Ahead of next week’s budget and school board election, more than 50 people gathered in the auditorium at Lindell Elementary School on Tuesday to ask …
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By Bridget Downes
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5/16/19
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Hundreds of people packed City Hall for a court-ordered hearing on Tuesday, in which the city’s Zoning Board of Appeals pressed attorneys for the developer iStar over why no major construction has …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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4/11/18
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Former U.S. Sen. Alfonse D’Amato is representing a group of Long Beach residents who filed a lawsuit against the city last week in an attempt to overturn a variance and permits that were issued to …
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By Bridget Downes
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8/9/17
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City officials are at odds with the developer of the Superblock over a letter that the company, iStar Financial Inc., is requesting from the city showing its support for an $82 million, 20-year tax …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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5/24/17
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If there was ever a company that demonstrated greed, it would be iStar. If there was ever a city government that demonstrated a lack of openness and morality, it is the officials of the City of Long Beach.
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5/4/17
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Here on Long Island, we are fortunate enough to have many superior schools. We don’t often think about school choice because we already have the best. Across the country, however . . .
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12/2/16
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The Nassau County Industrial Development Agency last Thursday denied iStar Financial’s request for $109 million in tax breaks to build two oceanfront towers — two days after the Long Beach Board of Education voted against supporting the potential developers of the city’s Superblock.
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By Ben Strack
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7/28/16
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The Board of Education unanimously voted against signing an agreement with the developer of the Superblock property at a heated special meeting on Tuesday after dozens of residents gathered at Long Beach Middle School and heavily criticized the district’s potential support for the project.
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By Ben Strack
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7/27/16
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The Nassau County Industrial Development Agency is set to vote July 28 on a 20-year, $109 million tax break for a developer seeking to build two luxury apartment buildings on the long-vacant …
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By Ben Strack
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7/22/16
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Gary Johnson? Who is this guy, you ask? He is the most prominent of the alternative candidates who will be joining Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton . . .
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6/9/16
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