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One of the broken tidal gates under the East Island Bridge over Dosoris Pond, which for decades has been failing to properly regulate flow between the pond and the Long Island Sound.
Glen Cove gets $700k to rehab Dosoris Pond
The City of Glen Cove recently won two New York State grants aimed at waterfront resiliency and revitalization totaling almost $750,000. The money will go, in part, toward repairing or replacing the … more
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The proposed $125 million in updates for Hempstead Lake State Park include renovated trails, repaired dams, an educational center, and 48 new parking spots, among other things.
Hempstead Lake State Park projects to begin next year
The Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery responded to public input last month regarding the construction of anti-flooding interventions in Hempstead Lake State Park. The project, as part of GOSR’s … more
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Olympia Stassinopoulos, owner of the Island Park Diner, said she was unsure if anything in Island Park would survive after the storm. “I thought, ‘Oh my God, that’s it,’ not just the store, but the whole area,” she said. Little by little her customers returned after she rebuilt.
Five years after Sandy, Island Park businesses rebuild
Standing in front of the former location of Paddy McGee’s and Coyote Grill on Waterview Road, both demolished after Hurricane Sandy, owner and developer John Vitale gestured to the 50-foot pile … more
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Freeporter Sherri Wolf, vice president of Friends of Freeport, talked about her post-Superstorm Sandy experience.
Short-term flood insurance expansion is expiring
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand visited Freeport on Monday to announce the reintroduction of bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program for 10 years. Gillibrand’s … more
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U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer spoke in front of the unfinished home of Long Beach resident Liz Treston on Aug. 29, calling on federal lawmakers to renew the National Flood Insurance Program.
Schumer calls on Congress to renew flood insurance program as Bay Park residents fear another Sandy
“We’re screwed, basically,” Bay Park resident Frank Ferraro said, as he watered the plants outside of his home at the east end of Waterview Street. Ferraro was referring to the expiration of the National Flood Insurance Program on Sept. 30, and the possibility that federal lawmakers will not renew it. more
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Nassau County Legislator Laura Curran, second from left, a Democratic candidate for county executive pledged on Aug. 16 at a news conference on the Long Beach boardwalk that if she’s elected, she would ensure that taxpayer-funded infrastructure projects are built to be more resilient at a time when climate change is impacting the environment. With her were City Councilwoman Anissa Moore, left, City Manager Jack Schnirman and council Vice President Anthony Eramo.
Curran pledges to uphold environmental safety rules
Nassau County Legislator Laura Curran, a Democrat running for county executive, said that if elected, she would ensure that taxpayer-funded infrastructure projects were built to be more resilient at … more
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How can we prevent flooding? Surge-barrier gates.
Last December, I was joined by other elected officials in calling for surge-barrier gates to be installed on the South Shore to prevent nuisance and major flooding in Nassau County. Surge-barrier gates would . . . more
Roger Parrino, second from right, commissioner of New York State’s Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services toured flood-prone areas in Island Park with Councilman Anthony D’Esposito, left, Island Park Mayor Michael McGinty, Assemblywoman Missy Miller and State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, as well as local school and county officials.
State homeland security commissioner tours flood-prone areas in Island Park
New York State’s commissioner of the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services, Roger Parrino, joined local elected and school officials on July 27 in touring flood-prone areas in Island … more
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Park Avenue flooded after heavy rainfall hit the South Shore of Nassau County Friday morning.
Heavy rain causes flooding in Long Beach
Heavy rainfall that began on Friday morning consumed Nassau County’s South Shore and flooded some streets in Long Beach. A flood advisory was in effect for eastern Nassau County until 2:45 p.m., … more
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Sean Sallie, planning division supervisor for the Nassau Department of Public Works, center, helped answer residents’ questions after a presentation outlining seven storm drainage mitigation projects.
Residents, officials discuss I.P. drainage projects
Construction on seven storm drainage projects in Barnum Island and Harbor Isle could begin next year, according to representatives of Nassau County’s Department of Public Works and the Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery, who met with residents at the Island Park Library on April 26 to detail the efforts. more
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