With news that Amazon’s second headquarters is coming to Long Island City, Queens, bringing with it 50,000 new jobs, the Island is poised for a housing renaissance, but in order for that to happen, residents must be open to change.
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12/5/18
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Whenever the discussion turns to Long Island real estate, someone is bound to bring up apartment buildings. People are usually for or against them. The same arguments have played out over the past 20 years . . .
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By Christopher Capece
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11/30/18
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Q. How is it possible that a big development, meant to replace an existing one, damaged by Hurricane Sandy, could be permitted without the neighbors knowing about it until it’s already approved by the county Industrial Development Agency and the town?
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By Monte Leeper
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10/26/18
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Developer John Martino is seeking tax abatements from the Town of Hempstead on his 25-unit senior housing complex, Grand Manor Estates, at 2870 Grand Ave. in Baldwin.
The plan calls for a tax …
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By Anthony O'Reilly
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10/25/18
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Lori Estrin is frustrated — the real estate saleswoman has been trying to sell the building at 800 Merrick Road for years. Potential developers have come and gone, frustrated with the long waiting …
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By Anthony O'Reilly
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9/6/18
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This month, the Trump administration announced a fresh round of sanctions against Turkey for its continuing detention of an American evangelical pastor. In light of the Turkish government’s increasingly autocratic leanings and its past material support for the Islamic State . . .
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8/30/18
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The Town of Hempstead and Nassau County will hold a community meeting at Baldwin High School on Aug. 30 at 6 p.m. to discuss the next steps in the ongoing effort to revitalize Grand Avenue. Town …
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By Anthony O'Reilly
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8/21/18
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Long Island is a great place to live, but what we lack is a new, major employer willing to invest in Nassau and Suffolk counties.
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8/17/18
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Q. My home is near a golf course that has been approved for a housing development, and we’re very concerned. The traffic is already very heavy, so more traffic is going to be a big problem for us. I anticipate that our property value will . . .
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By Monte Leeper
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6/8/18
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Anyone who watches or listens to daily news broadcasts encounters a steady stream of government officials insisting that the economy is improving steadily and that the lives of average Americans are getting better.
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6/8/18
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