This week's letters to the editor focus on Rockville Centre Mayor Francis Murray's opposition to accessory dwelling units and Village Attorney Tom Levin addressing issues with the PILOT proposal for the old Diocese of RVC headquarters.
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3/17/22
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This week's letter to the Rockville Centre Herald Editor comes in response to Mayor Francis Murray's guest column about Gov. Kathy Hochul reconsidering her proposal on accessory dwelling units.
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3/10/22
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In a guest column, Rockville Centre Mayor Francis X. Murray responds to Gov. Kathy Hochul pulling her much-maligned accessory dwelling unit provision out of the 2022-23 budget.
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By Rockville Centre Mayor Francis Murray
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3/3/22
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Local leaders from Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester and Queens are protesting Gov. Kathy Hochul’s new zoning proposal, which would require local governments to allow owners of single-family homes …
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By Juan Lasso and Mallory Wilson
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2/17/22
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Gov. Kathy Hochul pulled her proposed zoning plan on Feb., 17 to compel local municipalities to expand the use of accessory residences such as apartments on single-family properties. A similiar proposed measure is still floating through the State Legislature.
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By Jeff Bessen
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2/17/22
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As part of a five-year, $25 billion plan to increase New York state’s stock of affordable housing, Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed legislation on Jan. 5 to permit "accessory dwelling units” . . .
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2/10/22
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The new year is off to a promising start in the effort to eliminate housing discrimination, with significant actions taken by the federal and state governments. Those actions, and related ones that are brewing . . .
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By Elaine Gross
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2/11/21
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You could say that Long Island’s housing crisis — and, yes, there is a housing crisis — is a product of its success. In 1948, when the Manhasset-based Levitt & Sons built 6,000 homes . . .
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7/13/17
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Following a 40-year hiatus, Frippery, a popular boutique with a style of its own, has returned to Long Beach. Long-time residents will remember Soni Harris' shop as a "go-to" place for teens and women of all ages.
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Teri-Ann Loeser
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6/29/10
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Throughout the long, at times agonizing health reform debate, conservatives and insurance-industry lobbyists have argued that we don’t need a public insurance plan to compete with private insurers.
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Scott Brinton
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11/26/09
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