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Hundreds of residents packed City Hall on March 30 to protest the project.

Residents blast Long Beach condo project

Hundreds of residents packed City Hall for a Zoning Board of Appeals hearing last week to speak out against a developer’s revised plan to build luxury condominiums on the former Hebrew Academy of … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 4/5/17

We can’t continue to neglect our downtowns

I was a kid in the old days, when the hub of Long Beach was downtown, Park Avenue. We called the area Town, and we never had to leave it. Everything was there, from pizza for 25 cents a slice to record shops . . . more

3/18/16

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

iStar’s Karl Frey at a public hearing at City Hall in June.

iStar denied tax break

Three months after many residents called on the Nassau County Industrial Development Agency to reject a 25-year, $128.6 million tax break sought by a developer to build two luxury apartment towers … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 9/9/15

Courtesy Project 11561/Facebook Residents are complaining about a two-family home on West Market Street that they believe is two separate structures. They are attached at the roof, a configuration that, according to city code, constitutes a single home.

Residents blast unconventional two-family home

Nearly a year after the Zoning Board of Appeals unanimously denied a developer’s request to subdivide a residential property on West Market Street to build two new homes, construction of what at … more

By Matthew Ern | 8/20/15

The $100 million giveaway

By far, the greatest scam I’ve ever seen involves a long-controversial 6-acre vacant plot of beachfront property in Long Beach known as the Superblock. Despite many promises of developments . . . more

6/4/15

Courtesy iStar iStar said the project will create a number of economic benefits for the city.

iStar defends Superblock tax break

The Nassau County Industrial Development Agency was scheduled to hear from hundreds of residents at a hearing on Wednesday as the agency considers iStar’s request for a 25-year tax break, which … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 6/3/15

iStar has indicated that it would not be able to move forward with a project to build two 160-foot-tall buildings on the vacant Superblock without a tax abatement from the Nassau County Industrial Development Agency.

iStar says it needs tax break

The Nassau County Industrial Development Agency has rescheduled a public hearing on the iStar development on the long-vacant Superblock property, as the developer seeks a 25-year property tax break. more

By Anthony Rifilato | 5/20/15

Taco Bell will demolish this building on Wantagh Avenue and replaced it was a new drive-through restaurant.

Wantagh Taco Bell approved

Taco Bell will be coming to Wantagh. After months of debate, plans for the fast-food restaurant were approved by the Town of Hempstead’s Board of Appeals on April 15. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 5/1/15

A developer alleges that the city zoning board bowed to pressure from unit owners of Sea Pointe Towers, above, at 360 Shore Road, when it revoked permits for the construction of adjacent condominium buildings.

City to appeal $50 million lawsuit

A $50 million lawsuit against the city took another twist last month when a Nassau County State Supreme Court judge ruled that the city had failed to respond to a developer’s amended claim for … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 4/8/15

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