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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

State Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky inspected the area where dead fish were found floating in the waters around Barnum Island.

A call to test waters for toxins

An oil leak from an underground PSEG power line in Island Park that was discovered in December may be causing more environmental damage than first thought. more

By Barbra Rubin-Perry | 1/14/15

When Democrats scatter, the party loses

So, the midterm election came and went. Republicans control Congress. Now what? more

11/20/14

A biologist weighs in on structure

Q. I got a letter from the Department of Environmental Conservation regarding a proposed wall to build up my yard so I can limit the flooding that regularly happens at high tide. more

10/23/14

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

Second fire at Barrett plant

Oceanside and Island Park firefighters put out a small fire at the E. F. Barrett Power Station on Jan. 20 — the second blaze to occur in the past month. The power station, at 1 McCarthy Rd. on … more

By John Maher | 1/30/14

We need an outflow pipe to the ocean

Residents and environmentalists have long urged county and state officials to be more aggressive in their efforts to upgrade Nassau County’s aging sewage treatment plants. more

1/23/14

Voters across the state send an unmistakable message

On Election Day, voters sent a powerful message: The days of wine and roses and tax-and-spend are over, and they want leaders with proven records as fiscal conservatives. more

11/14/13

A government shutdown is a disservice to taxpayers

Government shutdown. The term sounds so ominous. A temporary end to all government services. How long will it last? more

10/3/13

New recreational fishing regulations relaxed

Fishermen will now be able to keep more of their catch, and keep smaller-sized fish, when they’re working their rod and reel this summer. The state Department of Environmental Conservation … more

8/7/13

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