Peter Van Scoyoc, a Democrat serving his second term on the town board, pointed to his record, and that of the sitting board, on open space preservation, water quality protection efforts, energy efficiency, social services, obtaining grants, and planning for the future through ongoing hamlet studies and creation of a plan that accounts for rising sea level and shoreline erosion.

Mr. Hammerle was living in Montauk in the early 1980s, and, during contentious discussions about the future of East Hampton taking place during the development of the 1984 town comprehensive plan, stood up at the Montauk School to make points about the importance of open space preservation.

The Legislature unanimously passed Mr. Romaine's proposed budget amendment to use about $ 37,000 from the county's Suffolk County Drinking Water Protection Program, which are funds slated for drinking water and open space preservation, to restore Cornell's pest management program.

But a county program called the Suffolk County Workforce Housing Transfer of Development Rights program, would allow development rights taken from land purchased by the county for open space preservation to be used, at no charge, and allow additional development on affordable or workforce housing programs that meet county guidelines for such housing.

The fund comprises one of several dedicated revenue streams created by the sales tax — another being open space preservation, for example — which is one - quarter of one percent, and critics say the choice to use it to close a budget gap violates the terms under which voters agreed to tax themselves.

Pataki has long been regarded as an environmentalist and he has made the environment and open space preservation a top priority of his administration.

Environmentalists are charging county lawmakers «illegally raided» funds slated for open space preservation and drinking water protection programs to balance next year's budget without getting voter approval in the form of a mandatory referendum.