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The polling place for Island Park is Lincoln Orens Middle School. Voting will take place on May 21 from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Polls open Tuesday for school budget, board candidate votes in Oceanside, Island Park

Polls will open for the school budget votes and school board elections in Oceanside and Island Park on May 21 from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Here’s what you should know before filling out your ballot. more

By Briana Bonfiglio | 5/16/19

With the Long Island Power Authority seeking to reduce its property tax payments at four power plants, including the E.F. Barrett Generation Station in Island Park, residents from Island Park and Northport have banded together in protest.

Island Park, Northport residents team up to protest LIPA tax case

As the Long Island Power Authority continues to seek a reduction in its property-tax payments on four National Grid-operated power plants — including the E.F. Barrett Generation Station — Island Park residents met with a Northport-based coalition on April 11 to protest the efforts, which would significantly raise taxes in the communities. more

By Mike Smollins | 4/18/19

The E.F. Barrett power plant, in Island Park, is owned and operated by the Long Island Power Authority, which argues that the plant is overassessed for tax purposes by nearly 90 percent.

LIPA’s fiscal gain could mean Island Park credit pain: Wall Street ratings agency analyzes tax-cert case

The result of the Long Island Power Authority’s ongoing tax certiorari case focusing on four of its power plants could hurt the borrowing ability of affected municipalities — including the Island … more

By Matthew D'Onofrio | 8/16/18

The E.F. Barrett power plant is owned and operated by the Long Island Power Authority, which argues that the plant is overassessed by nearly 90 percent.

Senate passes tax relief bill for Island Park

The State Senate, in the waning hours of the 2018 legislative season last month, passed a resolution that could offer relief to homeowners possibly facing steep property-tax hikes in communities … more

By Matthew D'Onofrio | 7/5/18

The Island Park school district has warned that, depending on LIPA’s success in court, Island Park’s school taxes could increase on average as much as $3,000 per household.

I.P. residents, LIPA officials weigh in on tax cert case

Laura Hassett has lived in Island Park her entire life. But for the past two months, the mother of three boys has resided in a rental home in Atlantic Beach with her husband and 81-year-old mother. … more

By Peter Belfiore | 5/3/18

Agatha Nadel, at lectern, attended a town hall in August to protest the inequitable rate increases imposed by NYAW.

NYAW sues county, town, school district for overpayments to customers

New York American Water, the private company that services approximately 4,500 customers in Sea Cliff and Glen Head, is suing the county, the Town of Oyster Bay, and the North Shore School District. … more

By Alyssa Seidman | 5/2/18

Merrick's Richard Kessel to head Nassau IDA

Richard Kessel, the former chief of the Long Island Power Authority — and a Bellmore-Merrick native — was recently elected to head up the Nassau County Industrial Development Agency. more

By Erik Hawkins | 4/5/18

Jeff Greenfield, a trustee for the Long Island Power Authority, said that he was confident there would be a lot of community outreach between representatives of the Public Service Enterprise Group of Long Island and residents in reference to a project that would build a high-voltage power cable from Uniondale to Lynbrook.

PSEG’s underground cable plan from Uniondale to Lynbrook gaining power

PSEG Long Island is reaching out to officials in the Village of Lynbrook and other local municipalities as it awaits approval for a $176 million project to build a high-voltage underground cable from a substation in Uniondale to one in Lynbrook. more

By Mike Smollins | 2/15/18

Members of the Island Park Civic Association sent nearly 500 letters to local elected officials and electric utility companies to voice opposition to LIPA’s tax certiorari proceedings on its’ E.F. Barrett power plant.

I.P. Civic Association organizes letter campaign

Exercising the duty of their namesake, members of the Island Park Civic Association gathered at the Island Park Library on Dec. 12 to send nearly 500 letters to elected officials and utility … more

By Peter Belfiore | 12/21/17

LIPA’s case: Unfair distribution. These charts compare the tax benefit of the E.F. Barrett Power Station between Island Park and Town of Hempstead residents. The pie chart shows the total amount of tax dollars that LIPA pays to each jurisdiction relative to each other. Island Park receives almost 9.5 times more in taxes from the Barrett plant than the town. The bar graphs show the average benefit of those taxes to LIPA customers within and outside Island Park.

I.P. schools urge community action on LIPA as deadlines loom

The judge presiding over the ongoing legal battle between the Island Park Union Free School District and the Long Island Power Authority has set a time line for the case’s conclusion. An April … more

By Zach Gottehrer-Cohen | 12/7/17

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