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The CDBG grant plays a crucial role in supporting improvements to parks and playgrounds. Magnolia Park was redone last year.

Community speaks on development block grant at city council meeting

Long Beach community members voiced their opinions and suggestions regarding the city’s forthcoming Community Development Block Grant application to Nassau County at Tuesday’s council … more

By Angelina Zingariello | 2/23/24

The village will pour $300,000 into traffic-easing modifications to Hendrickson Avenue, from North Corona Avenue to Fletcher Avenue. Hamza Khan rode his bike along the busy stretch of road.

Village pours federal grant money into making busy road safer

ill pump $300,000 of federal funds into efforts to improve the way cars and pedestrians navigate Hendrickson Avenue, from North Corona Avenue to Fletcher Avenue, by installing a number of … more

By Juan Lasso | 11/10/22

Kevin and Sandy Burns demonstrated the usage of the new chairlift installed by the Village of Freeport through a Community Development Block Grant, CDBG and the assistance of the Freeport Community Development Agency on Nov. 2.

Free to move around at last

Her home on Whaley Street in Freeport was practically cut in half. It’s been exactly two years since Sandy Burns, 65, has seen the upstairs of her home due to her disabling Multiple sclerosis, MS, a disease, which the immune system eats away at the protective covering of nerves. more

By Nadya Nataly | 11/9/18

A reminder of the South Shore’s vulnerability

People have gathered on the Long Beach boardwalk in recent weeks to watch crews operating towering cranes hauling stones along the beach to rebuild the city’s jetties, part of an Army Corps of Engineers coastal protection plan . . . more

4/13/17

President trump, pictured at the presidential debate at Hofstra University in September, is looking to cut $6 billion in HUD funding, including CDBG grants.

Long Beach to Trump: Stop budget cuts to community grants

Long Beach city officials sent a letter to President Trump last week, asking him to reconsider proposed federal funding cuts for community grants. If the de-funding is approved, the city would … more

By Bridget Downes | 4/13/17

School choice should remain an important election issue

Donald Trump has promoted several issues that have incited the public, and caused Hillary Clinton and the left wing to waiver and then question their stances on key issues. Surprisingly, Trump hasn’t been . . . more

9/29/16

The northeast corner of Hempstead Avenue and Westminster Road will be part of a streetscaping effort in West Hempstead next month.

$265,000 in streetscaping expected in W. Hempstead

The Town of Hempstead has awarded a contract to Westbury-based Roadwork Ahead Inc. to do extensive streetscaping on the north side of Hempstead Avenue, from Westminster Avenue to Woodview Road, in West Hempstead. The work is anticipated to start in mid-September and to be completed by the end of October. more

By Rossana Weitekamp | 8/5/15

This map, found on the state's New York Rising Community Reconstruction Program website, evaluates the flooding risk across Bellmore and Merrick

Building a more resilient coastline

New York is working to shore up Irene-, Lee- and Sandy-damaged communities against future catastrophic storms, but the effort will take time, said officials at the state and local levels of the New York Rising Community Reconstruction Program. more

10/29/14

A bipartisan rebuilding strategy for Long Island

A Republican and a Democrat standing together these days is rare. Even though we’re from different political parties, partisan politics could not have been further from our minds last Oct. 29, and in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. more

By Edward Mangano and Steven Bellone | 8/28/13

Residents packed City Hall to hear from representatives from FEMA, the Small Business Administration and the state, though many didn’t like what they had to say.

Another FEMA forum grows heated

For the second time in the six months since Hurricane Sandy devastated Long Beach, the city invited representatives from the nation’s disaster recovery agencies to a forum to address residents’ … more

Alexandra Spychalsky | 5/8/13

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