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Long Beach, it’s time to vote for change

God has blessed the City of Long Beach with a magnificent oceanfront and a fabulous bay area along Reynolds Channel. For years it has attracted thousands of visitors to vacation or to spend a day relaxing at the beach. But the city has gone through some very tough times . . . more

10/29/15

On Heron Street, some residents used kayaks to navigate flooded streets last Friday.

City pushes bulkhead plan

Days after heavy rains caused serious flooding in some parts of the city — even as Hurricane Joaquin veered away from the East Coast — the City Council approved a measure on Tuesday that will … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 10/8/15

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, left, was joined by Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano on Monday when he called on Albany to allocate federal funding for a new outfall pipe for the Bay Park Sewage plant.

Schumer's pipe dream

If U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer has his way, hundreds of millions of dollars in additional federal aid coming to New York would be used to fund a new ocean outfall pipe for East Rockaway’s Bay … more

By Brendan Murray bmurray@liherald.com | 6/10/15

Residents explored stations outlining different parts of the city’s Comprehensive Plan at a meeting on April 28.

Community feedback key to city's comprehensive plan

As reconstruction efforts continue throughout Long Beach, officials are looking to create a more resilient and economically sustainable city. They began developing an updated Comprehensive Plan … more

By Matthew Ern | 5/6/15

At a press conference on Feb. 12 at the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building in Mineola, Shila Shah-Gavnoudias, commissioner of the county Department of Public Works; Jon Kaiman, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s special advisor for Long Island storm recovery; Ed Mangano, the county executive; and Todd Kaminsky, a state assemblyman from Long Beach, announced that the state would provide $150 million to upgrade the Bay Park plant with a nitrogen-removal system.

State promises $150 million to better treat sewage

New York state has pledged to fund the installation of a $150 million nitrogen-removal system at the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant, which will reduce the environmental harm of the sewage the plant discharges into Nassau County’s Western Bays, state and county officials said on Feb. 12. The officials, speaking at a Mineola news conference, also called on the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide $550 million more to build an outfall pipe to carry effluent from Bay Park into the Atlantic Ocean. more

By Brian Racow | 2/13/15

Residents packed the Long Beach Library on Monday to ask about a program to help homeowners repair their damaged sewer laterals.

Homeowners question sewer line program

The city on Monday attempted to address residents’ concerns about a new program aimed at helping Long Beach comply with the federal Clean Water Act and easing the burden on homeowners who could … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 9/24/14

We'll say it again — fund the Bay Park pipe

The Federal Emergency Management Agency recently rejected the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s request to fund a $690 million outflow pipe that would stretch from the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant three miles into the Atlantic Ocean. more

6/19/14

A proposal to make the South Shore more resilient includes dikes along the bay in Long Beach as well as a promenade and new marina to make the north shore of the city accessible to the public.

Rebuild by Design project would begin in Long Beach

“I think now is the time for bigger-scope projects to move forward,” City Manager Jack Schnirman said, referring to Rebuild by Design, a competition initiated by President Obama’s Hurricane … more

By Anthony Rifilato and Vanessa Parker | 4/10/14

the revised army corps project calls for a system of dunes and jetties. The red line illustrates the current level of the beach, while the yellow lines indicate the addition of 4.7 million cubic yards of sand.

Army Corps presents plan to public

Another Hurricane Sandy would likely breach a system of dunes and berms called for in an Army Corps of Engineers coastal protection project for the barrier island, but corps officials said that those … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 3/12/14

Moody’s Investors Service said that because the Army Corps of Engineers coastal protection project for the barrier island received full federal funding, it would help the city’s fiscal recovery.

Funding for Army Corps project a ‘credit positive’

Moody’s Investors Service is calling a federally funded coastal protection project for the barrier island a “credit positive” for Long Beach that will help the city continue its trend of … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 2/26/14

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