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When ‘it’s just government’ isn’t an excuse

Many people woke up a couple of days before Christmas to heavy rain and wind that flooded residential streets and primary roadways, and may have left them wondering, “Where are all those Sandy flood-mitigation projects we were promised?” more

1/5/23

We need storm-hardening projects now, not later

Here we are, nine years after Superstorm Sandy pummeled Nassau County’s South and North Shores, still waiting for the federal and state governments to take meaningful action to harden our coastal infrastructure . . . more

9/30/21

Support the Mother Nature Bond Act

At the turn of the 20th century, environmental protection meant preserving wilderness so future generations might know nature as the great environmentalists Teddy Roosevelt and John Muir knew it — bountiful and largely pristine. Some 120 years later . . . more

4/15/21

Nassau County Deputy Planning Commissioner Sean Sallie introduced the Lawrence drainage improvement project at the village board meeting on Feb. 14.

Designing Lawrence village’s flood mitigation project

An $8.776 million drainage improvement project for the Village of Lawrence is expected to have a shovel hitting dirt in the summer of 2020, according to Nassau County officials and the engineers from the firm LKMA. more

By Jeff Bessen | 2/21/19

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

By Peter Belfiore | 8/10/17

Thousands of commuters struggled to get home from an overcrowded Penn Station on May 10, when Amtrak-related signal trouble caused the cancellation of nearly 80 trains.

The LIRR’s mitigation plan during summer repairs

Anticipating harsh commuting delays while infrastructure repairs are made this summer, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority released an extensive alternate transportation plan for Long Island Rail Road commuters on June 12. more

6/13/17

Flooding on Long Beach Road in the Village of Island Park.

I.P. drainage study begins

Island Park residents awoke last Sunday to the sound of rain on their roofs and the sight of flooding in the streets. Even Pershing Place, which has a new bulkhead, was filled with water. Mayor … more

By Barbra Rubin-Perry | 1/13/16

Metropolitan-Splash-Patriot connection

After Hurricane Sandy the Village of Island Park hired Metropolitan Construction Group and its President, Kent Katter of Babylon, to act as building inspector and administrator for the Village — the same Kent Katter who is now part of Patriot Management Group — the company that won the bid to rebuild Village Hall. more

By Barbra Rubin-Perry | 3/18/15

Local Sandy groups to showcase rebuilding plans

The New York Rising Community Reconstruction Program’s Baldwin, Freeport, Bellmore-Merrick, Seaford-Wantagh, and Massapequa planning committees will hold a public meeting on May 8 to showcase their final project proposals. more

5/2/14

Democracy in action: rebuilding Island Park

On March 18, many Long Island villages conducted local elections to fill the positions of mayor, trustee and other municipal posts. Democracy prevailed, even on the smallest scale. more

4/3/14

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